Facts and Figures
- The Adult Literacy and Numeracy Initiative, set up by the Glasgow Community Learning Strategy Partnership (GCLSP), has responsibility for adult literacy and numeracy in Glasgow.
- Around 65,000 adults in Glasgow could benefit from support with reading, writing and numbers.
- Set up in 2001, the initiative raises awareness of ALN needs and develops an effective range of services that support learning throughout the city.
- It‘s made up of a diverse range of organisations including Glasgow City Council, Greater Glasgow Health Board, the city's higher and further education institutions and the Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector.
- There are 44 learning providers in Glasgow who receive funding to provide a comprehensive range of ALN services.
- These providers have helped hundreds of adults to improve their skills and in the past year alone, over 10, 500 learners have received their support.
- ALN services are provided a variety of settings, from colleges to community centres, workplaces to libraries.
- Learning is provided across the city in each of the ten Community Planning areas.
The key strategic aims which will underpin work over the next three years are:
- Fulfilling the right of the people of Glasgow to free, quality ALN services which reflect their life circumstances and aspirations, and are delivered within a social practice model.
- Fulfilling the right of learners to shape, evaluate and promote ALN services and to celebrate their learning
- Committing to an effective and informed quality partnership working to support the delivery and ongoing development of the ALN strategic plan and its contribution to the social renewal of Glasgow.
- Emerging priority groups for the initiative include:
- Those who would benefit from numeracy provisio
- Liberated prisoners
- Young people
- People with mental health issues