Great Eccleston Village Centre - Latest News!

Adult Learning Courses - Summer Term 2010

2010-03-31T14:32:00.002+01:00

APRIL

Italian: Holiday Beginners
Starts Wednesday 28th April for 5 weeks from 7 - 9pm £36.50 or £5.00 depending on eligibility

MAY

Criminal History The Assassination of President Kennedy
Starts Tuesday 18th may for 2 weeks from 7 - 9pm £14.60 or £5.00 depending on eligibility
Criminal History - Who Killed Jill Dando?
Tuesday 11th May from 7 - 9pm FREE
Trace Your Family Tree
Using the Internet
Starts Tuesday 4th May for 4 weeks from 9.45 - 11.45am £29.20 / £5.00 depending on eligibility
Local History
Wednesday 5th May from 7 - 9 pm FREE
Digital Cameras
Intro to Downloading
& Saving Photos
Saturday 22nd May 10am - 12noon FREE
Digital Photos
Intro to Amending & Editing
Saturday 22nd May 1 - 3pm FREE

JUNE

Get to Know Your Laptop
Starts Thursday 10th June for 4 weeks from 10am - 12noon £29.20 or £5.00 depending on eligibility

Please be sure to register your interest TODAY by either calling in at the Village Centre or by phone on 01995 672292 or by email

Alternatively you can download a copy of the Lancashire Adult Learning Course Programme for Summer 2010 where you will find all the above courses listed on page 3.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

The telephone number to call if you want to Enrol on one or more of these courses is
01524 581269

It is very important that you register your interest about these Adult Learning Courses, which are run at Great Eccleston Village Centre, otherwise we, as a village community, may lose them forever.

Help Direct at the Village Centre

2010-02-15T15:25:00.002Z

If you live in the Gt. Eccleston area your Help Direct local base will be at the Village Centre on Wednesday mornings (in the Lounge) between 9:30am-12noon.

Help Direct is a new service being developed for all adults in Lancashire. Help Direct will offer practical support, guidance and information you need to get the most out of life.

Help Direct is working with a large number of local organisations and community groups to provide and develop support for you to get the most out of life in the following areas:

* Health and fitness
* Home and Garden
* Feeling safe in your home and community
* Learning and leisure
* Managing finances
* Mobility and transport
* Community groups and involvement
* Getting the right help and support
* Relationships and families
* Employment, volunteering and training

Accessing Help Direct

You will be able to access Help Direct across Lancashire. All areas will have a local base where you can walk in and talk to someone.

You will also be able to access Help Direct in all sorts of different local places. Look out for the Help Direct sign at: one stop shops, libraries, community centres, doctor's surgeries, community group organisation offices, and lots of other places where you live.

In some situations a member of the Help Direct team could come and visit you at home.

Please contact your local Help Direct if you would like to know more or tell us about support in your area.

Fylde Area Phone: 0303 333 1020

Wyre Area Phone: 0303 333 1021

Easy Fundraising

2010-02-01T17:36:00.000Z

There are now two easy ways for you to help raise funds for Great Eccleston Village Centre Limited! Both come under the banner of 'Easy Fundraising'...read more

Self-Run Workshop

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Do you have any skills you would like to pass on? The Centre is seeking to attract potential tutors, educationalists, freelance teachers, etcetera, in other words, people with hobbies, or skills in languages, crafts, literacy, numeracy, technology, astronomy, art, quilting, embroidery, needlework or whatever, with a potential to run a workshop or group or class. If this is YOU then the opportunity to do just that is here waiting for you.

For more information, or to discuss informally the idea of running a workshop or course, please contact the Village Centre on 01995 672292 and ask for Terri…