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“Enhancing lives, Empowering communities, Enterprise for one and all”
Welcome to our Autumn Term 2016 programme
and I’m sure you’ll have noticed it’s in a different
format but hopefully, it’ll give you an idea about the
range of courses, activities and services provided
at this Centre.
Many of you will have already come into the
Centre but if you haven’t, please take this
opportunity to look through this flyer and hopefully,
there’s something that catches your interest! If not,
please contact one of our staff to discuss your
particular interest and if there’s sufficient take-up,
we’d be delighted to make suitable provision
We hope you will take up the various opportunities
to be involved in the Centre’s operation and
development, through volunteering, membership,
involvement in the Association’s sub-committees
and not least, direct enrolment on our courses,
clubs and activities.
Please come and join us in further developing
Highfields into a vibrant, healthy, confident and
socio-economically prosperous and caring
community.
Best Wishes,
Priya Thamotheram (Senior Joint Head of Centre).
BSc (Hons) Soc; PGCE; MSc. Soc (Econ)
Elders’ Group
Highfields Centre is one of sixteen partners delivering the Leicester Ageing together programme which is a five-year Big Lottery funded project to reduce social isolation amongst people over the age of 50 in Leicester.
Our Elders Group enables isolated and lonely elders from within Highfields and the adjacent areas to be able to access a regular drop-in and to make friends, engage in arts, sports and other lifelong learning activities. Individuals attending these sessions will also be able to access the Centre’s IAG and welfare rights services, with the former promoting their active engagement as local community members and the latter, promoting their economic well- being.
Elders’ Group sessions: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10.30am – 1.00pm
Adult Learning (Courses Starting in September 2016)
Assessment and Enrolment: Mon 5th Sept: 9:30am-12:30pm & 1:30pm-3:00pm Tues 6th Sept: 9:30am-12:30pm
Course Title (with
qualification if
applicable)
Day(s) Time
ESOL E1 Monday 9:30am-11:30am
ESOL E3 Monday 12:30pm-2:30pm
Garment Making for
Beginners
Monday 9:30am-11:30am
Beginners
Computing
Monday 9:30am-11:30am
Beginners
Computing
Tuesday 9:30am-11:30am
OCR Clait (Fast
Track)
Thursday 9:30am-12:30pm
Life in Leicester (1) Friday 9:30am—11:30am
Life in Leicester (2) Friday 9:30am-11:30am
Complementary
Therapies
Friday 9:30am-11:30am
Work Club Tuesday 1:00pm-3:00pm
Work Club Thursday 1:00pm-3:00pm
Award in Food
Safety
Thursday 10:00am-4:00pm
Emergency First Aid
at Work
Wednesday 9:15am-5:00pm
For further information about any of the above facilities or services, please contact us on
Info@highfieldscentre.ac.uk, call us on 0116 253 1053 or visit our new website
www.highfieldscentre.ac.uk/
Employment & Training
Are you aged 19 or over?
Out of work or facing redundancy?
At Highfields Centre, we provide advice and support to prepare you for work and the skills and qualities to make you more employable!
We offer:
Information, advice and guidance around employment,
Help with using a computer and searching for job vacancies on the internet,
Help with CV writing, filling in job application forms and preparing for interviews,
Support to find the training you need to develop your skills,
The opportunity to gain nationally recognised qualifications,
The opportunity to gain valuable experience through voluntary work,
Advice on welfare benefits, legal, money & debt, health, housing and immigration
96 Melbourne Rd
Leicester
LE2 0DS
0116 253 1053
Charity No.1118624 Company No.06078193
Business Support
We provide bespoke business support to
pre-starts, start-ups and established businesses.
Whether you’ve just had an idea you want to
develop into a business or are running your own
business and want to develop and grow, we are
able to help you.
Sports Services/Facilities
We provide a quality sports service which aims to
meet the sports and health needs of the local
community and develop opportunities to increase
participation in sports at all levels and all ages.
Venue Hire
We offer a variety of excellent rooms for venue hire throughout the year.
We operate a seven day week programme, with core and non-core hours, linked to our pricing schedules for all room hire.
We accommodate any reasonable requests throughout the year (subject to staff availability).
Main Hall – accommodates 210 closely seated, with 57 in the Bena Balunda Lounge and it’s an excellent space for weddings, parties, mendhis, conferences, job fairs, social and cultural events. Prices range from £40.00 to £90 per hour. Table and chairs are provided free of charge for all events: 32 long tables / 12 round tables.
Training Rooms (e.g. Edwards Lounge) – We offer training/meeting rooms with projector/screens and free Wi-Fi at very competitive prices.
Talent Match
On Wednesday afternoons, we provide a drop in session for young people aged 18 – 24 years, targeting individuals who are not in education, employment or training (NEET). This session includes recreational activities, multi sports activities, job search, training opportunities, 1 to 1 support and support in CV writing.
Talent Match drop-in session: Wednesdays: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Advice Service
We provide FREE, CONFIDENTIAL, IMPARTIAL AND INDEPENDENT ADVICE to the local communities to access their rights and entitlements (accredited by Advice Quality Standard, Matrix and Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner).
Types of advice we offer:
-Advice on Benefits
-Information about Housing
-Help with form filling
-Advice on Immigration and Nationality (fee payable)
-Advice on Debt Matters
-Advice on Education
Advice Sessions: Monday s: 12:30pm-3:30pm (appointment only) Tuesdays: 9:30am-12:30pm (drop-in-session and tickets provided to first 10 people)
Youth Activities
As a member of the Leicester Youth Consortia, our mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for young people. We deliver three sessions for young people aged 12 – 19 years. The sessions promote the personal and social development of young people through creative & recreational activities, discussions & debates, sports, arts and trips.
Youth Sessions: Mondays: 6:30pm – 8:00pm – Mixed session
Fridays: 6:30pm – 8:30pm – Mixed Session
Saturdays: 11:30am – 1:30pm – Girls only Session
Our Sports Facilities
- The Osman Sports Hall (4 badminton court
length)
- A state of the art Aerobics and Dance Studio
- A state of the art Fitness Suite
Other sports activities include: Table Tennis: This activity is very popular with all ages and gender, using 8 tables and it only cost £1 per person. The sessions are held on Wednesdays at 6pm. Football Training: This session has been running for several years for children aged from 5 to 12 year olds. All those that have left due to age have gone on to league clubs throughout the city.
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