54 Educators providing Courses in Leeds

Swarthmore Education Centre

swarthmore education centre

4.0(18)

Leeds

The spirit of the Centre’s aims has remained unchanged for over 100 years: Swarthmore seeks to inspire lives through friendly learning within a commitment to equality of opportunity Swarthmore is a centre for lifelong learning, community projects and family learning sessions as well as the courses and activities. Our main aim is to encourage people who want to learn but might not feel comfortable in more formal educational institutions. We work on a friendly, human scale. Many volunteers currently support the Centre’s work, and we welcome their contributions of time and energy. The Centre was founded by members of the Quaker movement in 1909 with the aim of including and involving people in learning activities and making sure that people were treated with equality and respect. Two members of the Society of Friends remain on our democratically elected ‘Council’ of Trustees, made up of Centre members and representatives of community organisations with shared aims. Swarthmore is a not-for-profit registered charity, and a company limited by guarantee. Our Grade II Listed Building has a fascinating history and is made up of six four-story terraced houses with additional dance and art studios to the rear. We have specialist facilities for pottery, jewellery, stained glass and sculpture, and the atmosphere is intentionally homely and informal. We also work within the local community on negotiated projects, including arts and ‘Skills for Life’ programmes. Many groups and individuals make use of the Centre as a community resource, providing facilities for a wide variety of local groups. Swarthmore attracts a social mix of people who come to the Centre because of their shared interests in learning rather than their background. We offer room hire at competitive rates, and welcome the public to use our café facilities. If you would like more information about the centre, SWARTHMORE’S CENTURY; A LEEDS EXPERIMENT IN ADULT EDUCATION, 1909–2009 by Tom Steele is an authoritative look into our history.

Prologue Performance Cycling

prologue performance cycling

4.8(40)

Harrogate

Prologue Performance Cycling Riding a bike isn’t a simple sport, it’s a science – especially if you plan on doing it fast. Our Philosophy At Prologue we share your drive to achieve, your preoccupation with chasing hours in the saddle and your insatiable curiosity for what’s new in road cycling. Our bike shop Prologue Performance Cycling is Harrogate’s stockist of high-performance road bikes. We provide expert purchase advice and sell all the essential accessories, components, nutrition and cycling clothing. Our cycling cafe The cycling café, in the heart of Harrogate, Yorkshire, shows live races or iconic footage from the past. We serve as a meeting space for road cyclists. Groups, clubs and friends can gather pre-, during or post-ride and enjoy lunch or coffee and cake sourced from some of North Yorkshire’s best producers. Our workshop Our workshop, run by talented mechanics, will service and repair your bike to the highest standard. They also provide expert advice on custom builds or tailor to your specification. Our bike fitting A bike fit greatly improves cycling efficiency. We offer a state-of-the-art bike fitting on any road bike – bought in store or elsewhere. Our physiotherapy and sports massage The treatment room for cycle-specific therapies offers access to experts in physiotherapy, sports massage and injury rehabilitation. Our coaching and testing Prologue Performance Cycling offers you bespoke coaching and scientific fitness testing from professionals currently working with Olympic gold medallists. Services vary from entry-level testing up to elite-athlete coaching. Our cycling events In-store, Prologue hosts workshops, talks and social evenings for cyclists. Out on the road, our organised rides bring together cyclists for weekly tours of the stunning cycling routes around North Yorkshire.

Ravensthorpe Community Centre

ravensthorpe community centre

London

The organisation was set up in 2000 as an independent charity to run a community facility. Since then it has gone from strength to strength by expanding the space available for activities and delivering its own services such as childcare, adult learning health and well-being projects. Outline below is our story: 1999 - In 1999, with the closure and demolition of the Foundry Street youth club, a meeting was held by representatives of local Ravensthorpe based community groups about the possibility of acquiring a building for general community use. After many meetings and discussions between them and Kirklees Council, it was agreed that if representatives could come together to form a group, Kirklees Council would support them in acquiring and running a community building through available European SRB Grant funding. With St Johns Ambulance Centre looking for new premises their building came up for sale, it was purchased by the newly formed group in 1999 and renamed as the Ravensthorpe Community Centre. 2000 - The building underwent a series of alterations to make it more suitable for use as a community centre, the building had disabled ramps put in and the rooms were changed to make then suitable for community use. In May 2000 the building was officially opened by Mayor of Kirkless. The building subsequently became very popular with regular users such as a wide range of community groups, the local further education college holding learning classes and a local provider delivering crèche facilities.

