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Stakeholder Engagement
As mentioned previously, you and your organisation will have a wide range of stakeholders within the local community such as:
Techniques of engaging with your stakeholders will vary according to your local circumstances. Some broad examples are given below:
Have a provider community council to bring together representatives of the provider and local stakeholders including the local authority, community groups, businesses and key employers, business links, the Local Strategic Partnership etc. This approach has a two-way benefit; it enables the provider to promote its curriculum and provides the local community with a better understanding and awareness of the provider’s activities.
Encourage local links make links between the activities of the provider and the interests of the local community. For example, the provider could encourage stakeholder participation in its ongoing research or training activities such as with food-related Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs).
Develop and publicise a skills strategy to meet the economic and learning needs of the local community including key indicators for monitoring performance such as the organisation achieving an accreditation as an Action for Business College
Work with partners on international community projects but adapt them according to local circumstances and share best practice in the dissemination of results phase. CASE STUDY: The Memento Project is an example of an international community based project.
- Local residents and residents associations
- Staff
- Learners and parents
- Local authorities
- Police
- Religious groups
- Health providers
- Voluntary and not-for-profit organisations
- Local businesses
- Disadvantaged individuals
- Black, minority and ethnic groups
- Schools
- Local universities
- Other LSC funded providers and initiatives
- Libraries
Techniques of engaging with your stakeholders will vary according to your local circumstances. Some broad examples are given below:
Have a provider community council to bring together representatives of the provider and local stakeholders including the local authority, community groups, businesses and key employers, business links, the Local Strategic Partnership etc. This approach has a two-way benefit; it enables the provider to promote its curriculum and provides the local community with a better understanding and awareness of the provider’s activities.
Encourage local links make links between the activities of the provider and the interests of the local community. For example, the provider could encourage stakeholder participation in its ongoing research or training activities such as with food-related Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs).
Develop and publicise a skills strategy to meet the economic and learning needs of the local community including key indicators for monitoring performance such as the organisation achieving an accreditation as an Action for Business College
Work with partners on international community projects but adapt them according to local circumstances and share best practice in the dissemination of results phase. CASE STUDY: The Memento Project is an example of an international community based project.
