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Pre-Entry ESOL: Confidence for English
This course focuses on bolstering confidence through practical language skills necessary for daily interactions. Participants will engage in conversations relevant to various aspects of everyday life. The course aims to empower learners from diverse backgrounds, including those facing socio-economic challenges. Through targeted language instruction and confidence-building exercises, learners will begin to develop essential linguistic abilities vital for active participation in their communities. This short course will cover a range of learning opportunities enabling students to further develop skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking through focus on various elements of grammar and vocabulary. Confidence in English is a taster course tailored for learners thinking about working towards accredited ESOL.
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Dates:Thu 01/08/2024 -
Thu 22/08/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:3 sessionsLocation:Jubilee Library
Jubilee Street
Brighton
BN1 1GETutor:Camille RamsdenCourse code:Q00018136How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £33.60
Money Management & Budgeting for ESOL Learners (Maximus, Three Bridges)
This course is ONLY for residents of West Sussex. Please do not apply if you are from a West Sussex postcode area. This short course is designed for learners currently studying ESOL who want to learn more about the language and skills that will help you manage your money, make good shopping decisions, and understand budgeting. The course will look at the principles of managing money in everyday situations like comparing prices on the high street, working out the best deal for transport to get to work or learning, or the cost of cooking a meal.
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Dates:Fri 02/08/2024 -
Fri 16/08/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:3 sessionsLocation:Maximus Three Bridges Office
Unit 2
3 Crawley Business Centre
Stephenson Way
Three Bridges
Crawley
RH10 1TNTutor:Gabriella RussoCourse code:Q00017947How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee:Free
Creative Writing: Writers’ Online Retreat: Write, Feedback, Progress!
Over 5 consecutive days, you’ll set an achievable goal, immerse yourself in 45 minutes of writing and get feedback from the tutor and peers when you share. Imagine the amount of work and momentum you’ll build over 5 days.
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Dates:Mon 05/08/2024 -
Fri 09/08/2024Times:10:00am - 11:30amDuration:5 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Nicola TorodeCourse code:Q00017740How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:5 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £27.75
Multiply - Maths for the Healthcare Sector
Here at the WEA we believe in bringing education within reach of everyone Our maths course is designed to give everyone the opportunity to learn and develop the essential numeracy skills they need to succeed at any age. We want to help people to improve their ability to understand and use maths in daily life. This Maths for work course is an opportunity to learn new skills to support you no matter what role you play in work. You will be able to understand how to use new maths skills to support your children's homework, along with managing finances and supporting you in your career progression
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Dates:Mon 05/08/2024 -
Tue 20/08/2024Times:2:30pm - 5:30pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Ekta VishroliaCourse code:Q00018189How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee:Free
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Duration:12 monthsFee:£15
Personal Development: Developing Digital Skills
Enjoy developing your digital skills and build your confidence in knowing how to use a digital device to search for activities to support your family and your health and wellbeing. Learn how to use social media to search for activites you and your family can take part in during the summer holidays. Learner how to know where to look for new events taking place that you and your family can enjoy. During this course you will gain more knowledge and confidence in suing a mobile device.
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Dates:Mon 05/08/2024 -
Tue 06/08/2024Times:10:30am - 1:00pmDuration:2 sessionsLocation:New Hope Global (Birmingham)
Birchfield Library (2nd floor)
3 Trinity Road
Birmingham
B6 6AHTutor:Ekta VishroliaCourse code:Q00018185How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £21.00
Money Management & Budgeting for ESOL Learners (Horsham - West Sussex Multiply)
Please note this course is ONLY for residents of West Sussex. This short course is designed for learners currently studying ESOL who want to learn more about the language and skills that will help you manage your money, make good shopping decisions, and understand budgeting. The course will look at the principles of managing money in everyday situations like comparing prices on the high street, working out the best deal for transport to get to work or learning, or the cost of cooking a meal. This course will take place at the Horsham Drill Hall, Horsham. This course is supported by the Government-funded Multiply program which means that it is free for any learner with a West Sussex postcode.
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Dates:Tue 06/08/2024 -
Tue 20/08/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:3 sessionsLocation:The Drill Hall
Denne Road
Horsham
RH1 1JFTutor:Gabriella RussoCourse code:Q00018242How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee:Free
Seated Yoga
Did you know yoga can help you get stronger and more flexible, no matter your age or abilities? There are yoga courses for all levels and needs. Even if you can’t take part in a standing class, this beginner’s yoga course can help you gain mobility without taking a toll on your joints.
Seated yoga is perfect for you if you’d have difficulty following a regular yoga lesson. Whether you have mobility issues or chronic fatigue, this yoga course can help you reduce stiffness in your joints and learn to relax. Enjoy the practice of yoga from a chair.
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Dates:Tue 06/08/2024 -
Tue 27/08/2024Times:9:00am - 10:30amDuration:4 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Georgia DanielCourse code:Q00017045How you'll learn:OnlineStatus:Waiting listFee rangeFree to £22.20
Introduction to Support Work
This short course will offer you an insight into how to help support someone with their daily life and wellbeing, including people living with physical disabilities and/or mental health issues. As a support worker, you may find yourself working in a variety of settings. The day-to-day job of a support worker will differ depending on the needs of the person, or people they are supporting. The main focus is to help people, whether that is at home, at school or work, enabling them to live more independently, by offering them both physical and emotional support.
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Dates:Tue 06/08/2024 -
Tue 06/08/2024Times:11:00am - 4:00pmDuration:1 sessionsLocation:NST Hub (North Somerset Training Communi
31 Alexandra Parade
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 1QZTutor:Katie DexterCourse code:Q00017106How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £21.00
Art appreciation: Early renaissance
This course is an introduction to ways of viewing paintings made in Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The course that uses a selected number of paintings to provide a basis for the beginnings of an appreciation and understanding of some of the seminal ideas in aesthetics and philosophy of the period. The selection will encourage a focus on the paintings with specific themes and attentions; from the early use of artificial perspective and proportions to involvement in a world that represents the complexity of thought with feelings The course will include a study of selected works by Giotto and Masaccio, Jan van Eyck. and Rogier van der Weyden, Piero della Francesca and Sandro Botticelli, Andrea Mantegna and Giovanni Bellini.
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Dates:Tue 06/08/2024 -
Tue 27/08/2024Times:11:15am - 1:15pmDuration:4 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Allen FisherCourse code:Q00016839How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £29.60
Creative Writing: Writing the City
This course will introduce you to techniques to bring a city alive in your stories, either fictional or non fiction, long or short form writing. This workshop consists of a blend of activities: writing exercises to practice your craft; close reading of extracts from published inspirational writers and teaching points on creative writing techniques. There is an opportunity to share your fresh words in small groups and receive gentle, appreciative feedback.
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Dates:Wed 07/08/2024 -
Wed 28/08/2024Times:2:00pm - 4:00pmDuration:4 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Nicola TorodeCourse code:Q00017742How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:7 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £29.60