How to create a low cost high quality student enrichment programme in UK schools and colleges

1. Student Enrichment Programmes
Developing a low cost, high quality offer
Kiechelle Degale
CONSULTANT
KiE Leadership Training & Development ltd

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Your trainer today is Kiechelle Degale
Successfully managed ECM, Healthy College and
Enrichment programmes for over 8 years
Won a National Award from LSIS in 2009 for enrichment
Trained 1000’s of young people and college staff in
various aspects of Leadership Development
Extensive experience in creating, launching and
developing low cost enrichment programmes

3. Accessing and using free services
 Seeking and Sourcing alternative funding streams
for activities
 Getting student competitions funded externally
 Creating, sharing and recommending resources
with other providers
 Developing innovative and creative ways of
accessing external provision
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4. Using local businesses/Councils to develop
student projects
 Closer working and Partnerships with Student
Unions
 Motivating & Engage staff to be more involved
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5. Where your organisation is in respect of their
current enrichment provision
 How and where savings can be made, without
compromising quality
 How to apply the techniques and approaches
covered to your organisation
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Entitlement funding relates only to full time students
aged 16-19. It is intended to fund activities that do not, in
themselves, lead to qualifications – tutorial support and
guidance and activities known as enrichment.
In 2011/12 the funding for the entitlement was reduced
substantially – from 114 guided learning hours (glh) to 30
resulting in a cut of around £500 per full time student
The cut was not accompanied by any changed
expectation on schools and colleges and simply
represents a reduction in unit costs.

7. Organisations concerned about the enrichment
cuts, sustainability or future development of
enrichment
 Organisations who have an existing enrichment
programme but would like to further explore some
alternative low cost methods of delivery
 Organisations who have been ‘forced’ to reduce
their provision due to cuts but would like to reintroduce a free/ low cost quality service
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8. Exploring what is expected of an effective
enrichment programme and the strategies
currently in place within the participants
organisations:
 Does your current model meet the required
standard for the new Ofsted inspection?
 Does it support your equality and diversity policy?
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9. This exercise will assist you in identifying your
gaps and specific needs in your current
programme
 Please refer to your packs
 Your trainer will give you further instructions
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10. Exploring current types of enrichment
programmes in the UK
 What works well and not so well in your current
programme?
 Identifying your priorities
 What would your ideal programme look like?
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11. Current funding issues in the sector and the
impact on enrichment provisions
 Concerns from young people and current
campaigns for enrichment
 Why continue enrichment? What is the true
benefit of enrichment to young people?
Cutting cost
 Where did this decision come from?
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13. How to access and use the free or low
cost services of the local community
Examples of low cost or free resources
Local Council
 Local Police
 Traffic Police
 Drug and Alcohol units
 Terrance Higgins Trust or similar
 Using local authors or poets
 Local hair and beauty centres
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Free talks from local banks
LGBT free talks
Past students /University/ free curriculum and ‘moving
forward’ talks
Health campaigns
Safety campaigns
Peace talks offered by family of knife and gun crime
victims
Peace talks offered by local community faith officers
Free tasters i.e. Deaf awareness training, first aid etc
Employability training and talks from local employers/
businesses

15. Working with big corporate brand names, meeting
their own need for community development
projects and creating win -win projects
 Projects include: Silver Surfers, anti knife /anti gun
crime awareness, dragons den type and other
business related projects, team building day out,
various Leadership development projects etc .
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16. Shared recommendations
 Shared database of activities
 Shared enrichment campaigns
 Negotiation of sessions for large group bookings
 Cross college competitions
 Student exchange visits for sharing good practice
and further learning
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17. Existing student groups
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Get more out of your student Union and Student Executives
Create student focus groups to evaluate a wide range of
college services – run by students
Using internal contracts i.e. catering services to run
activities , competitions and provide free talks on nutrition
Develop very close links with your marketing department to
highlight and promote all you do

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Curriculum enrichment
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Talented staff to run activities [1 hr per wk] on a topic
they enjoy –open access to all students
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Encourage students to fundraise and celebrate causes
they are passionate about
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Train current Student Union to work with Student
Councils in local schools to develop a model for student
voice
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Student run groups, committees and boards

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National Citizens Service
Advertise and encourage the use of volunteers
Open up opportunities for interns
Use current students to volunteer in college
Use past students to volunteer to run projects and
activities
Develop volunteering policy
Develop links with volunteering centres e.g. V
inspired and become a V inspired Award Centre

20. Locating and sourcing additional funding for student
activities
 Past Alumni groups
 Sponsoring of Fresher's Fair by businesses
 Commercial displays in student areas for cash
 Environmental projects run by external
environmental groups

21. What would you like to fund?
 How much do you need?
 Top tips
Key organisations:
Sports England
Grants for Sports
Big Society Awards
Safer London Foundation
Awards for All
Jack Petchey Awards [London]
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22. Use existing resources, equipment, rooms, and
facilities to create income
 Room booking and hire –meetings, venue or sporting
activities
 Hire to existing local clubs –and /or get free places for
students
 Hire of equipment or resources including student
performances
 Students create products for sale i.e. cookbooks, art work etc
 Recycle drive – clothes, electrical, CD’s, old videos, gadgets,
books etc
 College car boot sale with a % going back to fund student
activities
 College Auction, staff/ student to donate items for fundraising
 Abseiling down the college building, set fee for entry, open to
all student and staff

23. Local borough hire of space for summer activities
and clubs
 Local business clubs use college space for
training and conferences
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Creating your personal outline action plan of how
to save or considerably cut the cost of Enrichment
whilst adding incredible value to the student body
[based around group exercise]
Further instruction from trainer – see packs

25. How to create a personalised model of
Enrichment based around cutting cost and
maximizing quality that's right for your
organisation
 See explanation in your pack
 Your trainer will give you further instructions
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26. http://www.greenhead.ac.uk/general/awards.htm
 http://www.southdowns.ac.uk/college_life/enrichment.a
 http://www.burycollege.ac.uk/courses/enrichment.aspx
 http://www.priestley.ac.uk/enrichment.htm
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See packs for handouts

28. We hope this training has provided you with both
useful and valuable information and ideas to
positively impact your student enrichment
programme.
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