Canal College: using the rich heritage of Scotland’s canals to inspire future generations

Talk on Scottish Waterways Trust’s canal college, the first ever initiative of its kind, using the rich heritage of Scotland’s canals to inspire future generations of canal champions and equip disadvantaged young people with the skills they need to create a brighter future for themselves.

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1. canal college®
   Changing lives through skills & learning
   

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2. About SWT
   • We are Scotland’s only national waterways
   charity
   • Vision – creating brighter futures for people,
   communities & wildlife across canals &
   waterways
   • We are transformative
   • We work with Scotland’s most disadvantaged
   communities
   • We inspire
   • We are a small dynamic charity –creating award
   winning & innovative projects and rewarding
   partnerships
   

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3. About Developing Nation Ltd
   • Education & Training Specialists
   • Our team – over 90 years of combined industry knowledge
   • Approved SQA centre
   • Award winning training provider
   • Worked with some of the UK’s largest companies
   • Specialists in employability & personal and social development
   • Internationally trained and experienced trainers and coaches
   

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4. About Archaeology Scotland
   • Third partner in the design of the new canal college
   • Working to inspire communities, amateurs and professionals to
   discover, explore and enjoy Scotland's past
   • Adopt-a-Monument is a nation-wide Community Archaeology scheme
   that provides volunteer groups with the practical advice and training they
   need to care and conserve their local heritage
   • Heritage Heroes giving people the opportunity to explore their local
   heritage with the help and expertise of local community groups.
   

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5. Skills & Learning
   • The driving force behind canal college
   was always skills and people
   development
   • Simultaneously regenerate waterways &
   learn heritage skills, build confidence &
   promote leadership
   • Building on the values of the project –it
   was also fundamental to understand
   what was truly important to the people
   that we worked with
   

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6. Business Values
   Defining a clear set of values
   for our project was of
   Paramount importance
   What’s yours?
   

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7. canal college 2013-15
   "A stepping stone from not knowing what you want to be -
   to finding where you want to go" (project participant)
   canal college is a trademark initiative of Scottish Waterways Trust, supported and funded by:
   

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8. What is canal college?
   • canal college® is a pioneering heritage skills, work experience
   and employability programme.
   • It provides memorable learning opportunities and hands-on work
   experience for young people between 16-25 years who are not
   in employment, education or training.
   • Between 2013 and 2015, 162 young people took part in the six
   14-week canal college programmes in the Edinburgh and Falkirk
   areas (target: 144).
   

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9. What canal college
   achieved?
   116 yp of 162 achieved at least one
   positive destination as a result,
   including:
   21 found paid employment
   21 began accredited training courses
   20 went on to new volunteering
   opportunities
   19 entered work placements
   15 were accepted onto paid training
   14 enrolled in Further Education
   24 mentors recruited & trained
   72% positive destination achieved
   

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10. canal college Video
    

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12. Awards
    • Winner – Scottish Heritage Angel Award Capacity Building
    • Runner Up – Living Waterways Awards Employability
    • Runner Up – CVS Falkirk Volunteer Awards 2015 Youth
    Volunteering Engaging Organisation of the Year
    • Runner Up – CVS Falkirk Volunteer Awards 2014 Youth
    Volunteering Engaging Organisation of the Year
    • Finalist – SURF Awards Employability
    

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13. What is canal college 2 ® 2016-2020
    

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15. canal college 2 Programme Structure
    The programmes are divided into six distinct
    elements:
    Induction and how canals work
    Exploring People
    Conserving Nature
    Building the future
    Managing the past:
    Celebration
    

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16. canal college Completion
    On successful completion of the canal college 2 programme,
    participants and mentors will have achieved:
    • An employability award - SQA Level 2 Certificate in Cultural
    Heritage
    • John Muir Award for conservation
    • Saltire Award for volunteering (or volunteering award for those
    25+)
    • Working Safely (SQA Level 5 Unit)
    • Heritage Hero Award and canal college certificates and
    Personal Development Awards.
    

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17. Mobile App & Online Learning Platform
    

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18. Voting Question
    DO YOU THINK CANAL COLLEGE CAN IMPACT POSITIVELY ON YOUR
    ORGANISATION?
    AND IN WHAT WAY?
    

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19. Work with us
    • Global ambition
    • How can it help your organisation?
    • Why should you get involved
    • Who would it benefit
    • What’s in it for me?
    

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20. Any Questions?
    canal college: Using the Rich Heritage of Scotland’s Canals to Inspire Future Generations
    Visit www.scottishwaterwaystrust.org.uk or follow @scotlandscanals
    

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