- 41% of 25-34 year-olds in the UK have attained a higher level of education than their parents, but problems exist with inequality of knowledge and effects on individuals and communities. - The document proposes a "Community Skills Bank" system that allows people to register skills they can teach and want to learn, earn "skill points" to take lessons from others, and focus on basic everyday skills to avoid professional jobs. - Benefits of this skills bank include friendship, empowerment, ownership, sharing and face-to-face learning in a friendly interactive environment.

1. What happens in our education
system?
• 41% of 25-34 year-olds in the UK have attained a
higher level of education than their parents
• Expenditure on educational institutions increased
from 3.6% in 1995 to 4.5% in 2009

2. Problems with the current system
• Inequality of knowledge
• Effect on individuals
• Effect on community

3. My story

4. Potential
• We‟re stronger together
• Reengage with the community
• Create a localised resource network
• Improve our well being

5. Community Skills Bank
• A system to get in contact with other skills
• You register your skills and those you
would like to learn
• For every hour you teach your skill you
gain one skill point
• You can use these points to “buy” teaching
from others
• Everybody starts off with one skill point

6. Community Skills Bank
• Focus on basic, everyday skills
avoid the danger of taking away professional jobs,
such as bricklaying and plumbing;
friendly interactive environment;
• A rating and comment system
improve quality of teaching;
help others to choose between different “teachers”

7. Local community
• Local skill exchange
• Replicable
• Social
• Viral

8. Impact of the skills bank
• Friendship
• Empowerment
• Ownership
• Sharing
 Information is „free‟ on the net …
 The skills bank offers face-to-face learning

9. Considerations
• Funding
• Barriers
• Getting people through the door
Word of mouth; internet forum; notice
boards; flyers; targeting places people hang
out

10. Future
"Sustainable communities will not happen
without suitable skilled and knowledgeable
people, across the public, private and third
sectors" –Egan report