Course Information

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

Garden Woodcraft and the Environment

To introduce and help you feel more confident in gardening, wood working, and conserving our natural environment. Complete design and build projects as part of a team with other learners, and develop your personal skills too.

Gardening Woodcraft at Izaak Walton Cottage

To introduce and help you feel more confident in gardening, wood working, and conserving our natural environment at Izaak Walton's Cottage Design and build projects and be part of a team with other learners, and develop your personal skills too.

Get Ready - Cooking in the Community

Develop practical cooking skills through batch cooking, meal planning and budget-friendly recipes. Prepare a light lunch for a local community group, share your dishes and take inspiration home.

Get Work Ready

This course is designed to help you to build on your skills and knowledge of how to apply for work, the types of interview questions you may be asked and how to identify and describe your transferrable skills towards future work.

Get Work Ready NeuroDiversity

The course is designed to help you to build your skills in applying for work, and describe your transferrable skills towards future work. You will be shown & taught how to help yourself in the workplace, asking for changes to suit your needs.

Growing with Nature

Be inspired with fun ideas and activities to connect with nature, to support the development of your growing toddler. Through engaging, multi-sensory activities, families can connect, develop and grow!

Health and Social Care Progression Bootcamp

Learn health and social care progression in a friendly, hands‑on course. Build confidence with understanding care roles, person-centred care, safeguarding, communication, and get ready for work across a range of health and care settings.

Hospitality - Front of House and Customer Service

Learn hospitality, front of house and customer service in a friendly, hands‑on course. Build confidence with communication, customer interaction, service standards and get ready for work in restaurants, cafés, hotels or customer facing services.

Introduction to Construction - Groundworks Newcastle under Lyme

Employer-led Equivalent to Level 2 Civil Engineering Bootcamp centred on the Principles of Civil Engineering, building groundworks, drainage, concreting and site knowledge. Includes H&S, NVQ assessment and NPORS/CPCS plant routes for safer, site-ready productivity.