Raising aspirations and tackling deprivation in King's Lynn: Lessons from 'Learning Catalysts'

In this latest edition of Local Work, Sarah Glenn, Economic Development Projects Officer with the Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, describes the development of an approach to understand and raise aspirations through the Learning Catalysts project which began in January 2006.

Recognising that the local economy was characterised by a high proportion of low-earning, low-skilled work with significant pockets of benefit dependancy, the Borough Council and Local Strategic Partnership identified low-skills and aspirations as the 'biggest challenge facing Norfolk'. This Local Work looks at the local context, the development of the Learning Catalyst programme and the impact of the programme.