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In 1945 the Friends Centre began as a centre for Adult Learning in the Quaker Meeting House in Ship Street. Its mission then was to provide a welcoming meeting place for anyone with a hunger for knowledge and fellowship and a need for space in which to develop their creativity and share ideas.
60 years on, the Friends Centre has moved into the brand new Tarner Children’s Centre in Ivory Place and runs courses throughout the city. The original aims remain the same - to give everyone the opportunity to unlock their potential, to meet others and enjoy themselves.
This may be through learning a language, drawing and painting, dancing and singing, increasing numeracy or literacy skills or learning English as an additional language.
But whatever it is, the Friends
Centre will always do its best to ensure an enjoyable and enriching learning
experience.
Learners can exchange ideas and meet others in a welcoming environment. During our recent, very successful inspection, students said that they value the friendly and supportive staff and tutors, the small groups and the variety of courses on offer. Courses are also run at the Whitehawk Inn Training Centre, The Phoenix Community Centre, The Bridge at Moulsecoomb and many other centres across Brighton and Hove and are offered mornings, afternoons, evenings and on some Saturdays.
There still remains the need, even
today, for somewhere that adults can gather together to talk, create and learn
away from work and their busy lives. The Friends Centre remains such a place.
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