Basic skills

Support to learn basic skills, including English, maths and digital skills.

Basic skills courses are currently being delivered face to face, remotely or as a mix of both. As these courses change their delivery method regularly, it is recommended that you contact your Work Coach for the latest information.

England: national support

– support with computer, tablet and smartphone skills

– provides BTEC Level 1 in IT User Skills as an online course

– offers basic IT courses to people aged over 50

– provides free online courses for employability, team leading and basic skills

– online courses that cover digital skills and staying safe online

– a coding school for refugees and disadvantaged people

– provides online digital champion support to other organisations to increase basic IT skills

– offers skills-based courses in English and Maths

– provides online basic IT courses

– 126 online courses which includes basic digital skills and digital business skills

– free internet browser add on to help with spelling, grammar and writing online

– a course search engine which includes basic skills courses

– offers basic English and maths courses

– online courses to improve digital skills including how to use government services online

– online learning includes digital basic skills and managing your money online

Microsoft Digital Skills – contact your Work Coach about this digital skills offer

– an adult numeracy programme

– offers basic skills courses ran by Department for Education

– support for adults with basic maths and numeracy skills

– provides basic skills courses and internet access

– includes basic skills courses created by the Open University

– provides a tutor supported introduction to ICT Level 1 course

Rise Training – contact your Work Coach to about this BTEC Level 1 & 2 IT course

Realise Training – contact your Work Coach about this tailored English and maths training provider

– provides basic digital skills courses among other courses and events

– runs an online skills academy that covers basic skills

– online tutorials on how to use the internet which is aimed at older learners

– help to improve reading literacy

– provides free digital and numeracy courses

– provides practical example based courses for English and Maths Level 2

– provides Level 2 IT courses online

– provides basic skills courses for disadvantaged people

Avon, Somerset and Gloucestershire

- works with 16 to 18-year-olds to help participants to improve functional Maths and English

- works with 16 to 18-year-olds to help participants to improve functional Maths and English

- works with 16 to 18-year-olds to help participants to improve functional Maths and English

- English and maths courses are available to anyone who does not already have a qualification equivalent to a GCSE Grade C or higher. They are free of charge

- Practical courses to develop skills and confidence in English and Maths that prepare learners to progress to functional skills courses

- Flexible online training courses to enable learners to study at their own pace

- English and Maths courses are available for students who do not currently have a ‘C’ grade (Level 2 qualification) in English or Maths

- Call the Local Learning centre at Lawrence Hill on 0117 9411711- This programme aims to support learners to improve their English/Maths and gain a certificate in English/Maths skills

- offers adults with good spoken English the opportunity to learn or improve their reading

- basic skills, digital skills, employability courses and several types of ESOL

- providing basic maths, English and IT skills for employment

- Any adult, aged 16 to 25 years, with few qualifications who needs support with English or maths

- English and Maths refresher short courses for parents

- free one to one confidential reading teaching from a trained reading coach

- offer day and evening classes in Maths. English and ICT to enable learning around daily life

- Fundamental mathematics for everyday applications at work and at home

- designed for people with assessed skill levels from Entry to Level 2, who wish to improve their literacy skills

– various courses- participants must be aged between 14 – 19

- Coaching support to improve reading and writing skills

– various dates course available

- offer programmes that will support you with gaining your Maths and English qualifications

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

- runs basic skills courses

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

– runs basic skills courses

Devon and Cornwall

- Link into Learning has 17 learning centres covering all areas of Cornwall

- Functional Skills – English Entry level 2/3 - Level 1/2

- Learn Devon will provide basic IT and basic skills training

- give one-to-one tuition to adults who struggle with reading

East London

Ebenezer Community College – contact your Work Coach about these basic English and Maths courses based in South Tottenham

Hackney Learning Trust – contact your Work Coach about these English and Maths courses for people in Hackney

– provides basic English and Maths courses for people in Waltham Forest

Essex

– provides English and Maths basic skills courses for people in Essex

Bright Futures – contact your Work Coach about this digital basic skills course for people in Essex

Southend Adult Community College – contact your Work Coach about these basic skills courses for people in Southend

The Lightbulb – contact your Work Coach about these English and Maths basic skills courses for people in Essex

Thurrock Adult Community College – contact your Work Coach about these English and Maths basic skills courses for people in Thurrock

Kent

Canterbury College – contact your Work Coach about these basic skills courses in Canterbury

East Kent College – contact your Work Coach for these level 2 basic skills courses in Margate

Go Train – contact your Work Coach about these basic skills courses across Kent

KAES Skills – contact your Work Coach for information about functional English and Maths courses in Folkestone

– offers basic skills courses across Kent

– offers basic skills courses across Medway

North London

– provides basic skills courses for people in Haringey

Intec Centre – contact your Work Coach about this basic English and Maths opportunity for people in Camden, Haringey and Islington

