College wins with a flourish !!
May 2011

John Wheatley College is awash with awards these days!

A Glasgow City Council Flourish Award was won by the College’s Transitions to Learning and Work initiative. Awarded for Access to Lifelong Learning, this acknowledges the contribution that the Transitions programme had made - a pilot programme aimed at vulnerable young people who are in or emerging from care situations through Glasgow City Council.

 

The programme supports young people, helping them to re-engage with learning. By providing access to vocational and developmental skills, the College works with partners from Glasgow City Council Depts of Social Work and Education and from the Community Health Partnership to ensure that each student is equipped with the knowledge and skills that will help them to live independently.

The pilot has been running for three years now and has helped over 100 young people prepare for the workplace and the wider community. The award recognises the hard work involved by all of the partners and learners in this pilot programme.

The Award was presented by the Lord Provost of Glasgow at a ceremony in the City Chambers;

Vice Principal, Alan Inglis, said,
“We are delighted that the project has won this award and that the huge potential of this trail-blazing programme has been recognised by Glasgow City Council. John Wheatley College and its partner organisations are very keen that this successful pilot becomes a mainstream programme so that, with the appropriate resources, the benefits can be rolled out to vulnerable young people in the future.

“Everyone involved, from the learners to the frontline staff, is to be congratulated at this recognition.”

A group of the students, Youth Access workers and teaching staff from the College are pictured here, proudly displaying the award.

 

The Board of Management of John Wheatley College is a Scottish Registered Charity. Charity no. SC021200

For Further information, please contact:
Lesley Lang, Marketing Manager
Tel: 0141-588 1567
email: llang@jwheatley.ac.uk

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