Adult Community Education
Get on course for skills, leisure and fun with adult community education courses in Derbyshire.
More than 3,500 courses and activities throughout the year - daytime and evenings
free Skills for Life courses to improve your reading, writing, maths and communication skills
free courses for you and your family to learn together
hundreds of courses at reduced cost to help you return to learning
quality childcare available in some centres.
Early Bird Enrolments
If you enrol and pay for your course before 15 September you will get a discount of 5 per cent off the advertised fee in the new Autumn term brochures. This means that you can save up to £7 on some courses. So don’t delay contact your local Adult Community Education Centre for details.
In order to help you the early bird discount will be worked out automatically when you use the course search facility where you can enrol and pay for many courses online.
Great value
At a time when we are all feeling the financial squeeze, we don’t want any one to be deterred from joining our courses because of costs. So we want to help:
Over 65 per cent of our learners already qualify for a discount or financial help. Check if that includes you by calling your local Adult community Education Centre or our information line on 08 456 058 058.
Many of our courses are heavily discounted. You can do a level 1/2 computer course for as little as £1.50 per hour, learn with your children for free or even take a maths or English GCSE for free (you just pay the examination fee). We will also be making special monthly offers throughout the year.
We have 27 main adult community education centres and over 150 smaller venues throughout the county so you should not have to travel very far to find a suitable course.
Many of our courses can help you to save money. For instance how about learning to grow your own food; make your own clothes, cards and presents; find out about buying and selling on eBay and other IT ideas; learn new hobbies that needn’t be too costly like Family History which you can research free in Derbyshire libraries. We have many more ideas like this to share with you and will be launching our ‘Learn to Save’ programme soon.
Hundreds of new courses starting in September 2008
Our new programme of courses for September 2008 is now available. To find out what is on offer:
Pick up a free course brochure available from your local adult community education centre, library and other local venues.
View or download a copy from the Autumn 2008 brochure page.
Reserve a copy now by contacting Call Derbyshire on 08 456 058 058.
To find a course near to where you live enter the course search. Courses with a September 2008 start date will be availableon the course search towards the end of July.
Derbyshire Gold Card
Derbyshire Gold Card holders get a generous 15 per cent discount off the cost of non-vocational courses (those that do not have an exam) and there are lots of other good reasons to get a Gold Card. So, if you are a Derbyshire resident aged 60 or over, or have a certain type of disability, please visit the Gold Card section to find out more.
The Guide - Further information
If you require in-depth information or advice about all that we have to offer contact Call Derbyshire on 08 456 058 058 and ask for a free copy of The Guide to Adult Community Education or download a copy from The Guide page.
You can also get a copy from your local Adult Community Education Centre.
Use your local Library
You can support your learning by using books and online resources available from Derbyshire Libraries. For further information contact your local library or visit our libraries section.
Taking action to be greener
We are working hard to reduce our carbon footprint with the following actions:
Reducing energy use in our centres
Increasing recycling
Promoting courses and events that focus on sustainability
Using innovative ideas to get green ideas included in as many of our courses as possible
We are planning to further develop our College of the Peak activity by building a new Eco Centre which will act as a regional and national showcase for sustainable development.
You may also like to see our information on further and higher education or schools.
The document in the more information section is available in Portable Document Format (PDF). You can download the PDF software for free if it isn't available on your computer. Download Adobe Reader (opens in a new window) or visit our PDF information page.
