Scottish Government

Annex A: List of those Invited to Respond to the Consultation on 'An Adult ESOL Strategy for Scotland'

Letters enclosing a copy or copies of the Strategy were sent to the following:

• Members of the ESOL Strategy Group (see Annex B of consultation paper for details).
• Members of the former ESOL Steering and Working Groups (operative in 2004; see Annex B of consultation paper for details).
• All Principals of Scotland's - at that time - 45 Colleges
• Named ESOL contacts at the colleges most heavily engaged in provision
• Community Learning and Development ( CLD) Lead Officers at all of Scotland's 32 local authorities
• Adult Literacy and Numeracy Managers at all of Scotland's 32 local authorities (where those named differed from the CLD Lead Officers for those authorities)
• The organisations who provided, or collaborated on, a 'Stakeholder Platform' for the consultation paper (see Annex B of consultation paper for details)
• All of the mandatory consultation bodies/groups (viz. the Commission for Racial Equality, the Disability Rights Commission, the Equal Opportunities Commission and all Scottish MEPs).
• The Scottish Further Education Unit
• The University of the Highland and Islands Millennium Institute
• The Scottish Executive's Equality Unit
• The Analytical Services Division of ETLLD - for info.
• The Head of ETLLD - for info.
• Other selected members of ETLLD - for info.
• The Deputy First Minister - for info.
• The Minister for Communities - for info.

An e-mail message containing a link to the electronic version of the consultation paper on the Scottish Executive website was sent to the following:

• The Confederation of British Industry ( CBI)
• The Glasgow School of English
• The Refugee Council
• Black and Ethnic Minority Infrastructure in Scotland ( BEMIS)
• The Black Community Development Project
• The Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Organisations ( CEMVO) Scotland
• The Central Scotland Racial Equality Council
• The Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland ( CERES)
• The Scottish Chambers of Commerce
• Children in Scotland
• The Clerk of the Education Committee, Scottish Parliament
• The Clerk of the Enterprise Committee, Scottish Parliament
• Universities Scotland
• Lifelong Learning UK
• Reed recruitment
• Edinburgh Racial Equality Council
• Ethnic Minority Enterprise Centre ( EMEC) Glasgow
• English UK
• The Ethnic Minorities Law Centre
• The Glasgow ESOL Forum
• The British Council
• Fairness, Race Awareness and Equality ( FRAE) Fife
• Federation of Small Businesses ( FSB) Scottish Office
• The Glasgow Anti-Racist Alliance
• Glasgow Overseas Professionals Into Practice ( GOPiP)
• Grampian Racial Equality Council
• Hemat Gryffe Women's Aid
• National Association for Teaching English and other Community Languages to Adults ( NATECLA) Scotland
• KA Javid & Co Accountants
• Learndirect Scotland
• Jobcentre Plus
• The Open University
• Scottish Enterprise
• The Bridges Programme
• National Co-ordinator for Widening Participation (c/o Napier University)
• The Scottish Trades Union Congress ( STUC)
• UNISON Scotland
• National Union of Students ( NUS) Scotland
• MERIDIAN (Black and Ethnic Minority Women's Information and Resource Centre)
• The Muslim Women's Resource Centre
• National Association for Teaching English and other Community Languages to Adults ( NATECLA)
• The Initiative
• Positive Action in Housing
• The REACH Community Health Project
• Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector ( GCVS)
• Highlands and Islands Enterprise
• Saheliya (Black and Minority Ethnic Women's Mental Health organisation)
• The Scottish Association of Teaching English as an Additional Language ( SATEAL)
• The Scottish Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language ( SATEFL)
• Shakti Women's Aid
• The Educational Institute of Scotland ( EIS)
• Careers Scotland
• The West of Scotland Racial Equality Council
• Young Scot
• Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
• Selected colleagues from the wider Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Department (Transitions to Work, Skills for Life and Work, Funding for Learners, Higher Education and Science, Enterprise Networks)
• Selected colleagues from other Scottish Executive departments (Fresh Talent Team, Equality Unit, International Projects Division, Cultural Policy Division, Schools Group)