Course Information

The Community Learning Service offers a wide range of free or low-cost courses for adults (primarily aged 19+) across Staffordshire.

Beginners digital skills

Never used a computer before? Build up your confidence from a complete beginners level exploring switching on, logging in, using a mouse and keyboard and internet searching for shopping, information and everyday use as well as being able to access and read/send emails and safety around these.

Branch into nature

Perhaps you’ve always dreamt of working outdoors, or maybe you’d like to make a real difference to your local environment? Environmental roles can be innovative and varied. This course is a super introduction into how to get started in this sector.

Countryside ways to wellbeing and animal care

Promote your positive health and wellbeing through animal care and countryside activities. Enjoy hands-on animal care and mindful countryside activities that foster calmness and confidence. 

Design, Craft, Create

Release your creativity with this course. Explore projects, from crafting unique decorative pieces for your home to making patterns and sewing. Enhance practical skills and confidence to express personal style in a fun, inspiring countryside setting.

Digital Internet Skills

Have some very basic knowledge but need a refresher on using your device or the Internet. This course will explore filling out online forms, downloading and uploading files such as pictures, PDFs and Menus, Sharing files and attaching to emails as well as saving to folders and drives. Explore apps and settings and searching online for Information, Price comparisons, Maps, Shopping and Public Services all with safety, privacy and protection in mind.

Digital Office Skills

Unsure about Office Programs? Need to explore the basics of Formatting and editing in a Word processor, Create a simple Presentation (Slideshow) with some animations, explore creating a spreadsheet and using basic formulas? This course will explore the above as well as how to organise as well as saving to folders, file management and creating and organising files and folders with an explanation of the Cloud Storage and costs.

Floristry and Plant Science

This course will cover a wide variety of floristry techniques to reflect changing seasons. Plant Science will underpin practical work. Shared reading and practical visits will be included in the course.

Gardening with numbers

Develop your maths skills through practical gardening. Learn to use measuring, budgeting, and problem-solving through gardening tasks, making maths engaging, hands-on, and relevant to everyday life.

Going wild for random acts of kindness week

Linking in with the Random Acts of Kindness Week, we are inviting families to get involved with fun, flexible, hands-on activities to show kindness to our planet, to our communities and to ourselves.