# Community & Family Learning Family English, Maths & Language

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Nottingham City Council](/buyers/nottingham-city-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Nottingham College
- Award value: £45,000
- Tender value: £45,000
- Award date: 1 November 2022
- Published: 2 February 2023
- Contract start: 1 January 2023
- Contract end: 31 July 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 3ad1bdb2-3eb5-4051-98b3-ffb4b93d472d-609715
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-30877813-af61-44fb-8a46-5f7eb8031b6c

## Description

In 2011, providers in receipt of an Adult Education Budget - Community Learning allocation will be expected to work in line with the ESFA policy objectives set out in the New Challenges New Chances \(published in December 2011\) page 13-14 relevant to Community Learning\. Purpose of Government Supported Community Learning: • Maximise access to community learning for adults, bringing new opportunities and improving lives, whatever people's circumstances\. • Promote social renewal by bringing local communities together to experience the joy of learning and the pride that comes with achievement\. • Maximise the impact of community learning on the social and economic well-being of individuals, families and communities\. Objectives • Focus public funding on people who are disadvantaged and least likely to participate, including in rural areas and people on low incomes with low skills • Collect fee income from people who can afford to pay and use where possible to extend provision to those who cannot\. • Widen participation and transform people's destinies by supporting progression relevant to personal circumstances, e\.g\. improved confidence and willingness to engage in learning - acquisition of skills preparing people for training, employment or self-employment - improved digital, financial literacy and/or communication skills - Parents/carers better equipped to support and encourage their children's learning - Improved/maintained health and/or social well-being\. • Develop stronger communities, with more self-sufficient, connected and pro-active citizens, leading to: o increased volunteering, civic engagement and social integration o reduced costs on welfare, health and anti-social behaviour o increased online learning and self-organised learning o the lives of our most troubled families being turned around • Commission, deliver and support learning in ways that contribute directly to these objectives, including: o bringing together people from backgrounds, cultures and income groups, including people who can/cannot afford to pay o using effective local partnerships to bring together key providers and relevant local agencies and services o devolving planning and accountability to neighbourhood/parish level, with local people involved in decisions about the learning offer involving volunteers and Voluntary and Community Sector groups, shifting long term, 'blocked' classes into learning clubs, growing self-organised learning groups, and encouraging employers to support informal learning in the workplace o supporting the wide use of online information and learning resources o minimising overheads, bureaucracy & administration The Council's Community and Family Learning \(CFL\) has agreed to provide the grant of £45,000 \(the 'Grant'\) to the Provider for the delivery of a minimum of 20 programmes to 110 learner numbers\. The Provider is willing to deliver the programmes to the learners in return for the Grant\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3ad1bdb2-3eb5-4051-98b3-ffb4b93d472d-609715)