Access to Higher Education Diplomas
Access to Higher Education Diploma (Health and Social Care)
Starting September 2025
This course is a great stepping stone to university and a career in a health related sector....
Access to Higher Education Diplomas
Access to Higher Education Diploma (Social Science and Humanities)
starting September 2025
This course is a great stepping stone to university and a career in a humanities related sector....
Personal and Social Development
Addiction: Physical Health and Recovery
Wednesday 2nd - Friday 4th July 2025
This course is ideal for people that are in recovery or supporting those in recovery, maybe in a volunteer role or in paid employment....
Personal and Social Development
Anger Management (Men)
Monday 28th - Wednesday 30th July 2025
Learn about what makes us angry, how it affects us and different coping mechanisms to help manage anger. Apply now!...
Personal and Social Development
Anger Management (Women)
Monday 21st - Wednesday 23rd July 2025
This course will explore your relationship between different types of anger as well as recognising how to express your anger assertively and appropriately...
Personal and Social Development
Bereavement, Loss and Grief
Wednesday 4th - Friday 6th June 2025
Apply now for this short course designed to help you to understand your own loss and to also recognise how you can help others who may be grieving...
Working and Volunteering With People
Building Your Own Business
Monday 16th - 18th June 2025
This course takes you through some of the initial ideas for becoming self-employed....
Working and Volunteering With People
Coaching and Mentoring Skills
Wednesday 7th - Friday 9th May 2025
This course helps you develop the skills, knowledge and confidence you need to coach and mentor. It’s an ideal starting point for a career in coaching and mentoring....
Personal and Social Development
Coping With Mental Health
Wednesday 28th - Friday 30th May 2025
Wednesday 23rd - Friday 25th July 2025
This course will explore what mental health is and why good mental health is important. We will identify the factors which affect us and the common reasons why people experience poor mental health...
Personal and Social Development
Coping With PTSD and Informed Care
Wednesday 4th - Friday 6th June 2025
This course will give you the knowledge, skills and insights needed to help you understand post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the basics of how trauma-informed care works ...
Personal and Social Development
Coping With PTSD and Trauma
Monday 14th - Wednesday 16th July 2025
This course is for you if you have experienced trauma/PTSD and aims to empower you to regain control over their lives, build resilience, and embark on a journey of healing and recovery....
Personal and Social Development
Coping With Stress, Anxiety and Depression
Monday 16th - Wednesday 18th June 2025
We all experience challenges in our everyday lives but some more than others. This course will help you to understand anxiety and depression more and will give you some tools to help you to cope. ...
Sustainable Thinking and Action
Cross Pollinator Course
Friday 30th May - Sunday 27th July 2025
Cross-pollinators are active community food growers, eco-practitioners and community green activists who support and visit different spaces, sharing resources, skills and ideas across projects, as well as promoting the creation...
Functional Skills - English, Maths and IT
Digital Functional Skills – Level 1
Monday 9th June - Wednesday 2nd July 2025
This course will give you an understanding of, and competency in, the essential digital skills needed to enhance your everyday life. ...
Personal and Social Development
Emotional Health for Wellbeing
Monday 28th - Wednesday 30th July 2025
This course will help you to develop and grow by looking at ways to improve your emotional wellbeing. ...
Working and Volunteering With People
Engaging And Building Communities
Friday 18th - Sunday 20th July 2025
Our Level 2 Engaging and Building Communities course is all about providing you with the foundation knowledge for a successful community venture. ...
Functional Skills - English, Maths and IT
English: Read for Meaning
Wednesday 7th May - Friday 9th May 2025
This course is for anyone who would like to develop their ability in English ...
English, Maths and IT
English: Write For Meaning
Wednesday 4th - Friday 6th June 2025
The Write for Meaning course focuses on developing participants' writing skills and their ability to convey ideas clearly and coherently...
ESOL
ESOL for Care Work – Level 1
Wednesday 23rd July - Thursday 31st July 2025
This course will give you the necessary basic English language skills needed for work, especially if you are interested in working in the health sector...
