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Make It Click – improve your online digital skills

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020Kirklees Council

There’s a chance that even after the coronavirus lockdown ends, the way we communicate, interact with one another and learn will have changed significantly. You may have already become more familiar with tools like Zoom to video call your family and friends, but what about using digital tools for work as well?

Thornton Lodge Action Group have teamed up with the Good Things Foundation and Google to offer a chance for individuals to gain digital skills using a range of online tools. They are offering free training to explore using video tools for meetings, apps for managing projects and tips on how to adapt to remote working.

The opportunity to access this digital learning is open to everyone. Whether you’re employed, unemployed, furloughed or self-employed, everyone is eligible.

You will be able to learn at your own pace and as it is all online you can do this from your own home.

If you’re unsure about what you want to learn or where to start, a member of staff from Thornton Lodge Action Group will call you to complete an initial 5 minute questionnaire to help set you off in the right direction, focused on the area of the digital world you’re most interested to learn about.

How to begin your digital learning journey

If you have an idea of what you want to learn already, you can dive straight in by visiting:

Make It Click

When registering use the code 8004620.

If you’re unsure about what you want to learn and need some support, you can contact the team on 07871 938 174.

Get healthy & budget better with Fusion Learning online

June 8, 2020Kirklees Council

At a time when we can’t get together and access all the usual training and learning opportunities we’re so used to, more of us are relying on the internet. To help people keep learning, Fusion Housing’s community learning service is now available online.

Fusion offers support to people who need a helping hand to get them into work and would like to try learning something new. They have redesigned their very popular Cooking, Nutrition and Health & Wellbeing courses so that they can continue to provide learning to Kirklees residents during the Coronavirus lockdown.

The Fusion Learning Team have several courses where you can learn skills for cooking healthy food and ways to improve your physical health and wellbeing. Here’s a brief outline of what’s on offer.

‘Come Dine With Me’ Healthy Eating Course

Not only does this course help you plan and cost nutritionally balanced meals, it teaches practical kitchen skills too.

This course is 4 hours a week and runs for 7 weeks.

Fit For Life

Helping you understand fitness and wellbeing and moving toward a healthier lifestyle, this course explores new and different ways you can exercise. You can measure your own fitness levels and make your way to being a healthier you.

This course runs for 4 weeks.

Healthy Eating and Cooking Workshop

This short course is designed to give you insight to a balanced diet and the importance of it, how to eat healthily and how to cost a meal.

This short course runs for 4 hours.

‘£1 meal makers’

Learn how to save money and cook tasty, healthy meals.

This course runs for 4 weeks.

Bread and Budget

This is a bread making course for adults, where you can also learn a bit about budgeting.

How to join

If you have a laptop, a tablet or a smart phone, and you want to join any of these courses, telephone 01484 532280 or email learning@fusionhousing.org.uk

For full details visit:

Fusion Housing

Community Skill Centre – by phone and online

April 23, 2020May 12, 2020Kirklees Council

These new phone and online workshops from Community Skill Centre will help you to build confidence, practice language skills, meet new people, learn something new and stay busy in isolation.

Choose from:

They are open to anyone but may be particularly helpful to people whose first language isn’t English and may be struggling to keep up their English studies without going to ESOL classes.

Support can be offered by phone and text for those without IT or internet access.

The workshops are funded by Community Learning Works.