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Adult education

The main providers of adult education in Wandsworth are:

There are also a number of smaller training providers and voluntary sector organisations providing courses.

In 2006/07 over 11,000 people enrolled on adult education and family learning courses in Wandsworth.

Online brochure
There are hundreds of courses on offer during the day, evening and even at the weekend. Details of all the courses available for 2008/09 will shortly be available through the Wandsworth Lifelong Learning website where you can search the directory to find the course you are looking for.

Other course information websites

www.londoncolleges.com
53 London colleges have come together to form a website that links to all of their individual sites. For the first time anyone looking to improve their skills can go to just one site to search for a specific course or their nearest college.

www.floodlight.co.uk
www.learndirect.co.uk
www.ucas.co.uk
www.qca.org.uk

Information advice and guidance

www.prospects.co.uk

General information

www.lifelonglearning.co.uk
www.dcfs.gov.uk
www.niace.org.uk
www.basic-skills.co.uk
www.lsc.gov.uk
www.londoncentrallsc.gov.uk

Cookbook
We recently created a Family Learning Cookbook together with Camden and Lambeth Family Learning departments. It has lots of information including: choosing the right foods; buying food; growing your own food etc.

Family Learning Cookbook (1.8 mb)

To accompany this there are some resources that help you create your own menu; keep a diary of what you eat and a word search.

Family Learning Cookbook resources (364 kb)

Video
We have produced four videos which you can watch online.
You will need Windows Media player on your computer. The player can be downloaded at www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/

Still from ACL video In the last year over 11,000 learners participated in adult learning courses available in the borough. Think you might try brushing up those IT skills or perhaps learn a new language? Well find out what some of our learners had to say about their courses.

Watch the film

Still from family learning video Family Learning Programmes aim to give parents/carers confidence in being involved in their child's education. We currently deliver Family Learning courses in a wide range of venues including over 30 Wandsworth primary and secondary schools. Other participating organisations include Wandsworth Libraries, South Thames College and a number of community and voluntary sector organisations. To find out more about Family Learning watch our short film.

Watch the film

Still from Wandsworth goes Gospel On the 4 July 2005 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Wandsworth went Gospel! Watch how eight schools and two community choirs consisting of parents, teachers and senior citizens made up a 400 strong choir. The course and event was organised by Wandsworth Adult and Community Learning and Wandsworth Music Service together with Project Music Workshops.

Watch the film

This years Roehampton BOOST learners used their Christmas Party to show off their improved English skills and by wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in their own native language.

Watch the film

Big Draw Celebration Card Competition 2008
As part of National Family Learning Festival in October, wandsworth Family Learning held a Big Draw Competition. This year there were three prizes for Christmas cards and one for an EID card with joint first prize winners. The designs were used for the Wandsworth Lifelong Learning Christmas Cards this year, which were sent to all our providers, and work colleagues.

Big Draw 1st Prize - Shaianne Meerun-Morgan, Burntwood School, Age 11

Big Draw 1st Prize - Glauk Miftari, Christchurch School, Age 4

Big Draw 3rd Prize - Bivas Aryal, Christchurch School, Age 5

Writing Competition 2008
As part of the National Family Learning festival in October, Wandsworth Family Learning held a writing competiton. To enter the competition children, young people and parents/carers had to write a short descriptive or ficitonal piece on the theme 'Wandsworth, My Life, My world'. The piece could be set in 2008 or at any time in the past or future and needed to incorporate one or more Wandsworth landmarks or venues into the writing. this could have been the street they live in, their school or a building that interests them.

The response was great, and we recieved over 200 entries from a wide range of age groups and schools, which brought to our attention the creative talent alive within the borough of Wandsworth.

The winners were:
8-12 Years:        1st - Daniel Wyles, Holy Ghost RC
                         2nd - Caitlin Moloney, Holy Ghost RC
                         3rd - Jozef Ostrowski, Broadwater School

13-16 Years: 1st - Aakifah Amajee, Balham Preparatory
2nd - Ebony Foster, Chestnut Grove

16+:                   1st - Alex Dymoke, Graveney School
                          2nd - Jill Hopper, Adult
                          3rd - Juan Francisco Neyra, Adult
                          3rd - Taslima Mirza, Adult

Special Awards: Brandon Gilbey, Elsley School
Connor Gordon, Elsley School

Funding
We fund adult and community education in Wandsworth at a number of locations around the borough. Planning for adult and community education is led by Wandsworth LEA in close consultation with the London Central Learning and Skills Council and the Lifelong Learning Development Group consisting of partners from a range of organisations including Further Education, Higher Education, Schools, Prospects, Jobcentreplus, community and voluntary groups, and other council departments.

Find out more about funding and support for providers

For an overview of how Adult and Community Learning is managed in Wandsworth please see the document below.

ACL Development Plan 2007-10

Picture of a participant on the Family Caribbean Cookery Course at Chestnut Grove School
Wandsworth Goes Gospel Concert Family Caribbean Cookery Course
(Funded by Family Learning) (Funded by Family Learning)