[sm_image image=”5391″][sm_column_text] Know Your Skills Transferable skills are skills you have picked up during your life, through jobs, volunteering, in education, parenting, hobbies, etc. You can use these skills in new tasks and in different work settings. Being able to demonstrate to an employer that you can match your skills to the job you are applying…
Details[sm_image image=”5394″][sm_column_text] If you are… a parent of a primary or secondary child in York or currently furloughed* or unemployed and looking for work …did you know you could study for an ECDL Level 2 IT qualification for free? Save £290 and gain skills that will help you to support your children’s homework, improve your…
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[sm_image image=”5397″][sm_column_text]If you are, of if you know someone who is: a parent, grandparent or carer who wants to support a child’s learning, wanting to brush up and develop your own skills with the option to gain qualifications in English or maths, volunteering or working in school or pre-school settings or is thinking about this…
DetailsWhether you’re working from home or not, we’re all learning to work differently. It’s easy to forget to take a break during the day, but spending time on ourselves is as important as ever. With that in mind, here are 21 great ideas for taking a break – what have you found works best for…
DetailsThis week is Mental Health Awareness Week, this year on the theme of kindness – which makes us feel good, it is good for our health, good for our self-esteem, good for others and good for our connections and relationships. York’s Time to Change champions have been putting together their thoughts on kindness on Youtube,…
DetailsA couple of years ago, Karl sat for Sue Clayton as part of a project she was doing, and made a video with her about what she was doing and why. In it, Sue explains some of the process behind sitting for a portrait and creating art. Enjoy! #CommunityLearningTogether
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You enjoyed Helen’s maths based challenge last week so much that we thought we’d bring you another one today! Helen says… Is it possible to make all the numbers from 1 to 20 using only the digits 1, 2, 3, and 4 and +, x , – and ÷ ? You can use more than…
DetailsIf this is the answer, what is the question? Today’s challenge comes from our maths tutor Helen… if 24 is the answer, what is the question? Your answers don’t have to be numerical – it could be “What is the famous Le Mans Race called?” How many can we come up with?
DetailsToday we’d like to tell you about something our dressmaking students have been doing to support the NHS during the pandemic… making scrubs! Students Sarah and Chris have shared these photos of their work with us. Many of our students have joined up with “For the Love of Scrubs” and the Yorkshire Scrubs facebook group…
DetailsToday our Singing for Fun tutor, Joe, is teaching us all a short song… enjoy!