“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.