Your Guide to Adult Learning in Three Rivers with Details of FREE Learning Opportunities Throughout the Year!
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Three Rivers Autumn 2010 Learning Partnership Promoting Learning in the Community & Winter 2011 Your Guide to Adult Learning in Three Rivers with details of FREE learning opportunities throughout the year! Plus FREE Taster Sessions across Three Rivers for The Family Learning Festival: Saturday 16 to Sunday 31 October 2010 Organised by: Three Rivers Learning Partnership For details of Learning Festivals & FREE learning activities throughout the year, see our new website at: www.3riverslearningptnrs.btck.co.uk For FREE learning throughout the year, see our new website: www.3riverslearningptnrs.btck.co.uk THREE RIVERS LEARNING PARTNERSHIP: YOUR GUIDE TO ADULT LEARNING IN THREE RIVERS (Autumn 2010 / Winter 2011 ) Contents: Page : Introduction 1 • Your Guide to Adult Learning in Three Rivers (Autumn 2010 / Winter 2011 ): 2 - Skills for Life, Information, Advice & Guidance, Job Search 2 - A-Z of Learning Opportunities 3-4 - About Costs 4 Free Learning Opportunities throughout the year 5-7 Free Courses of Learning – Coming Soon 7 Quick Look Guide to Activities (Free Tasters & Courses Coming Soon) 8 Quick Look Diary of Free Tasters for the Family Learning Festival & Courses 9 Free Taster Sessions across Three Rivers for the Family Learning Festival: 10-14 Saturday 16 to Sunday 31 October 2010 • Useful Addresses for Three Rivers Learning Organisations & Venues Offering Learning 15-18 Opportunities, Tasters & Information INTRODUCTION Three Rivers Guide to Adult Learning - What is it about? This Guide contains details of organisations providing learning activities and also many free learning opportunities. Skills for Life, Information, Advice & Guidance & Job Search are listed first, then an A-Z of other learning opportunities. This A-Z contains organisations that offer a wide range of courses and classes although not all are free; but many organisations do offer special free Tasters for the Family Learning Festival and some throughout the year. If a Taster is on offer then it is likely that there are sessions in this activity at other times. We do hope that you get along to some of the Tasters, but if you do miss something that you are interested in, do contact the organisation as they probably have something similar on offer – just not necessarily free. Do you, or does someone you know, need help with …? Learning English or improving reading, writing or maths, please look on the next page where there is help available. Booking: Please think about asking for, or giving someone, help with booking. Who can join in the Family Learning Festival? Our family learning definition is very flexible; family members can include friends as well as family, reflecting the range of support relationships that individuals rely on in the 21 st century and not necessarily involving more than one generation. Where children attend they must be of the age specified and adults must stay for whole session. You are invited! Three Rivers Learning Partnership with their Partners offer you these FREE tasters of learning to celebrate the Family Learning Festival. We hope that you enjoy learning in Three Rivers. Most tasters need to be booked but some are just turn up. All activities are FREE & provide a great opportunity to try something new. Three Rivers Learning Partnership – Promoting Learning in the Community Venue addresses pages 15-18 Page 1 For FREE learning throughout the year, see our new website: www.3riverslearningptnrs.btck.co.uk YOUR GUIDE TO ADULT LEARNING IN THREE RIVERS (Autumn 2010 / Winter 2011 ) SKILLS FOR LIFE ENGLISH Literacy & Numeracy: (& see Book Groups on Page 3 ) ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages): o ASCEND o St Michael’s Catholic High School o Community Learning Partnership o West Herts College o Maple Cross JMI o Jobcentre Plus (refer people on benefits for free tuition) o West Herts College Play & Language with your Child (under 5): Computing o Community Learning Partnership (ICT: Information & Computing Technology): o Mill End Community Centre See Page 3. o Children’s Centres INFORMATION, ADVICE & GUIDANCE & JOB SEARCH IAG (Information, Advice & Guidance): Job Search, CVs, etc.: o Adrian Consortium of Extended Schools o ASCEND o ASCEND o Connexions (help & support for all 13-19s) o Careers Advice Service: o Guideposts Trust ( support for people with Mental www.careersadvice.direct.gov.uk Health Issues) o Connexions (help & support for all 13-19s) o HCS Careers o HCS Careers o Jobcentre Plus o Next Step (people 18 & over) o Next Step (people 18 & over) o Riversmeet Consortium of Extended Schools o Watford Observer o South Oxhey Extended Schools Consortium o West Herts College o Watford Mencap (people with Learning Disabilities) o Work Solutions (people