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What Advantages can the Voluntary and Community Sector offer the field as a whole?

There are a lot of advantages that the Voluntary and Community Sector can offer, and some of these are:

• Economic delivery to smaller numbers.

• Delivery at learner friendly times.

• Certain skills base that may not be available to the college sector and other providers.

• Ability to engage in Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) activities to support users and colleges after initial basic skills classes.

• Continuous Professional Development (CPD) activities can be open and accessible, and so can better support development of staff skills.

• Greater degree of learner centricity.

• Innovative developments, such as a new web based resource in BS, set up by the new Manchester Consortium, on www.manchesterbsc.org.uk .

• Ability to deliver EBS in the context of other more immediate needs of clients.

[Introduction]
[What is EBS?]
[Why get Involved?]
[Advantages]
[Should you get involved?]
[Models of Embedding]
[Good Practice]
[EBS with Disabled People]