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Adult education and learning

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There are many ways adults can re-train and learn across North East Lincolnshire, with free options, distance learning or small classroom sessions. Choose from a huge range of courses, from maths and English to gardening and dog grooming.

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Adult learning providers and resources

Careers service logo: National Careers Service

National Careers Service

Book a careers appointment, a free service available to all adults over 19.

Visit: Careers advice – job profiles, information and resources | National Careers Service

NCS also offer a range of courses to develop your skills:

CareerShift – Thinking of switching careers? Call 01472 324587 or email [email protected]

Your Digital Life – A free programme to develop your digital skills. Call 01472 324587.

Learning provider logo: Lincs2

Lincs2

Links to all courses available in North East Lincolnshire Council for people over 16.

Visit: Lincs2.co.uk)

HNY Careers Hub

A one-stop shop for individuals of all ages and career stages, to support an understanding of education, training opportunities, vacancies, and more. Developed by the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership.

Visit: Job Opportunities in Humber & North Yorkshire | HNY Careers Tool (hnycareershub.co.uk)

Focus (Quest)

Quest Training & Wellbeing Hub provide high-quality training opportunities for organisations and individuals in North East Lincolnshire and beyond. Quest offers an array of personal development and management courses from its dedicated central venue located in the heart of Grimsby. Being part of Focus Independent Adult Social Work CIC, Quest specialises in delivering health, social care and wellbeing training.

Visit: Training & Recruitment – Focus (focusadultsocialwork.co.uk)

Learning provider logo: Franklin Adult Learning

Franklin Adult Learning

A range of courses to support employability from functional skills to health and social care and free distance learning courses.

Visit: Adult Learning

Learning provider logo: Avant Skills Academy

Avant

Delivering apprenticeship training across North East Lincolnshire, Hull and East Yorkshire in sectors including business admin, customer services, hairdressing, leadership and management.

Visit: Avant Skills Academy

Learning provider logo: Creating Positive Opportunities

Creating Positive Opportunity

Offering support for individuals to re-engage with learning and work, including digital skills training.

Visit: Creating Positive Opportunity (mycpo.co.uk)

Learning provider logo: Care Plus

Care Plus Group

Employability courses across the community providing training and recruitment services.

Visit: Support finding and staying in employment – Care Plus Group

If you are aged 16 to 24 and looking for support, including identifying transferrable skills, creating a CV and mastering your job search, you can get personalised advice from the Employability Support Officers. Complete the referral form to get started.

Learning provider logo: Multiply

Multiply

Provides free, flexible courses to improve working with numbers.

Visit: Adults | Skills for Careers (education.gov.uk)

Learning provider logo: THINK employment

Think Employment

Find a range of courses for those 19+ including English, maths, digital marketing and working in schools.

Visit: Think Employment

Learning provider logo: Learning4Life-Gy

Learning4Life-Gy

Free adult learning courses for learners who are developing their English language, including ESOL, maths and health and social care.

Visit: Learning4Life-Gy

Learning provider logo: Grimsby Learning Centre

Grimsby Learning Centre

A range of part-time, flexible courses for adults including English, maths, and IT delivered at community learning centres in Grimsby, Louth and Immingham.

Visit: Adult Learning | Grimsby Institute

Grimsby Institute – Distance Learning

Grimsby Institute also provides free distance learning courses. Learn from the comfort of your own home and gain qualifications in a wide range of subjects, with flexible deadlines.

Visit: Distance Learning & Non-accredited e-learning courses

Logo for University Centre Grimsby

University Centre Grimsby

If you are interested in accessing higher education, the University Centre Grimsby can help with bite-size modules of a university degree in a range of subjects. These courses are flexible, free, and you do not need English or Maths qualifications!

Visit: University Centre Grimsby – Modular Acceleration Programme.

Learning provider logo: The Equality Practice

The Equality Practice

Working with people from diverse backgrounds, designing and delivering conferences and projects. Includes the Me-Learning Programme, designed to empower women to change their lives and achieve more.

