FREE Community Courses

Ready to change your future?

Are you a Lambeth or Wandsworth resident?

Have you been thinking about improving your knowledge, building your confidence, or getting the skills that employers are looking for?

To help you change your future, we work closely with Lambeth Adult Learning and Wandsworth Lifelong Learning to offer you a variety of fully funded courses.

Our collaborative partnerships drive meaningful community participation and advance the strategic local objectives. Together, we help individuals, like you, play a bigger part in the local economy, build secure lives and contribute to closing the gap on inequality.

These learning courses are funded by the Greater London Authority (GLA), where appropriate, and quality assured by Wandsworth or Lambeth Councils’ Adult Learning Service.

Our courses are specifically designed for individuals who are new to learning, are returning to education, have few or no qualifications, or feel furthest from the job market. We help you take your next steps forward by providing training, essential and soft skills and education opportunities.

What you'll gain:

  • • A recognised qualification (for each course you complete)
  • • Bespoke support from qualified Tutors
  • • Increased confidence and knowlege

Benefits:

The Wandsworth and Lambeth community programme seeks to address the soft skills, training and employment challenges faced by its residents. At MI Skills Development Centre you will receive the advice and guidance you need to build on the skills you already have and help you take the right steps to find a job or further your training.

Awarding Organisations:

  • • City & Guilds
  • • Edexcel Pearson
  • • BCS
  • • NCFE/CACHE

Your future won't wait, why should you?

Explore our Community Courses below and take the first step towards the future you deserve.

 
Courses for Lambeth Residents
Courses for Wandsworth Residents

Accredited Courses:

ESOLEnglish for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) - Entry Level 1 to Entry Level 3
EnglishEnglish Functional Skills - Entry Level 2 to Level 2
MathsMaths Functional Skills - Entry Level 2 to Level 2

Digital SkillEssential Digital Skills - Entry Level 3
IT for OfficeBusiness IT for Office - Level 1 to Level 2
Adult Social CarePreparing to Work in Adult Social Care - Level 2 to Level 3

Support WorkSupport Work in Schools and Colleges - Level 2

Non-Accredited Courses:

  • • Get Connected with AI Entry Level 3
  • • Intro to Numbers Entry Level 2 to Entry Level 3
  • • Financial Literacy
  • • English with Confidence Entry level 2 to Level 2
  • • Green Skills for ESOL
  • • Welcome to English (ESOL) Entry Level 2 to Level 1
  • • Intro to Care Level 1
  • • Intro to Teaching Assistant Level 2

Accredited Courses:

ESOLAward in ESOL Skills for Life (Reading) Entry 1 to Entry 3

Non-Accredited Courses:

  • • Welcome to English Entry 1 up to Entry 3 (ESOL)
  • • English with Confidence Entry 1 up to Entry 3
  • • Financial Literacy
  • • Introduction to Numbers Entry 1 up to Entry 3
  • • Green Skills for Sustainability (ESOL)
Eligibility Criteria:

To be eligible for one of our free courses, you need to:

  • • Must be a Lambeth or a Wandsworth resident
  • • Be 19 years old or over (as of the 31st of August of the current year)
  • • Have the right to work and live in the UK
  • • Refugees/Asylum Seekers are also eligible
  • • Unemployed and in receipt of Benefits
  • • Or economically inactive
  • • Or earning less than or equal to £28,860.00 per annum
Steps to Enrol:
  • • Register your interest by filling out the Pre-registration and Eligibility Form
  • • Must complete an Initial Assessment with us
  • • Have an Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) meeting with one of our advisors to discuss and plan your learning journey.