The Family Learning Action Group, run in partnership with the Southwark Family Learning Forum, will examine the actions needed to make the `Learning Families: A New Approach for Southwark` strategy a reality.
A number of key issues have already been identified in making family learning more accessible to potential learners in Southwark. There is evidence that family learning can overcome difficulties associated with a disadvantaged background for both parents and children. Without family support, a child~s formal education is an uphill struggle. Family learning schemes are often a second chance for parents, and grandparents, to return to learning, creating a host of fresh opportunities to pursue previously thwarted ambitions.
Family learning covers all forms of informal and formal learning that involve more than one generation. `Family` members can include friends as well as family, reflecting the range of support relationships that individuals rely on in the twenty-first century.
The objectives and recommendations of the `Learning Families: A New Approach for Southwark` strategy are currently under review and open to consultation. Your feedback is welcome.
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