Friends Centre is an independent adult education organisation and charity based in Brighton. We offer daytime and evening courses in Arts & Crafts, Creative Writing, English, ESOL, Health & Happiness, History, Information Technology, Modern Foreign Languages and Personal Professional Development. We serve over 1,100 learners each year at our two main learning centres in Brighton at Isetta Square and Ivory Place and in a range of community venues, including children’s centres and community hubs based on estates in the east of the city.
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World Mental Health Day 2017
World Mental Health Day, hosted by the World Federation of Mental Health, is TODAY! One in four adults and one in ten children are likely to have a mental health problem in any... READ MORE
Principal Helen Osborne discusses funding issues in FE Week article
Our Principal Helen Osborne has had an article published in FE Week, discussing the current uncertainty faced with our Adult Education Budget. Helen suggests that we need to know how we are funded... READ MORE
New courses brochure for 2017-18
We would like to present to you our 2017/18 course brochure for the new academic year. Inside you’ll find over 100 different courses to choose and we hope that you will join us... READ MORE
70 years of Adult Education in Brighton with Friends Centre
We recently hosted a celebration event to mark seven decades of working for learners in the city and a ‘good’ recent Ofsted report on 21st April 2017. Guests in attendance included former... READ MORE