What are Skills for Life?

Skills for Life are our way of simplifying daily life. Our courses are about gaining new or enhancing existing knowledge. We offer courses that help with:

  • interpersonal communication
  • health
  • wellbeing
  • managing emotions
  • fitness
  • and more

These courses offer a helping hand to make your life journey smoother.

You don’t have to aim big, taking these small steps can help boost your skills.

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    Access to Further Education (FE)

    Unlock your full potential with this course designed for academically able learners who, for various reasons, have not achieved GCSEs.

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    Basic Car Maintenance

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    £155.00

    Develop confidence and practical skills required to carry out basic maintenance on light motor vehicles.

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    English Language – GCSE

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    £200.00

    There are plenty of reasons to study GCSE English Language; whether it’s to get better qualifications for higher education, create more avenues for a career, or simply for self-improvement – sitting GCSEs in adulthood is a fantastic way to gain new skills and bolster your CV.

     

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    Futures in Employment

    This course is suitable for learners who are uncertain about their career path and seek a program with a practical focus to ready themselves for future employment opportunities or further study.

    It is also suitable for those wishing to undertake a practical course that develops a wide range of skills required for a potential career in Protective Services such as the police, fire, ambulance, border agencies or the British Armed Forces (British Army, Royal Air Force or Royal Navy, including Royal Marines).

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    Home Maintenance for Beginners

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    £145.00

    Learn the knowledge and skills to effectively maintain and enhance your living spaces.

     

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    IT Work Ready Programme

    A great opportunity to get IT confident and build on key IT and Microsoft Office skills, with a chance to gain work experience at a local employer.

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    Learner Driver Test ‘Show me, Tell me’

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    £35.00

    Get ready for your driving test with this three hour course aimed at helping learner drivers to pass the “Show Me, Tell Me” part of the practical driving test.

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    Mathematics – GCSE

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    £200.00

    There are plenty of reasons to study GCSE Biology; whether it’s to get better qualifications for higher education, create more avenues for a career, or simply for self-improvement – sitting GCSEs in adulthood is a fantastic way to gain new skills and bolster your CV.

     

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    Sewing Skills

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    £110.00

    Learning to sew is such a useful skill to have, yet we seem to have lost the ability over the last few decades. Times are a changing and learning how to repair clothes, sew on buttons and understand the basic stitches is a good start to building up a skill we should all have.

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    Sewing Workshop

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    £110.00

    If you are a keen seamstress, but would like to have some expert guidance or have a project you want to start, but not sure how to, this may be the workshop for you. Bring along existing or new projects to start in the workshop and get guidance and advice from our skilled tutor and meet like-minded people at the same time.

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    Skills for Access

    Develop your Health and Social Care skills in preparation for Access to Higher Education.

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