News Archives

New Beginnings Drop-in

The New Beginnings team from the Volunteer Centre will be at Learn for Life every 2 weeks starting Friday 2nd February at 12.30pm. They specialise in helping refugees and asylum seekers to find volunteer work to improve their employability skills in the UK.

 

New Years Honours for Gill and Hayley

We are very pleased to announce that Gill and Hayley have been awarded British Empire Medals on the New Year’s Honour List. They are featured on the front page of the Sheffield Star today and the article can be read online here.

Gill and Hayley will be awarded their medals by the Lord Lieutenant later in the year and then will be attending a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.

They were on BBC Radio Sheffield Breakfast this morning, Hayley is also on Hallam FM on their hourly news bulletin. They will also be on national BBC Radio 4’s PM between 5 – 5:30 this evening. 

Winter Celebration

Thank you to everyone who came and contributed to our Winter Celebration. We all had a great time! Below are a few photos from the party and more can be seen on our Facebook page here.

Guitar class!

Here is a lovely photo of our guitar class. Learn guitar every Wednesday from 5pm at Learn for Life.

Christmas Opening Times

The centre will be closed from 21st December until 5th January. If you would like to contact us during the winter break you can do so by emailing: info@learnforlifeenterprise.com 

 

Art as a Second Language at Weston Park Museum

Thank you to everyone who came down to Art as a Second Language at Weston Park Museum on Thursday. We all had a fascinating time at the Museum and enjoyed studying the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Doll Houses Collection which gave us insight in to British social history. We then set off to the North Pole and met Snowy the Polar Bear.

 

New TESOL course starting in January

Sign up today to learn how to teach English as a Second Language. TESOL Training UK’s new course is starting in January at Learn for Life Enterprise: https://www.tesoltraininguk.uk/course-dates-fees/

Week 2 of Stool Making

We finished our stools today. Take a look at our progress below and on our Facebook page here. If you’d like to get involved in a future workshop send us an email: info@learnforlifeenterprise.com

Woodwork Stool Making Workshop

Today we went on a trip to Sharrow Forum to have a go at building stools. We all had a good time and enjoyed the first session with everyone successfully putting their stool together. Next week we are going to complete our stools and decorate them! Below are a few photos and there are more on our Facebook page here.

We’ve won the M&S Energy Fund Competition! Thank you to everyone who voted, pledged, shared and campaigned – you’re fantastic! Your help and support is very much appreciated by all at Learn for Life Enterprise. <3