Essex Retrain, Retain, Gain is a fully funded training programme for employers to invest in the development of their staff. The training programmes reintroduce employed individuals to learning new skills. Training can be delivered as a range of bitesize, short training sessions in topics that can be tailored to meet the needs of your organisation.…
Adult education learning provider, ACL Essex, is setting a New Year skills challenge to encourage the people of Essex to boost their skills and gain Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications to help improve their career opportunities. A recent ONS survey¹ revealed that there are over 40,000 working age residents in Essex who have not…
As we continue to prioritise the safety of our learners and staff, please adhere to the below updated safety guidance when returning to our centres in January 2022. This includes updated guidance for face coverings and testing. Face coveringsFrom 4 January 2022, unless exempt, face coverings should be worn by staff, learners and visitors when…
Essex County Council (ECC) have committed to unlocking £1,000,000 of funding over five years to support Essex’s arts and cultural sector. A NEW £1 million fund which will provide support to the county’s art and culture sector over the next five years is to be launched by Essex County Council (ECC). Opening on Tuesday 4…
Each week, we’ll be showcasing the fantastic apprenticeships opportunities we have to help support and develop businesses, apprentices, and the workforce across Essex. ACL Essex offer the Level 2 Customer Service Practitioner and Level 3 Customer Service Specialist Apprenticeships. Would you like to be skilled in one of most important traits to a business? Or…
We are excited to launch our new courses for 2022! There’s over 1000 courses on offer across our centres and online. Download or view our new course guide. Browse our full range of courses and discover opportunities to enhance your career prospects, develop new skills, improve your health and wellbeing, whilst connecting with others in…
Adult education learning provider, ACL Essex, has launched their latest programme of courses for 2022 enrolment. There’s over 1000 courses on offer across ACL Essex’s network of adult community centres and online, including mid-term enrolment for fast-track GCSE courses, where learners can pick up a pass within six months. Adult learners looking to gain new…
In November we launched our Autumn and Winter Scenes Competition. We asked you to get creative and submit artwork and photography inspired by Autumn and Winter. We had an amazing selection of entries and are pleased to announce our winners. The winning entries will be added to our 2022 calendar. Congratulations to Gill, Anna, Kayly,…
On Wednesday 24th November, Access to Higher Education (HE) students from ACL had the opportunity to visit the University of Essex in Colchester. The day aimed to give learners an insight into studying at Higher Education. The leaners took part in a campus tour, heard from current students about life at university, took part in…
Adult education provider, ACL Essex, is launching a new volunteer programme ‘Parent Ambassadors’ to help improve the lives of families living in Colchester. The new scheme will offer Colchester-based residents the opportunity to volunteer in schools and community venues to promote learning opportunities, improve wellbeing and raise aspirations in their local areas. Helping to launch…