Personal and Social Development
Exploring The Outdoors For Wellbeing
Wednesday 23rd - Friday 25th July 2025
This course is designed to introduce you to the use of the outdoors to improve your health and wellbeing....
Functional Skills - English, Maths and IT
Functional Skills Maths (Level 2)
Thursday 1st May - Thursday 17th July 2025
Looking to improve your maths confidence and skills? This course is ideal if you wish to get ahead and up-skill for progression in the workplace or prior to enrolling onto...
Functional Skills: English
Friday 16th May - Friday 4th July 2025
Our Functional Skills English Level 2 course is designed to enhance your essential communication skills for real-world scenarios. This course focuses on three key areas: reading, writing, and speaking and...
Personal and Social Development
Get Creative And Feel Good
Wednesday 14th - Friday 16th May 2025
This course is designed to unlock your creativity, foster self-expression, and promote overall well-being...
Personal and Social Development
How To Juggle Life and Wellbeing
Monday 9th - Wednesday 11th June 2025
This course is designed to equip you with practical strategies and tools to find balance, enhance resilience, and prioritise self-care in the midst of life's demands....
Working and Volunteering With People
ILM Award in the Management of Volunteers
Friday 2nd - Sunday 25th May 2025
This course is ideal if you have experience of managing/supervising volunteers and you want to learn new skills and knowledge to get the very best out of your volunteer team!...
Working and Volunteering With People
ILM Leadership and Management Award (Level 4): Managing Change and Motivation
Friday 9th May - Sunday 8th June 2025
The world of work is changing and now more than ever, workplace managers need the leadership skills to help their teams to adapt whilst maintaining high performance. Fees This course...
Subject Tasters
Inequality: Race, Gender and Social Class
Monday 7th - Wednesday 9th July 2025
This course introduces you to thinking about how different aspects of our identities such as our race, ethnicity, gender identity and social class affect daily life...
Working and Volunteering With People
Introduction to Counselling Skills Level 2
Friday 16th May - Sunday 1st June 2025
This course introduces you to the basics of counselling theory, including psychodynamic, humanistic, and cognitive-behavioral approaches. You’ll learn how these theories support essential counselling skills and their practical application. Fees...
Subject Tasters
Introduction to Criminology
Wednesday 30th April - Friday 2nd May 2025
This course will give you a deeper understanding of what constitutes a crime and deviance and some of the key explanations that seek to understand the root cause of criminal behaviour...
One Day Taster Courses
Introduction To Learning
Friday 23rd May 2025
Apply for this one day course if you would like a gentle introduction back into education and to find out how Fircroft can help you to progress...
Working and Volunteering With People
Introduction to Running Training Sessions
Wednesday 16th July - Friday 18th July 2025
If you have knowledge to share, but you’re not sure how to share it, this course is ideal to get you on the right track Fees This course could be...
Education
Level 3 Award In Education And Training
Friday 2nd May - Sunday 8th June 2025
Friday 27th June - Sunday 27th July 2025
Fast-track your way through our NCFE-accredited introduction to teaching for people who are looking to become teachers and trainers in the FE and adult skills sectors. ...
Working and Volunteering With People
Level 3 Certificate In ICT Systems And Principles
Wednesday 14th May - Friday 18th July 2025
Improve your digital skills for work. If you are already working in IT and wanting a promotion, or you are looking for a job as a digital skills technician, this course is for you!...
Personal and Social Development
Love Shouldn’t Hurt: Understanding Domestic Violence and Abuse
Monday 21st - Wednesday 23rd July 2025
This course is designed to raise awareness, educate, and empower you on the critical issue of domestic violence....
Functional Skills - English, Maths and IT
Maths: Data Handling
Monday 28th - Wednesday 30th July 2025
This course is designed to equip you with the basic skills to interpret, analyse, and present data effectively....
English, Maths and ITFunctional Skills - English, Maths and IT
Maths: Fractions, Decimals And Percentages
Friday 30th May - Sunday 1st June 2025
This course is designed to enhance your understanding and proficiency in working with these fundamental numerical representations....
