An Oasis of Opportunity in North Glasgow

Rosemount Lifelong Learning’s track record is remarkable, given the starting point of many of its participants: often out of work, sometimes exacerbated by low literacy levels, lone parenthood, family discord, inability to speak English and isolated from normal networks. Too many lack any meaningful social contacts and lack skills, even those needed to survive day-to day – it leads to a constant cycle of depression and despair, low confidence and self esteem. In turn, people develop poor coping mechanisms and deal with stress in destructive ways.

The following statistics reflect these challenges:

• The highest rate of child poverty in Scotland at 48.4%
• One in four adults are 'income deprived'
• One in five adults are 'employment deprived' 
• Educational attainment much lower than the national average - 55% of Royston residents, where the Flexicentre is based, have no formal qualifications compared with 36% nationally
• There are 10,000 social work clients, including 2,000 children
• 1.2% of teenage girls (aged 13-15) become pregnant, compared with 0.7% in Scotland
• 37 out of every 100 adults smoke; 30% of women smoke during pregnancy
• 270 people died of alcohol related causes in the last 5 years, three times the Scottish average

Achieved in 2008/9 and still counting...

• 1,000 adults and 350 children use Rosemount’s services.
• 650 people attend classes at the Flexicentre - 126 helped with literacy or Numeracy.
• 226 children attend the Flexicentre crèche, allowing 180 parents to study.
• 35 young parents attend the Making a Difference programme
• 51 men attend the Men’s group
• 39 people with mental health problems receive specialist support
• 127 children attend nursery or afterschool care
• 65 parents are able to keep working while 12 attend college thanks to Rosemount childcare.
• 113 people get qualifications, while 85 people advance to Further or Higher Education
• 51 get jobs, as a direct result of Rosemount’s services.

Rosemount Lifelong learning
2008/9 Annual Accounts
and Annual report 2008/9
Annual Report 2008