You may have seen that we run a Hair & Beauty Rainbow Competition to show support for our amazing National Health Service. We challenged you to create a hair, beauty or nail art (or a combination of all 3) designs that displays our appreciation of the NHS. It could have been a rainbow hair design…
I started with Essex County Council in February 2019 as a Business Support Assistant in the file and data team, and I quickly settled into the team and managed to learn all the tasks very quickly. In May 2019, I spoke with my line manager about the possibility of enrolling on the ‘Business Administrator –…
We are continuing to show our support for the incredible people who work in healthcare by sharing a new activity every Thursday with a braid tutorial. This week, Tania shows you how to create a ‘Fake Braid’ and style hair in an up-do. #CelebratingCarers You can also show your support by visiting and donating on…
Today, our Woodworking tutor Mike shows you how to create a Tangram Puzzle using spare pieces of MDF. Last week we celebrated the bicentenary of Florence Nightingale’s birth and #InternationalNursesDay with our Celebrating Carers event. To continue the support for the incredible people who work in healthcare and their selfless contribution at this time, we…
Taking care of yourself is an important part of maintaining a balanced lifestyle. Set some time aside to pamper yourself with this 20 minute facial by Beauty Therapy tutor Gemma. #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek Interested in learning more? View full range of beauty courses courses.
It is important to take care of yourself as well as others. Whether it’s daily, weekly or less frequent, self-care is an important part of maintaining your physical, mental and emotional health. Our Family & Community Learning team have created FREE Self Care During Stressful Times workshops to help keep yourself well. View full range…
It’s #MentalHealthAwareness week and this year’s official theme is #kindness. Small acts of kindness go a long way and mean so much to those who are feeling lonely, anxious or finding it difficult, especially with everything going on. ? Being kind and compassionate is proven to help reduce stress and improve our emotional wellbeing. Doing good does you good!…
Don’t put your dreams on hold and enrol on an Accredited Course. We have adapted our courses to be delivered both online and remotely. So whatever the situation, you can #KeepLearning – Browse Qualifications & Skills for Employment courses. We have successfully moved our classroom offer to be delivered online where possible. This ‘blended’ learning…
An ode to Florence Nightingale, on the 200th anniversary of her birth By Jack Gaydon ‘Thou was not born for death, immortal Bird!’ – John Keats, ‘Ode to a Nightingale’. Much has been writ on how Nightingale brought Comfort to men in far-off battlefields Yet less made of the great meaning she sought Through study…
I wish there were more portraits of Florence Nightingale. I am surprised there are so few. I would have liked more justice to have been done in paint, to this deeply empathic, forward thinking, scientifically educated and extraordinarily dogged woman. Most of the artworks devoted to Nightingale pay tribute to Victorian values. They are pseudo…