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Service Priority, Accessibility and Quality in Rural Scotland

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ANNEX 5J: SERVICE PRIORITIES IN RSPA AREAS

SERVICE ISSUES

WORKSHOP FINDINGS

Education

Angus

Argyll & Bute 1

Argyll & Bute 2

Dumfries & Galloway 1

Access

  • primary school closures
  • leads to choosing school in community towns where parents drive to work
  • lack of public transport
  • lack of after school care

Access

  • reduced primary school teachers
  • less hours of primary school teachers.
  • travel distance longer due to closure of local hostel caused by contamination

Access/Quality

  • range of adult education courses

Access

  • lack of apprenticeships for trades

Dumfries & Galloway 2

Eilean Siar 1

Eilean Siar 3

Highland

Access

  • lack of pre school places
  • lack of after school facilities

Quality

  • poor quality of libraries in some areas

Access/quality

  • Youth services - need for paid leaders not reliant on volunteers

Access/quality

  • flexible chid care for parents going back to work
  • need for provision of youth services
  • lack of post 18 education

Access

  • lack of nursery provision
  • lack of after school care
  • secondary school closures

Orkney

South Ayrshire

Access

  • access to adult learning to keep young on the Islands

Access

  • lack of SME/business start up training courses

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