We are excited for #getonlineweek

Join us on Thursday 17th October at 11am at Learn for Life to try something new online!

Good Things Foundation have released their final report on the Future Proof project we took part in over the past year. Read it here. The project helped over 900 people to build their confidence, digital skills and resilience, with some even securing employment.

The report features a case study on Learn for Life along with photos from our session at Broomhall Centre.

Hayley will also be speaking at the “Shocks, knocks and skill building blocks: creating resilient workers” event on 24th February. You can book onto the event here.

New Digital Skills FREE Training Course for all our students and staff

This course, created by Google, will help you to find out and understand the opportunities of the digital world and the Internet from a job/company/business perspective.
Having these basic skills and knowledge in your background is essential in today’s world and are important to get a job or to create your own business.

What it is:
How to set up a website for selling products, how to use Facebook to promote products and keep in contact with customers, how advertisement works in a search engine like Google, which are the new ways to find, engage and retain customers, how to measure every action taken on the Internet…are only a few examples of the interesting and useful topics in this course.

Why you should do it:
Nowadays, all companies have a digital presence on the Internet. Almost all employees/staff are required to take part of it. And this course teaches you the basic digital skills required by companies in any job position. Start the Digital Garage, finish it and obtain an impressive digital certification form Google for your C.V.

How it works:
We offer you one hour and fifteen minutes of free assisted guidance to get started, go through the first eight lessons and acquire the basic knowledge to understand how works the course and the digital platform . Watch videos from experts; test what you have learnt with fun and quick quizzes. After the introduction class you will be able to continue by yourself, on your phone or any computer.

Who should do it:
Job seekers, students, for those who want to get started and taste the digital world from the business perspective, sharpen their skills or simply get their CV / Resume noticed!

To join contact info@learnforlifeenterprise.com or 0114 255 90 80 or ask at reception

We will be starting a 6 week computer course on 11th January from 1 – 3 at Sharrow Forum. It is being taught by the team at Online Centres Network. To join contact 01142559080 or email info@learnforlifeenterprise.com 

We were very happy to welcome Helen Milner, CEO of the Tinder Foundation, to Learn for Life today for our Get Online Week event. There was lots of great talking, yummy cake made by Lucia and people enjoyed playing the new Learn My Way game. Get Online Week brings communities together!