IT Skills for Life

The IT Skills for Life programme offers local people a free and flexible way to gain IT skills and skills for life. If you are interested in building on your basic IT skills, which will enable you to communicate more widely with your friends and family and give you professional skills to add to your CV, then please come along to the Francis Lee Centre in Clare House to meet the IT Skills for Life team.

Once registered, students can learn through self learning or group learning options with tutor support. The team also provides outreach sessions in various other locations. Our IT training services are matrix accredited.

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Our services - what we can offer you

It is free to register and we offer courses to people of all ages, which include the following:

Computer Training
Adult Literacy
Adult Numeracy
IT for ESOL students (English for speakers of other languages)
IT for 16-18 year olds
IT for mental health service users
Basic IT and taster sessions
Internet Access

Accredited IT qualifications on offer:

Entry Level 3
ITQ Level 1 (Information Technology Qualification)
ITQ Level 2 (Information Technology Qualification)
ECDL (European Computer Driving License)

Adult Literacy and Numeracy (offered in partnership with WEA)
ESOL IT (English for Speakers of Other Languages) offered in partnership with Lifelong Learning.

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Contact us:

Address

Francis Lee Community Centre, Clare House, 10 Hawthorn Avenue, Bow, London E3 5PY

Opening Times

Monday 10am to 1pm, 2pm to 4.30pm
Tuesday 10am to 1pm, 2pm to 4.30pm
Wednesday 10am to 1pm, 2pm to 8.00pm
Thursday 10am to 1pm, 2pm to 4.30pm
Friday 10am to 1pm, 2pm to 4.30pm

Phone & email

If you or your group think we could provide a course or activity to meet your needs please do contact us and discuss it:

Call Rosie Hewson, Training and Employment Manager, on 0203 583 1554 or email Rosie.Hewson@circle.org.uk

The centre has disabled access

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Case Study

IT training at Old Ford opens up a new world for Shelia

Shelia Sutton has been using the IT & Skills for life Centre for 3 years. Sheila, who is 59 and works part time at a local primary school, found out about the centre while walking along Roman Road market one day.

“My IT Skills were non existent when I walked in that first day. Now I have qualifications in ECDL, New CLAIT 2006 and CLAIT Plus”.

For Shelia it’s not just about the qualifications she has gained. Coming to the IT centre has really improved her confidence.

“Coming here has also helped with my confidence. It keeps my mind active and gets me out of the house. Now I read the papers online, and email relatives who live abroad. I get pictures of my family emailed to me. It has opened up a whole new world”

One aspect of the centre that Sheila has found most positive has been the interaction between the IT tutors and students.

“The staff here are brilliant. They have so much patience, and Sheniz, my tutor, has given me a lot of confidence. Now I am also using my new skills to do my theory test on line so my next aim is to get my driving licence”
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_{The IT and Skills for Life project is part of Old Ford’s Training, Employment and Enterprise team which deliver a comprehensive programme of opportunities to engage the local community in training, education, employment and enterprise.}

_{For more information please contact Rosie Hewson, the Training and Employment Manager, on 0203 583 1554 or 07818 276113, or email rosie.hewson@circle.org.uk}

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