Practise your Spanish with native Spanish speakers.
Catering for all levels from beginners to advanced level.
Suitable for those interested in travelling, going on holiday, developing a new hobby or working internationally.
Wednesday evenings from 6 – 7
£3 per session
Email: info@learnforlifeenterprise.com or phone 0114 255 9080 to register your interest
Learn for Life Enterprise was one of only two organisations chosen from over 500 community organisations across the UK to take part in the ‘Celebrating Success English My Way’ video. The video was shown last week at the BBC Broadcasting House in London and was met with a fantastic response from English My Way funders and stakeholders.
You can watch the English My Way celebrating success video below featuring an interview with Hayley and an ESOL class led by Gill and Daniel at Learn for Life Enterprise.
The DWELL (Designing for Well-being in Environments for Later Life) project is an architectural
design research project.
Researchers at the University of Sheffield are looking for local residents aged 50 + to get involved in developing new ideas for the future of homes and neighbourhoods in Sheffield. Participants will develop and evaluate proposals through workshops, neighbourhood walks, and other group activities. The project is a collaboration with Sheffield City Council and is led by Professor Sarah Wigglesworth. It will run until the end of 2016.
During the first year DWELL will involve groups of residents aged 50 and over in discussions and design workshops in order to develop ideas for improved housing and neighbourhoods. Participants will be involved in the development, review, and evaluation of proposals for new types of housing and age-friendly neighbourhoods for current and future generations.
The Sharrow group meetings are being held at Learn for Life Enterprise.
The next meeting will be Wednesday 29th October at 3pm.
On Thursday 9th October we welcomed the BBC to Learn for Life to run a training workshop for teachers and volunteers. We were introduced to the newly developed Learning Circles resources which we will be starting to use in our centre to help individuals learn English.
The BBC, along with the British Council and the Tinder Foundation, have developed fun, multimedia English-teaching lessons at a very low level for immigrant communities in the UK. The purpose is to help people with very little English to gain the confidence and ability to make the first step to learning English.
Speaking English for Business, Conversation and Formal situations
2 classes each week including pronunciation and vocabulary
10 week course at £15 per week (£14 if paid in advance)
Ideal for East Asian speakers including Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai.
Sign up today by emailing info@learnforlifeenterprise.com
Volunteering is fun! It’s about giving your time to do something useful and benefiting the community you live in.
In return for volunteering you get the satisfaction of changing someone’s life for the better. In addition, volunteering can be a great way to: meet new people, learn new skills and gain useful experience.
We have ongoing volunteer opportunities at Learn for Life Enterprise from ESOL teaching to classroom teaching assistant to business support officer to guitar tutor. You can read them all by clicking here to go to our volunteer opportunities page.
We are now enrolling ESOL Students who want to do Trinity College ESOL Skills for Life exams in June and July.
Email: info@learnforlifeenterprise.com for more information.
Please include your name, telephone number and level / type of exam you want to do.
Sheffield based organisation, Learn for Life Enterprise, has been accredited with the nationally recognised quality mark for organisations which provide support to individuals to make learning and work more accessible – the Matrix Standard.
A social enterprise, Learn for Life Enterprise, is a community hub based in the culturally and ethnically diverse area of Sharrow which is amongst the top 10% of the most deprived areas in the country with a high BME presence.
The organisation was established in 2008 and has developed a strong reputation for its work
within the community amongst partners and learners.
Many learners are hard to reach, rootless and vulnerable adults who, in some cases, are
asylum seekers, refugees, ex-offenders, ex-substance abusers and/or live in hostels.
The main provision offered is ESOL, supporting learners from beginner level to advanced.
These are run from Sharrow, although outreach facilities are also provided in other challenged
areas of the city. Training and learning is also available in;-
• Functional Skills
• Foreign Languages
• Music
• Art and Crafts
• Creative Writing
• Computing
• Digital Media
• Citizenship
Learn for Life Enterprise has 300+ students and wanted to ensure that their students were receiving the best information, advice and guidance possible. Therefore the organisation decided that the matrix Standard, amongst other things, would help it to accredit the service it provides. Says Hayley Nelson, Director of Learn for Life Enterprise:
“We first found out about the matrix standard last September when the Skills Funding Agency made it a necessary requirement for organisations to become accredited before September 2014 to carry on receiving funding. It has benefited our organisation by assisting us in improving our services and quality assuring our provision as well as giving us national recognition.”
David Allan, Managing Director at emqc Ltd said of the organisation’s achievement:
“This matrix Accreditation is another example of how the matrix Standard is proving effective for all types of organisations, helping them to provide a more professional service offering and to strive to be the best in their sector.”
Learn for Life Enterprise has been established for 6 years and is based at 241-243 London Road.
Any other organisations that would like to know more about how the matrix Standard might be able to help, can find out more by contacting matrix on 0845 304 8600.
About the matrix Standard:
Creative Edge drummers will be performing at “Blend” at Shipshape on Bank Holiday Monday 26th May. Our drumming group will also be running workshops from 5:30 – 7:30 on Wednesday evenings at The Cathedral Archer Project / Cathedral Resource Centre on Campo Lane. Come down this week 🙂
Thank you to Sheffield University’s Sheffield RAG who have donated £1200 to Learn for Life Enterprise as part of their ‘Give As You Rent Appeal’.
Give As You Rent is a University of Sheffield and Students’ Union collaboration. Money is collected through their Accommodation and Commercial Services Department through the accommodation fees paid by students, and is an ‘opt out’ scheme.
The Give As You Rent Appeal provides grants to alleviate homelessness or housing difficulties in Sheffield. We will be using the funding to help asylum seekers integrate into the Sheffield community and to help them with their basic needs.
