Working together for a better future - London Borough of Hillingdon

PRIORITIES FOR ACTION
A borough of learning and culture
Activity areas 1 year target 3 year objectives
Supporting adult and community learning
Within 10 years, voluntary and community
groups will have widespread access to accredited
and non accredited training and tailor made
quality assurance support within the voluntary
sector itself. High quality learning and skills
opportunities will be available to adults and
families in all areas of the borough.
Expanding cultural services
All Hillingdon residents will have easy local and
online access to a range of excellent, welcoming
and inspirational libraries, arts, leisure and sport
facilities which provide opportunity for creative
learning, informal learning and active lifestyles.
11) Ensure 50 voluntary and community
organisations benefit from training, capacity
building and quality assurance support.
(Carol Coventry, Hillingdon Association of
Voluntary Services; Gill Sanches, LB Hillingdon)
12) Increase the number of adult learners and
families participating in learning and skills
opportunities by 2%, (400) making specific
efforts to include traditionally hard to reach
areas in the south of the borough.
(Tricia Collis, LB Hillingdon)
13) Build new adult education facility on the
Brookfield site, Park Rd, Uxbridge.
(Tricia Collis, LB Hillingdon)
14) Deliver the ‘It’s Your Choice’ programme, to
increase information for residents on choices
about active lifestyles.
(Eileen Smyth & Andrew Knight, LB Hillingdon)
15) Develop and distribute 3 editions of ‘Cultural
Hillingdon’ so that it includes wider activities and
reaches a wider audience.
(Trisha Grimshaw, LB Hillingdon)
16(a) Continue to progress plans to improve
library facilities in Hillingdon.
(Trisha Grimshaw, LB Hillingdon)
16(b) Increase visits to Hillingdon's libraries by
3% (45,000).
16(c) Increase the number of items borrowed
from libraries by 8% (116,954 items).
16(d) 2200 children to achieve 4 visits to libraries
as part of the summer reading challenge.
16(e) 115 children between 8 – 14 years make
4 visits to an after school ‘stories from the web’
club.
(Josie Mitchell/ Eileen Smyth, LB Hillingdon)
17) Contact 3,250 children aged under-three and
their families through the ‘bookstart outreach’
programme.
(Liz McMillan, LB Hillingdon)
Roll out the training, capacity building and
quality assurance support programme to a
further 50 voluntary and community
organisations.
Expand the programme to increase the number
of adult learners and families participating in
learning opportunities by 650 continuing with
specific efforts to include learners from
traditionally hard to reach areas and those
without level 2 qualifications.
Provide further new adult education facilities in
the borough, including at the new Ruislip High
School.
Use survey information to show increased
satisfaction and awareness ratings from the
2003/04 level of
+2% for leisure (to 43%)
+3% for libraries (to 70%)
+5% for theatres and halls (to 45%).
Comprehensive information is easily available
about learning and cultural opportunities as
part of Hillingdon's approach to widening
access to services.
To open a new combined public library and
adult education centre in Ruislip Manor.
Improve library visits by a further 3% and issues
by a further 1%, increase the use of on-line
services and continue to deliver well-promoted
events, programmes and learning opportunities
for all the community.
Encourage increased use of library services by
under fives; including contact with 7,800
children aged under-four and their families
through the ‘bookstart outreach’ programme.
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HILLINGDON’S COMMUNITY STRATEGY 2005 - 2015
WORKING TOGETHER FOR A BETTER FUTURE