Our centres will remain open and classes are running as normal unless advised otherwise. If we do close centres, updates will be shared via our social media feeds, home page of our website, to those who have subscribed to our email newsletter and learners directly via email. Balmy long evenings and warm summer days…
ICDL courses will develop your skills in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. They can help you both in your career, and while studying and creating documents for personal use. Digital literacy skills are now as essential as Maths and English for going into higher education, further training, or into a job. What is ICDL? ICDL is…
On 6th July, we celebrated learners at our Annual Achievement Awards ceremony, held at the Central Baptist Church in Chelmsford. Over 30 awards were handed to learners, and among the recipients were Chelmsford-based Helene Mayes, Suzanne Smithies, and Danielle Kelly. Helene Mayes has completed many courses at ACL Chelmsford and said: “Every course I’ve done…
I missed sitting my GCSEs so did not start my adult life with any qualifications at all, however, I always had a keen interest in numbers, so I knew I wanted to be in a FinanI came from a background where education and career for women was not considered important. I was very talented at…
From 4-8 July, we hosted the Be Inspired Taster and Information events. What a wonderful week it was! The week gave new and returning learners the opportunity to try something new, revisit an old skill or hobby, and find out how we help them achieve their learning goals. We still have lots of…
On 2nd July, we opened the doors to the new ACL Harlow and Library, welcoming residents into our exciting new facilities and learning environments. We were joined by Rt Hon Robert Halfon, MP for Harlow, and Councillor Tony Ball, Essex County Council’s Cabinet Member for Education Excellence, Lifelong Learning and Employability, as well as local…
Our ESOL team attended the NATECLA (National Association for Teaching English and Other Community Languages to Adults) conference in Birmingham from 24-25 June. Carol Samlal (ESOL/Digital Skills tutor at ACL Harlow) is the regional chair for the East of England branch and plays a key role in NATECLA activity. She delivered a well-received workshop on…
It’s #LonelinessAwarenessWeek. Created and hosted by Marmalade Trust, this annual campaign raises awareness of loneliness across the UK (and beyond!) and gets people talking about it. 45% of adults have felt lonely at some point in England. This equates to twenty-five million people. We can all do our part to reduce this number – whether…
Our Supported Learning Employability Skills students will be performing at the Mercury Theatre on 14th June 5:30pm. To set the scene… The Peach Child is a play, written by Anna Furse, based on a Japanese fairytale about a miracle birth, growing up and letting go. One cold day, as the Old Woman is washing kimonos…
When it comes to being active, we all know that finding the right activity greatly increases your chances of creating a new, sustainable, healthy habit. But it’s one thing to recognise how important activity is, and quite another to build it in to your everyday life. Active Essex’s ‘Find Your Active’ campaign encourages Essex residents…