Supporting the unemployed

We have long-held successful partnerships with job centres and other organisations that help jobseekers find work.

Our partnerships help unemployed people across the UK get back into work, and off benefits.

Adult education for jobseekers

We are a registered charity and largest provider of largest voluntary sector provider of adult education in the UK.

We have a proven track record of providing support for long-term unemployed, people returning to the workforce and people with disabilities.

Expert tutors

Our supportive tutors are experts in creating accessible and impactful courses for jobseekers.

They will tailor them to the needs of your jobseekers and local employers.

Our courses are developed and delivered by tutors from your local community, so they understand your local needs and local labour market too.

Courses that work for you

From Sector-based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPs) and accredited courses, to courses that build confidence, mental wellbeing, and work skills.

Our approach is flexible and we respond quickly, which will help you achieve positive outcomes for your clients. You can book individual clients or groups onto courses, or partner with us to create a bespoke programme for a group of clients.

If you wish to discuss your needs further, please complete the webform below and one of our partnerships team will be in touch.

Free courses to improve employability: Our courses can help build confidence and employability skills, provide basic English, maths and IT skills and support mental wellbeing.

We offer a number of free job seekers courses to help your clients build the core skills valued by all employers, including:

confidence-building, personal & social skills for work and independence

health & safety awareness for work (fire safety, manual handling, first aid)

functional maths and English (up to equivalent of Grade 4/C GCSE)

ESOL (including for specific sectors e.g. health care)

essential digital skills and IT qualifications

We offer online courses and in venue courses. Our courses are fully funded for people on Jobseekers Allowance, Universal Credit, or on a low-wage.

You can find all of our skills courses here and our ESOL courses here.
Sector-specific courses: We have qualifications, training courses and learning programmes that develop your client skills for specific sectors

SWAPs and work-integrated learning programmes with guaranteed interviews or placements

Health, social care & counselling qualifications

Schools, education and childcare qualifications

Community interpreting

Hospitality, retail and customer service

Our courses also cover job search, CV writing and other skills needed to find work in those sectors.

Get in touch via the form below to see how we can help you!
Bespoke options: Our current courses are already designed to support your clients into employment.

However, we understand that sometimes as a work coach you will need something tailored to specific groups, job types or timescales.

We're experts in providing specialised training for a wide range of groups including:

long-term unemployed

younger people (aged 19 and over)

recently redundant or unemployed

refugees

people over 50

people with LDD

We can offer short duration and accelerated programmes to fit in with your ideal timeline. This includes full or part-time courses, either online or in person.

If you can't see what you are looking for in our existing list of courses, please get in touch via the form below. Together, we can make a big difference.