Toe By Toe

toe by toe

4.9(14)

Shipley

Keda spent almost all of her teaching career at one school - Sandal Road Primary School in Baildon, UK. She also almost exclusively taught just one age group, 6-7 year-olds; the age that most children pick up their reading skills. This was to become Keda’s great passion - the teaching of reading. Initially, she was baffled as to why a significant proportion of the children in her classes struggled to pick up basic reading skills. To Keda, they were just as bright as the other children but - for them - reading remained a mysteriously difficult skill. Keda always had a keen and inquisitive mind and this question of why some children had difficulties in learning to read nagged at her. She thought that she had somehow failed these students, so she made an offer to their parents. She asked their permission to teach their children at her home - without charge - at the end of the school day. As a result of this offer, Keda’s house was soon overflowing with struggling readers. Keda even designed an extension to her house to include a custom-built classroom and persuaded her doting husband Albert to build it. For the next 30 years, Keda’s house - literally, just a stone’s throw away from the school where she worked - was full of children. Between 4-5pm every school day she looked for ways to improve their reading skills. Keda's All-Consuming Passion At the time Keda began her research into children’s reading problems, few people had even heard of the term ‘dyslexia’. Keda became fascinated by the condition and her private research soon became an all-consuming obsession. She divided the children into two groups. A control group where conventional methods were used, and her ‘guinea pigs’, where Keda tried anything and everything to see what would work. This painstaking process of trial and error became the genesis of what later came to be known as Toe By Toe. Keda had no idea what was happening in the psychology departments of universities. She simply looked at the reading process and pared it down to the bare essentials necessary to crack the code of this ‘reading thing’. This is also why Toe By Toe is so refreshingly free of jargon and psychological gobbledygook. It certainly wasn’t a ‘quick fix’ process. Only after decades of this meticulous approach did Toe By Toe eventually become the fully functioning system we have now. Keda named the system ‘Toe By Toe’ after a grateful parent commented that she could see how it worked: “Progress by tiny steps – almost one toe at a time…”

IHTS Ltd

ihts ltd

4.5(119)

Dewsbury

WELCOME TO IN-HOUSE TRAINING COLLEGE. Training specialists in career development for young people and adults who wish to develop and enhance their skills in hair and beauty therapy. In-House Training offers opportunities to study NVQ Qualifications from Entry Level through to Level 3 in Hairdressing, Beauty Therapy, Bridal Course to include Media-Makeup and bridal hairstyles as well as functional skills and GCSE in Maths and English. The centre can facilitate a female only class with female tutors, vital to its success in meeting the demands of diverse communities and changing lifestyles. Centrally located the training centre has a passion for meeting the challenges faced by young people and those seeking to enhance their job prospects. The centre creates an environment which removes barriers to success and creates self confidence and self belief in the community it serves as it strives for excellence in its approach to offering learning opportunities at all levels . Disadvantage is not a barrier to learning; it is a spur to greater achievement. We deliver training services shaped carefully and personalised to suit the needs of individuals or groups. Our tutors and mentors are friendly, effective and reliable, responding with integrity to the needs of students and clients. We believe in continuous improvement and set high standards, promoting success by recognising people’s individualities, backgrounds and abilities. We maintain and value equality within our services, for all staff and students. Through regular observations we identify strengths and areas for development and work towards improving our mentors skills ,offering training and support so that they can deliver the optimum conditions for success for all students. By listening to our clients and our learners we can deliver –whatever their individual circumstances. In House Training is an organisation located in the centre of West Yorkshire. Public transport is available every 5 minutes from our training centres and we are 15 minutes from the M1/M62 corridor. AWARDING BODIES Our awarding bodies are the internationally recognised VTCT, Edexcel, Babtac, Guild.