Welcome
Friends Centre is an independent adult education organisation where people can develop their knowledge, skills, understanding and creativity in a supportive environment.
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 in a leisure course, or are out of work or facing the prospect of redundancy, Friends Centre has something for you.
Each year around 1,600 people from different backgrounds come to learn together in a welcoming and supportive environment.
Our mission is to:
- Help people achieve their aspirations and meet the challenges they face
- Stimulate community interest and civic involvement
- Promote inclusion, social justice, environmental sustainability and international understanding
We offer an interesting and diverse range of courses, and are particularly known in the local community for helping and supporting people who find it hard to learn, including people who have been out of education for a long time, those with few formal qualifications, people with mental health needs or learning disabilities, refugees and asylum seekers and homeless people.
If you are looking for a course for yourself, would like to refer someone else to us, or would like to support our work, please contact us. Our phone number is (01273) 810210 and the reception is open from Monday to Thursday, 9.30am - 7.30pm and Friday, 9.30am-3pm.
News
25 January 2012
LGBT Equality Survey
If you identify as LGBT please help us to improve our equality practice by filling in this short survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LPVLSS9
Thank you.
16 January 2012
In the case of Centre closure due to bad weather
Our website will inform you (on the home page) in the case of Centre closure due to severe weather conditions.
We also ensure that the following radio stations keep closure details:
BBC Southern Counties 104.5 FM
Heart FM 102.4 - 103.5 FM
Radio reverb 97.2 FM
Juice 107.6FM
19 December 2011
NEW: 16-18 courses
Two exciting new courses in creative techniques available to 16-18 year olds starting in January
Click here for more details
9 December 2011
NEW: Friends Centre newsletter
Click to download the Friends Centre Autumn newsletter
21 November 2011
New Spring/Summer brochure out now!
Click here to download (pdf)
Click here to enrol onlineOnline Enrolment Discount
By enrolling online you can avoid paying the new £5.00 registration fee (per learner, per academic year)
Registration fee will be required when you enrol by phone, in person and by post.
20 October 2011
Volunteer Job opportunity
Friends Centre are looking to appoint a person to support the organisation's governance by taking minutes of meetings, preparing reports to the Charity Commission and companies House, and other duties as required.
Please click here for more details
10 October 2011
Friends Centre has been voted charity of the year in the Argus Annual Achievement Awards 2011! Read the full article here.