Visit: The Equality Practice – Cultural Intelligence

Are you a provider that would like adding to this page or a business that would like support with training? Contact us by email at [email protected].

Success stories

Mollie is a student with the Adult Learning Provision at Franklin College, studying lots of different courses including Paediatric First Aid and Level 1 Makaton. Mollie has Special Educational Needs and uses a wheelchair, and wants to work with young people with SEND in the future.

‘The Adult Learning Team are fantastic!!! They made sure any barriers to me completing the course were removed.’
Mollie
Franklin College
“My confidence has grown so much since I’ve been at Franklin. I was quite nervous returning to education, but everyone is so friendly and the staff are so supportive and always on hand when you need them. I hope to one day work in a nursery and I know with the help of the staff at Franklin I’ll get where I need to be.”
Sarah
Provider: Franklin College
”Being on the Multiply course has helped me so much with my numeracy. I had a lot of trauma to overcome from my childhood experiences with maths at school. Now I’m beginning to enjoy maths and really finding it helpful when it comes to shopping and paying bills.”
Helga Marina Chopetu Aveleira
Learning4Life-Gy
 Lithuanian-born Skye Gizaite attended Grimsby Learning Centre and achieved her English functional skills qualification from Entry 3 to Level 2. Now, she can enrol on a Counselling and Psychology course to reach her plans. Staff at the Learning Centre praised Skye for working exceptionally hard and always being cheerful!
Skye Gizaite
Provider: Grimsby Learning Centre
Margaret was introduced to Care Plus Group at a local careers event. They recognised her transferrable skills from previous employment in care and supported her in placement at Foresight. Margaret is now in paid employment as a Support Worker!
Margaret Goodman
Provider: Care Plus Group Employability Services
”Being on the multiply course has really helped me understand and help my children when they bring their maths homework.”
Marharyta Shulaia
Learning4Life-Gy
Carolynn started the Me-Learning course to become more confident in herself and her abilities. after losing her job. Though she was extremely anxious coming onto the course, Carolyn progressed and began attending other career support sessions and completed her first-aid training. She will be starting Franklin College in September!
Carolynn
The Equality Practice
Evie contacted Care Plus Group to undertake her First Aid at Work training whilst on a gap year. Through discussions with their Employability Services, Evie explored different career paths and found her role as a Support Worker. She is doing very well and has just secured a job as an Employability Job Coach herself!
Evie Hoggins
Provider: Care Plus Group Employability Services
Kirsty returned to education to improve her maths grade, undertaking a Level 2 Maths. This meant she was able to start an English course which could help her reach her goal of becoming a teaching assistant! In Kirsty’s words… ‘It has helped with my confidence and to believe in myself‘.
Kirsty Clark
Immingham Learning Centre
“Being on the Multiply Course at Learning4life has helped me find the best energy supplier for my family. I was able to calculate the best energy deals around for my household. Thank you so much!”
Viktoriia Fedoryshcheya
Learning4Life-Gy
Amanda was lacking in confidence and felt anxious after having to leave her previous job when she started the Me-Learning programme. During her time on the course, she made new friends, gained motivation and now feels more certain on her new career path. She has now opened her own business called ‘Mandy’s Pantry’.
Amanda
The Equality Practice

UKSPF – New and upcoming projects

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is a central pillar of the UK government’s agenda that provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills.

15 skills projects in the area have been successfully allocated funding through the UKSPF, committed to increasing opportunities for everyone!

Funded by UK Government

The careerShift programme targets those who are interested in changing their careers, with a focus on industries struggling to recruit. Designed to raise aspiration, the course will be attended by local employers and career advisors, who will share their knowledge and experience to encourage people to utilise their existing skills in a different way.

Contact details

Building on their technical training and apprenticeship programmes, the accredited Work Ready project for Welding will produce more skilled and qualified welders, an in-demand profession across the Humber.

Contact details

The NAViGATING Healthcare project focuses on pathways into the health and social care employment, providing holistic support through training, careers advice and work experience opportunities, as well as practical support including wellbeing, finance, digital skills, and confidence.