Functional Skills - English, Maths and IT
Maths: Measures, Shape and Space
Friday 4th - Sunday 6th July 2025
This course will help you to understand practical applications of measurement, geometry, and spatial awareness...
Functional Skills - English, Maths and IT
Numbers
Friday 2nd - Sunday 4th May 2025
This course is designed to develop your' understanding and proficiency in working with numbers...
Personal and Social Development
Physical Health and Nutrition for Happiness
Monday 23rd - Wednesday 25th June 2025
This course is for anyone interested in improving their own physical health and happiness...
Personal and Social Development
Resilience, Coping Strategies and Non-Conventional Therapies
Monday 5th - Wednesday 7th May 2025
Wednesday 16th - Friday 18th July 2025
This course will empower you with the knowledge, skills, and alternative approaches necessary to enhance resilience, cultivate effective coping strategies and explore non-conventional therapies for personal growth and well-being...
Working and Volunteering With People
Skills for Aspiring Support Workers
Wednesday 2nd July - Monday 21st July 2025
This course will give you the skills and knowledge needed to support people and will help you to confidently apply for work or volunteering roles with charities. ...
Personal and Social Development
Stand Up And Be Counted
Wednesday 16th - Friday 18th July 2025
This course is suitable for you if you are looking to enhance your self-confidence and improve your ability to have your voice heard in society. It is ideal if you are looking to build self-worth and assertiveness...
Working and Volunteering With People
Supervision Skills
Friday 25th - Sunday 27th July 2025
This short course will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of supervision skills and their role in fostering personal and professional development...
Personal and Social Development
The Cost Of Living: Creating Stability For Individuals And Families
Monday 21st - Wednesday 23rd July 2025
This course will provide you with essential knowledge and practical skills to navigate the financial challenges of modern life and establish stability for you and your family...
Functional Skills - English, Maths and IT
The Multiply Project – 2024/2025
Want to brush up on your maths skills? Multiply can help you to improve your maths ability for work, home and everyday use. This FREE non-residential course could help you to earn higher wages or prepare for further study. Apply now!...
Personal and Social Development
The Power and Psychology of Positivity
Monday 28th - Wednesday 30th July 2025
This course will introduce you to the concepts of psychological positivity. We will explore theories of positive experiences, qualities and positivity in the community (civil positivity)...
Subject Tasters
UK and Citizenship: History of the UK’s Role in the World – Imperialism and Colonialism
Monday 2nd - Wednesday 4th June 2025
This course is part of the UK and Citizenship course designed to raise awareness and understanding of the history of the UK’s role in the world....
Subject Tasters
UK And Citizenship: Immigration From 1945 To Present Day
Wednesday 23rd - Friday 25th July 2025
This course raises awareness and understanding of racism both in the past and present in the UK....
Personal and Social Development
Understanding Addiction
Wednesday 28th - Friday 30th May 2025
Wednesday 25th - Friday 27th June 2025
Being able to understand and support somebody through the impact of addiction can be both rewarding and challenging. This course will help you to understand addiction and how to support others...
Working and Volunteering With People
Working With Autism And ADHD
Monday 12th - Wednesday 14th May 2025
On this course you will explore the characteristics, diagnosis, and neurodevelopmental aspects of ADHD and Autism and strategies for supporting individuals with these characteristics...
Working and Volunteering With People
Working With Domestic Violence and Abuse
Friday 23rd - Sunday 25th May 2025
Wednesday 18th - Friday 20th June 2025
This course is designed to equip working professionals with the knowledge, skills, and sensitivity necessary to effectively support and empower survivors of domestic violence and abuse...
Working and Volunteering With People
Working with Homelessness and Poverty
Wednesday 11th - Friday 13th June 2025
This course provides you with an understanding of the complexities surrounding homelessness and poverty...
Working and Volunteering With People
Working With Mental Health Needs
Monday 30th June - Wednesday 2nd July 2025
This course is ideal if you work or volunteer with people experiencing mental health challenges...
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Course brochure
All our adult education courses starting January to April 2025 in a handy PDF
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