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Welcome
Friends Centre is an independent adult education organisation where people can develop their knowledge, skills, understanding and creativity in a supportive environment.
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We have been part of the Brighton and Hove community since 1945, providing community based education across a broad range of subjects.
Whether you are looking to take up a new challenge, or are out of work or facing the prospect of redundancy, Friends Centre has something for you. We offer courses in Adult Literacy and Numeracy, English for Speakers of Other Languages, arts and crafts and other leisure topics, Job Skills and IT. We also offer careers and training advice, professional training courses and free computer use.
Each year around 1,600 people from different backgrounds come to learn together in a welcoming and supportive environment.
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Sign up to our mailing list to get information about new courses as soon as they're enrolling! You'll also receive info about other work we do here at the Friends Centre and in the local community. We won't send you more than 5 or 6 emails a year and we never share your details with any third parties.Click here to sign up!
News
IT Tutor required for NCFE Level 2 IT User Skills
Click here for more details.Friends Centre Craft Fair at St Bartholomews Church
We are holding a Christmas Craft fair on 30th November, Stalls are just £20 for vendors and entry is free to the public! Click here for more details.
ESOL Volunteer publishes first book!
Bob Cant, an ESOL volunteer at Friends Centre, has just published his first novel. Something Chronic is the story of a man who wakes up after twenty years of sleeping sickness and tries to make sense of the world around him. It belongs to the school of Scottish magic realism.
Bob says: 'I have been working on this novel for years but joining a creative writing class with Rebecca Duffy at Friends Centre was the kick start it needed to make it suitable for publication.'It is now available for immediate purchase online (£8.99) Click here for more details.
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You can now receive email updates from the Friends Centre straight to your inbox! Just click the link below and we'll send you info about new courses as soon as they're confirmed on the website! Click here to sign up!
Co-op Funding for Volunteer Training
At Friends Centre we rely heavily on our volunteer learning support assistants. We currently have forty people working in classrooms supporting our learners.
We have received a very generous grant from the Co-operative Community Fund which is enabling us to provide valuable training for our volunteers. On the 25th September, 19 of our classroom volunteers attended a training event at our Brighton Junction base. A further Co-op funded training event is planned for January.
We would like to say a big thank you to the Co-op Community Fund for making these training days possible. Click here for more details on The Co-op Community Fund.
Tutor required for Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Qualifications
Click here for more details.Autumn term opening hours 23 September - 13 December
We are open from 9.30am - 5.30pm Monday - Thursday and 9.30am -3.30pm on Fridays.
Trustee Vacancies
Friends Centre are looking to appoint 2 or 3 new trustees to join the board
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Volunteer Confidential Clerk
We are also looking for a Volunteer Confidential Clerk to the Board of Trustees Click here for more details.
Community Garden Launch gallery
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Friends Centre has made a pledge to the Thumbs up Scheme
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