with disabilities) o West Herts College Training For Work / Workplace Learning: o Work Solutions (people with disabilities) o ASCEND o HCS Careers Modern Apprenticeships (16-65s): o Next Step (people 18 & over) o West Herts College o West Herts College Women Returners / Women Entrepreneurs Training For Volunteering/Volunteers: o West Herts College o ASCEND o Wenta o CVS in Three Rivers Pre-Retirement: o Home-Start (Watford & Three Rivers) o HCS Careers o WEA o Next Step (people 18 & over) Skills training for those facing redundancy or newly Qualification comparison programme for Migrant out of work: Workers: o o HCS Careers HCS Careers Gas Safe Re-assessment Centre Redundant/job hunting? at West Herts College’s Construction & Engineering Explore career options & look afresh at your future, Centre, Kings Langley. Work towards your official free 1-day seminar. Gas Safe licence (formerly Corgi). Register at e: [email protected] Three Rivers Learning Partnership – Promoting Learning in the Community Venue addresses pages 15-18 Page 2 For FREE learning throughout the year, see our new website: www.3riverslearningptnrs.btck.co.uk A-Z OF LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES: A-G Arts & Crafts: Computing o ASCEND (ICT: Information & Computing Technology): o Mill End Community Centre (Flower Arranging & o Abbots Langley Library Oil Painting) o ASCEND o Three Rivers District Council - Everyday Active o Chorleywood Library o U3A Chorleywood o Croxley Green Library o U3A Croxley Green o Oxhey Library o U3A Rickmansworth o Maple Cross JMI o U3A Sarratt o Mill End Community Centre (PC free access only) o Watford Rural Parish Council (Pottery ) o Parmiter’s School o West Herts College o Rickmansworth Library o St Joan of Arc School Boat Handling: o U3A Chorleywood o Rickmansworth Waterways Trust, Batchworth o U3A Sarratt Lock Canal Centre o West Herts College o Wenta (Website Design only) Book Groups & Literature: o Oxhey Library Reading Group Also see the Three Rivers District Council o Three Rivers Learning Partnership, ASCEND & FREE computer course offer on page 5 Oxhey Library (Quick Reads Book Club) o U3A Chorleywood Dance: o o U3A Croxley Green Mill End Community Centre (Ballet/Ballroom/Tap ) o o U3A Rickmansworth West Herts College o U3A Sarratt Discussion Group: o Business: U3A Sarratt (Philosophy) o West Herts College o Wenta Environment & Science: o ASCEND – Dig Deep Allotment o Childcare & Parenting: U3A Sarratt o West Herts College Family Learning: o Citizenship: Adrian Consortium of Extended Schools o o Centre for Voluntary Service in Three Rivers Community Learning Partnership o Riversmeet Consortium of Extended Schools o South Oxhey Extended Schools Consortium Courses funded by Hertfordshire Adult & Family Learning Service change, so also check with your local school. Financial Literacy: o West Herts College Three Rivers Learning Partnership – Promoting Learning in the Community Venue addresses pages 15-18 Page 3 For FREE learning throughout the year, see our new website: www.3riverslearningptnrs.btck.co.uk A-Z OF LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES: H-Z Health & Fitness: Personal Development: o Countryside Management Service o ASCEND o Mill End Community Centre (Exercise, 50+ o Community Learning Partnership Exercise, Yoga & women’s running) o West Herts College o Three Rivers District Council - Everyday Active o U3A Chorleywood (Pilates, Tai Chi, Walking) o U3A Croxley Green (Walking) What about costs? o U3A Rickmansworth (Tai Chi, Keep Fit, Walking) In Three Rivers there are many free learning o U3A Sarratt (Walking) opportunities, but where there are charges there may o West Herts College be discounts, so please ask. o YMCA Woodlands o Yogatree (Yoga) Also check if you are eligible to study for free: Free tuition for Level 2 courses: If you are over History, Local History & Family History: 19 years & do not have a full Level 2 qualification o Abbots Langley Library (i.e. 5 GCSEs grades A to C or equivalent) then you o Batchworth Lock Canal Centre could be eligible for free tuition. o Chorleywood Library Free tuition for Level 3 courses: If you are over o Croxley Green Library 19 & under 25 years, without previous Level 3 o Oxhey Library qualifications (i.e. 2 A Levels or equivalent) then o Rickmansworth Library these courses are available to you for free with o Three Rivers Museum Rickmansworth government support. o U3A Croxley Green To receive free tuition you must meet criteria as o U3A Rickmansworth set out by both the Government & course provider. o U3A Sarratt If you’re between 14 & 25 , without a job & not currently in education, The Prince’s Trust may be Languages: able to help you overcome your barriers with a o English/ESOL: St Michael’s Catholic High School, small cash grant. Get in touch: West Herts College www.princes-trust.org.uk or o British Sign Language: Parmiter’s