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Share Facilities
An immediate and often very successful way of promoting community relations is to share facilities with outside groups. This is an excellent use of resources and there are many examples of where this has worked successfully, for example:
• Summer schools or summer courses can be very popular. Offering access to appropriate courses for local residents can provide wide benefit to locals and to provider staff and learners alike.
• Sharing sports, library or other facilities can ensure that these facilities are fully utilised, can help to draw in additional funding, and can contribute to the overall level of facilities within the community.
• Building a portfolio of joint ventures between learners, staff and residents can add to the overall level of approval of the FE provider by its neighbours.
• Developing sustainable transport partnerships can be a way of providing good quality transport for both learners and local residents which may be unobtainable for each group individually.
CASE STUDY: Greenwich Community College provides a good case study here.
• Summer schools or summer courses can be very popular. Offering access to appropriate courses for local residents can provide wide benefit to locals and to provider staff and learners alike.
• Sharing sports, library or other facilities can ensure that these facilities are fully utilised, can help to draw in additional funding, and can contribute to the overall level of facilities within the community.
• Building a portfolio of joint ventures between learners, staff and residents can add to the overall level of approval of the FE provider by its neighbours.
• Developing sustainable transport partnerships can be a way of providing good quality transport for both learners and local residents which may be unobtainable for each group individually.
CASE STUDY: Greenwich Community College provides a good case study here.
