We provide personal development courses (life, work and therapeutic), continuous personal development reviews, counselling and guidance.

 Available for individuals that have a disability and carers, including lone parents aged 18 plus, living in Swindon and Wiltshire. We have provided this service since April 2006, currently benefitting over 550 individuals per year.

 

Our Values and Objectives

1. To help individuals into employment, voluntary work and job tasters.

2. To help increase retention and improve opportunities for employment.

3. To improve literacy, numeracy and financial management skills for all.

4. To set mutually agreed goals to move forward with continuous personal development reviews.

5. To enable each individual to grow holistically while maintaining safety to implement empowering techniques.

6. To challenge negative repeated patterns and scripts that individuals develop that become self fulfilling prophecies.

7. To provide counselling for those individuals who require emotional or additional support.

8. To help individuals reconnect to their emotions/inner strengths and advocate their own rights in the face of uncertainty and authority figures.

9. To help individuals find their own “voice” in order to live a more effective and fulfilling life.

10. To encourage life long learning, be person centred and be learner/client led at ALL times.

11. To ensure that ALL staff (paid staff and self employed tutors) are appropriately qualified and experienced within their subject field. We have tutors who are psychotherapists, counsellors and a qualified psychologist.

 

 

We have worked with and are working with:-

• Disabled people - with mental health, emotional problems, learning difficulties and physical disabilities.
• Individuals who have experienced sexual abuse and domestic violence.
• Homeless people and those addicted to drugs and alcohol.
• Veterans and their families.
• Carers including lone parents.
• We abide by and follow the Disability Discrimination Act; anyone who has a substantial impairment that affects their day to day living can join.

  

 

From Tai Chi to IT!

Learning for Life provides many development opportunities for people who have a disability and carers aged over 18. These are available to those living within Swindon and Wiltshire.

They run during the academic year.

 

Contact the Learning for Life team if you would like more information or to enrol on one of our courses.

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Examples of our courses and areas of personal development are: Communication Skills Using Numbers in Everyday Life Introduction to the Internet & Email Life Skills, Stress Management & Relaxation Tai Chi & Pain Relief One to One Counselling Improving your Personal Effectiveness Learning to Relax with Arts & Crafts Managing your Emotions Improving your Relationships ...plus many more courses and voluntary/work placements & NVQs Click here for course details