Contact details

Led by the University of Lincoln’s National Centre for Food Manufacturing (NCFM), the Seafood Talent Futures project seeks to increase the number of highly skilled individuals employed in Grimsby’s Seafood Processing sector and young people accessing careers within it.

Contact details

Hospitality Key Skills

Led by National Employer Training (NET), the programme will offer hospitality businesses in North East Lincolnshire accredited, sector-specific provisions that address skill shortages in the sector, with qualifications including Food Hygiene and Food Allergens.

Level 1 Award in Electric and Hybrid Technologies and Carbon Awareness

Delivered by the Automotive Department of GIFHE, the Level 1 Award has been developed in response to the changing environment in technology. The project will equip the learners with knowledge on electric vehicles, a priority area for vehicle technicians as the amount of petrol and diesel cars reduce every year.

Leadership Skills for Social Care Project

The project is designed for 19+ learners looking to learn and develop skills to support new or existing roles in the care sector. The course will focus on leadership and knowledge tailored to the care sector, delivered flexibility to accommodate the needs and schedules of everyone involved.  

Contact details

Me-Learning: 19+

The Me-Learning Programme is a 12-week programme focusing on women’s self-belief, to encourage them to go forward with employment and training. By addressing mindset, aspirations, and perceptions on what’s possible, the gender skills gap can be challenged with females feeling more confident to reach out for higher opportunities.

Me-Learning: 16 to 18-year-olds

Following previous success in delivering to females aged 19+, the Me-Learning project is being delivered to a younger cohort of 16 to 18 year olds. A 12-week, adapted version of the programme will be piloted to meet the needs of young women, continuing with a focus on mindset, self-talk and aspirations.

Contact details

The Build a Brighter Future project is a volunteer and training pathway for those unemployed and 19+ (STEPP UP), as well as those 16 to 18-year-olds without a grade 4 English and Maths at GCSE level (STARR).

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The Proud to Care Project supports individuals across North East Lincolnshire to access the care sector. The programme begins at the start of the application process with DBS checks, references, and interview skills until they are a paid member of staff. The ERA will cover the fees for recruitment, training, and 12-weeks of wages to temporarily alleviate employers of time and costs typically required to train new staff.

Contact details

The Creating Better Opportunities project aims to increase employment and retrain those already in work, by offering quality qualifications, licenses, certificates, and structured industry taster days in priority sectors including Construction, Health and Care, and Visitor Economy.   

Contact details

Supporting individuals who have migrated to access opportunities in employment, the English Speaking for Other Languages (ESOL) Vocational English for a Working Life project will deliver weekly sessions of an adapted curriculum, combining English with vocational relevance for Non-English speakers.

Contact details

The Logistics and Safety Employer Response (LASER) programme delivers courses to respond to the skills gaps in Logistics. The courses will retrain or upskill employees and learners to meet the needs of the sector, resulting in employment, increased skills, and a reduction of structural barriers to opportunities.

Contact details

Aimed at young people aged 16-24 who are unemployed, the project will support the development of construction trade skills and increase their work readiness, as they help to renovate Kent Street Skate Park in Grimsby.

Contact details

Visit UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) for more information on the Government scheme.

Upcoming events and training days

Your Digital Life – Free, weekly sessions every Monday on the first floor of Heritage House (Fisherman’s Wharf, Grimsby, DN31 1SY). Drop-in between 9:30am to 12:30pm. Call 01472 324587. If you are new to these sessions, please arrive at 9:30am to be inducted.

Free careers advice drop-in sessions – Wednesday 6th November 2024, 10am to 3pm, Grimsby Job Centre, 225 Victoria St S, Grimsby DN31 1NH. No booking required.

Related websites

Totaljobs

The Job Centre Grimsby

Apprenticeship Search

FIS – Childcare Support

Higher education –

University Centre Grimsby

Related document

Skills strategy and action plan 2023 to 2026 (Word, 532KB)

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