Fircroft Foundations – a course for new communities

3 days and 2 nights at the college each week. 4 weeks

Wednesday 21st May - Friday 13th June 2025

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Wednesday 2nd - Friday 25th July 2025

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This course is for men and women from new communities, refugees or asylum seekers who may have lived experience of modern slavery, trafficking and/or trauma. If you are an organisation working with people who meet this criteria, please contact us as we would be willing to explore adapting our delivery slightly, if needed, to meet cultural and personal needs. However, all students must meet the residential requirements for this course

Fees

This course is FREE to all students

Level

Entry-Level 3

Dates

You must be able to stay overnight at the college each time:

Wednesday 21st May – Friday 23rd May (3 days and 2 nights)

Wednesday 28th May – Friday 30th May (3 days and 2 nights)

Wednesday 4th June – Friday 6th June (3 days and 2 nights)

Wednesday 11th June – Friday13th June (3 days and 2 nights)

About the course

This course is for people over the age of 19 from new communities. It can help you to reflect on your next steps, learn about British culture and values, gain skills and knowledge for employment, improve your English language skills and help you to move forward.

What you will learn

  • Learning about employability skills and employment law
  • Wellbeing and confidence
  • Computer skills and presenting to a group of people
  • Some gardening using our 6 acres of gardens
  • Some English language teaching
  • And more

Entry Requirements

You must be working at Entry-Level 3 English language, or higher. We will give you an English language assessment before the course starts, to ensure you would be fully able to benefit from this course.

You must be over the age of 19 years old by 31st August 2024

There are other entry requirements that we will need to check with you.