New College Lanarkshire is dedicated to helping its local community. Spanning three counties and with state-of-the-art facilities, the College is well positioned to offer funding initiatives, employability programmes and support local people.
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We offer a range of programmes designed to help the local community develop the skills and experience needed to enter into employment. We regularly get involved with local community initiatives, offering support in the form of programme delivery, mentoring or funding.
Our community programmes allow learners to study close to home and/or at a level and time that is suitable for their needs. They are often free of charge or subsidised. Venues include schools and community centres and some courses offer childcare assistance.
Current programmes include:
Community Groups
The College can provide a number of short programmes in a wide variety of subjects including Beauty Therapy, Cookery, Health and Fitness, Care and IT.
Partners
The majority of our community-based programmes are delivered in partnership with other agencies and organisations. Partners include:
We can also deliver web-based courses in locations out with the College, using state-of-the-art computers and using a remote 'classroom in a box'.
New College Lanarkshire supports North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire Community Planning Partnerships (CPPs) in the communities that the College serves. CPPs is the name given to all those services that come together to take part in community planning and are responsible for developing and delivering a plan for its council area.
Under Part 2 Community Planning of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015, CPPs are responsible for producing plans to describe their local priorities, the improvements they plan for and by when.
The first type of plan is Local Outcomes Improvement Plan which covers the whole council area. The second type of plan is a Locality Plan. Locality Plans cover smaller areas within the CPP area, usually focusing on those areas which benefit most from improvement. Locality planning aims to meet local needs and ambitions, so the views of local communities are particularly important.
Further information on community planning is available here:
Under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 a Community Transfer Body has the legal right to make an Asset Transfer request to a Relevant Authority.
Under the Act, New College Lanarkshire is a Relevant Authority and as such must make public its Land & Buildings Register listing all those assets covered by the Act. This can be found by downloading our NCLs latest Land and Building Register.
Initial enquiries relating to a request can be made informally to the named contact below however formal Asset Transfer requests must be made in writing to:
Matthew Smith
Chief Transformation Officer
New College Lanarkshire
Motherwell Campus
1 Enterprise Way
Motherwell
ML1 2TX
Tel: 0300 555 8080 (DD:01698 232321) | E-mail: matthew.smith@nclan.ac.uk
Full Guidance is available on the Scottish Government website.
In the year from 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022 there were no Asset Transfer Requests made to the College.
The College has a dedicated section on the Community Activity section of the website relating to Asset Transfer including a Land & Buildings Register. A direct hyperlink is provided to the Scottish Government website at its Community Empowerment section. The Community Programmes Manager is aware of Asset Transfer and continues to work with our Community Partners to publicise the scheme further.
In the year from 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021 there were no Asset Transfer Requests made to the College.
The College has a dedicated section on the Community Activity section of the website relating to Asset Transfer including a Land & Buildings Register. A direct hyperlink is provided to the Scottish Government website at its Community Empowerment section. The Community Programmes Manager is aware of Asset Transfer and continues to work with our Community Partners to publicise the scheme further.
In the year from 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020 there were no Asset Transfer Requests made to the College.
The College has a dedicated section on the Community Activity section of the website relating to Asset Transfer including a Land & Buildings Register. A direct hyperlink is provided to the Scottish Government website at its Community Empowerment section. The Community Programmes Manager is aware of Asset Transfer and continues to work with our Community Partners to publicise the scheme further.
In the year from 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2019 there were no Asset Transfer Requests made to the College.
The College has a dedicated section on the Community Activity section of the website relating to Asset Transfer including a Land & Buildings Register. A direct hyperlink is provided to the Scottish Government website at its Community Empowerment section. The Community Programmes Manager is aware of Asset Transfer and is working with our Data Protection Officer on a Community Distribution List to publicise the scheme further.
In the year from 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018 there were no Asset Transfer Requests made to the College.
The College has a dedicated section on the Community Activity section of the website relating to Asset Transfer including a Land & Buildings Register. A direct hyperlink is provided to the Scottish Government website at its Community Empowerment section. The Community Programmes Manager is aware of Asset Transfer and is working with our Data Protection Officer on a Community Distribution List to publicise the scheme further.
Under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015, Community Bodies have the legal right to make a Participation Request to a Public Service Authority.
Under the Act, New College Lanarkshire is a Public Service Authority and as such is covered by the Act. Part 3 of the Act 2015 on Participation Requests (as determined by the Scottish Government) is “focussed on extending and improving community participation in improving outcomes for their communities. It is the legislation that enables communities to request to participate in decisions and processes which are aimed at improving outcomes.”
Initial enquiries relating to a request can be made informally to the named contact below, however formal Participation Requests must be made in writing on a Standard Form.
Matthew Smith
Chief Transformation Officer
New College Lanarkshire
Motherwell Campus
1 Enterprise Way
Motherwell
ML1 2TX
Tel: 0300 555 8080 (DD:01698 232321) | E-mail: matthew.smith@nclan.ac.uk
Full Guidance and Standard Forms are available on the Scottish Government website.
In the year from 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022 there were no Participation Requests made to the College.
The College has a dedicated section on the Community Activity section of the website relating to Participation Requests. A direct hyperlink is provided to the Scottish Government website at its Community Empowerment section. The Community Programmes Manager is aware of Participation Requests and continues to work with our Community Partners to publicise the scheme further.
In the year from 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021 there were no Participation Requests made to the College.
The College has a dedicated section on the Community Activity section of the website relating to Participation Requests. A direct hyperlink is provided to the Scottish Government website at its Community Empowerment section. The Community Programmes Manager is aware of Participation Requests and continues to work with our Community Partners to publicise the scheme further.
In the year from 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020 there were no Participation Requests made to the College.
The College has a dedicated section on the Community Activity section of the website relating to Participation Requests. A direct hyperlink is provided to the Scottish Government website at its Community Empowerment section. The Community Programmes Manager is aware of Participation Requests and continues to work with our Community Partners to publicise the scheme further.
In the year from 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2019 there were no Participation Requests made to the College.
The College has a dedicated section on the Community Activity section of the website relating to Participation Requests. A direct hyperlink is provided to the Scottish Government website at its Community Empowerment section. The Community Programmes Manager is aware of Participation Requests and is working with our Data Protection Officer on a Community Distribution List to publicise the scheme further.
In the year from 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018 there were no Participation Requests made to the College.
The College has a dedicated section on the Community Activity section of the website relating to Participation Requests. A direct hyperlink is provided to the Scottish Government website at its Community Empowerment section. The Community Programmes Manager is aware of Participation Requests and is working with our Data Protection Officer on a Community Distribution List to publicise the scheme further.
Want to find out more about our community projects, or interested in getting involved in any of our initiatives? Give us a call or drop us an email, we would love to hear from you!
