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Adult and Community Learning

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Enrolment information for 2008-09 - courses starting September - see our Course List 2008-09

Find a course near you – select the course list for your area of Barnsley below or from the 'quick links' section on the right

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is the main provider of adult and community learning in Barnsley through its Adult and Family Learning Service. Local community and neighbourhood based learning is offered in venues across the borough. More learning opportunities are provided through Resource Centres, libraries and community groups. Learning opportunities are also offered in the work place, complementing work related learning made available by employers.

Adult and Family Learning welcomes learners from all sectors of the community. We offer a variety of courses, some of which are targeted at specific groups. Adult and Family Learning supports inclusive lifelong learning for all and we welcome adults with learning support needs or disabilities.

We can help you to:

Brush up on your English and maths
Join an interest/leisure based course
Become involved with Family Learning
Improve your skills and knowledge
Gain qualifications as you progress
Prepare yourself to move on to other courses, training, voluntary work or employment
Access courses that are free of charge and some offer free childcare facilities

For up to date details of courses on offer from Adult & Family Learning, please use our Course Finder. If you wish to read our recent Ofsted Inspection Report, please follow this link.

Vocationally-related courses are available in:

Maths and English
IT and Office Skills
Childcare
Teaching Assistants
Health and Safety
Sign Language
Food Hygiene
Shorthand
Tailoring

Courses are also offered in:

Digital Photography
Family Learning
Stained glasswork
Foreign Languages
Cookery
Cake Decorating
Arts and Crafts
Soft Furnishing
Garment Making
Health and Fitness

How do I Enrol?

If you know which course you wish to enrol on, or if you want further advice or guidance on the courses we offer, we have enrolment sessions running throughout the first week in September - see the quick-link above, 'Enrolment Information for 2007-08' for full details. Alternatively, after this date, please call the Eldon Centre on (01226) 775270/1 for more details.

The 'Course Finder' quick-link can help you find a course at a time and venue convenient for you.

Helplines

You can contact Adult and Family Learning by telephone, email or fax. If you require further information or course details in other formats please contact the Eldon Centre on the number below(Answer machine service operating during out of service hours)

Telephone 01226 775270 or 775271
Fax 01226 775296
Email adultlearning@barnsley.gov.uk

Fees

These courses are free:

Adult Literacy and Numeracy courses
Family Learning courses
Courses for adults with a learning difficulty and/or disability
First Step courses up to 10 hours
Certain childcare courses - telephone 01226 775270 for details

All other courses are subject to a £5 registration fee and a course fee. However, if you are in receipt of certain income-related benefits, a course fee will not apply - see our Course List 2008-09 for full details, or telephone 01226 775270.

Method of Payment

If you enrol on a course, you can pay your course and / or registration fees in the following ways:

Cash, cheque or debit card at any Barnsley MBC cash office (take a copy of your enrolment form with you)
Online, using a debit card on our payments website
By telephone, using a debit card, telephone the Eldon Centre on 01226 775270

Ensure you have a copy of your enrolment form at hand when paying online or by telephone, the 8-digit reference number from this form will be needed to process your payment.