Working with a local provider, we can now offer a whole host of free training to volunteers and anyone who is looking for work.
You don't need to be unemployed, you might be working part time or looking to develop or even change your career.
The courses on offer are:
Maths & English
COSHH & Sharps Awareness; Emergency First Aid; Equality & Diversity; Fire Safety & Fire Marshall; Health & Safety Awareness; Introduction to Food Hygiene; Moving & Handling
Communicable DIseases; Dealing With Challenging Behaviour; Introduction to Counselling Skills; Introduction to Safeguarding; Mental Health First Aid; Mentoring & Advocacy
There are also a range of Horticulture Courses, really useful for anyone who wants to volunteer in our community garden or at Lees Lane Ponds. These are:
Getting the best from you allotment
Designing and Planting Summer Hanging Baskets
Growing Bedding Plants from Seed
Growing Fruit and Vegetables
Lawn & Turf Maintenance
Maintaining and Servicing Garden Machinery
Maintaining a Garden in the Summer
Propogation of Trees and Shrubs
Sowing Seeds of Alpines and Perennials
The dates for the courses will be agreed when they are filled so register your interest now.