The Peabody Trust – contact your Work Coach about this employment support and basic skills opportunity for people in North London

Surrey and Sussex

- English and maths courses for adult learners

West London

- Various courses

- GCSE/Functional Skills Courses in London

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Cheshire

- provides basic skills courses

Cumbria and Lancashire

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North East Yorkshire and the Humber

- Adult learning and employment support

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Northumberland, Tyne and Wear

- Adult education and training courses

- free courses and concessions

- provides a range of education, skills and employability services

West Yorkshire

- Work and industry-focused adult courses all available online

Birmingham and Solihull

- includes units in self- assessment and career progression and then work on other selected units themed with IT

– provides functional Maths, English and digital qualifications

Great Health Care for The Community (GHC) - provides functional Maths, English and digital qualifications

– offers IT User Skills programme, a five-day course leading to a Level 2 Certificate in IT User Skills

– offers courses in Maths, English and digital skills

– offers essential Digital Skills

– offers Level 2 functional skills qualifications

- offers accredited certificate in Numeracy, Literacy and Information and Communication Technology

Black Country

– offers English, Maths and digital support

– offers English and Maths skills up to level 2

– offers functional Skills in English and Maths, and Essential Digital Skills

– offers Functional skills, entry levels to level 2 in Maths, English and Award in Digital Skills

- offers flexible online courses in Maths and English from Entry level 1 to level 2

– offers Government funded study programme which includes Work preparation, Maths, English, ICT and Work Experience

– offers Functional Skills Maths and English

- offers accredited certificate in Numeracy, Literacy and Information and Communication Technology

– offers Functional skills Maths and English

East Anglia

Cambridgeshire City Council – contact your Work Coach about these basic skills courses for Cambridge, March, Ely, Huntingdon and Wisbech

City College Norwich – contact your Work Coach about these basic English and Maths courses for people in Norwich

Longman Training Consultants – contact your Work Coach about this online basic skills training provider for East Anglia

– provided basic skills courses for people in Norwich, Kings Lynn, Great Yarmouth, Dereham and Cromer

Peterborough Regional College – contact your Work Coach about the basic skills courses available for people in Peterborough

– provides basic English and maths courses for people in Suffolk

– provides basic skills support for adults with disabilities and additional learning needs in St Neots

– provides an Opportunity Suffolk programme for disadvantaged people to learn basic skills in Suffolk

Leicestershire and Northamptonshire

Futures - training and skills offer - 80-82 Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1FB – offers Functional skills Maths and English

– offers various functional skills courses

– offers English Language skills

Read Easy - learn to read - Rushden and Wellingborough and surrounding areas - 121s in local libraries

- offers Functional skills Maths and English

Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland

– offers functional skills and support courses

- offers functional skills Maths and English

– offers functional skills Maths

– offers English, Maths and digital skills

Hope Day Centre, Worksop – offers basic skills English and Maths

– offers free Maths courses for 19+

– offers functional skills Maths, English and digital

– offers functional skills programmes leading onto other courses

– offers functional skills in English and Maths

Mercia

- offers English, maths and digital courses leading to nationally recognised qualifications

- offers basic skills training need identified and support for English and Maths

- local volunteer groups provide one-to-one reading coaching for adults

- offers basic skills course

- offers voluntary Functional Skills courses for Adults aged 19 or over in Worcester and Redditch

Staffordshire and Derbyshire

- offers free digital courses via the Good Things Foundation to help improve IT Skills or learn new ones to improve confidence

- offers functional skills 6 weeks course

- offers English Functional Skills Entry to Level 2 and Maths Functional Skills Entry to Level 2

- offers Maths, English and digital courses

- offers digital training

- offers Functional Skills English and Mathematics

- offers fully funded functional skills programmes in Maths, English and digital

- offers Functional Skills Entry Level 1 and Level 2

- offers free IT and digital skills courses

- offers digital classes

- offers Functional skills Maths, English and digital

Scotland: national support

– support with computer, tablet and smartphone skills

– provides BTEC Level 1 in IT User Skills as an online course

– offers basic IT courses to people aged over 50

– provides free online courses for employability, team leading and basic skills

– online courses that cover digital skills and staying safe online

– a coding school for refugees and disadvantaged people

– support for people to get online

– provides online digital champion support to other organisations to increase basic IT skills

– offers skills-based courses in English and Maths

– provides online basic IT courses

– 126 online courses which includes basic digital skills and digital business skills

– free internet browser add on to help with spelling, grammar and writing online

– a course search engine which includes basic skills courses

– offers basic English and maths courses

– online courses to improve digital skills including how to use government services online

– online learning includes digital basic skills and managing your money online

Microsoft Digital Skills – contact your Work Coach about this digital skills offer

– offers basic skills courses ran by Department for Education

– support for adults with basic maths and numeracy skills

– provides basic skills courses and internet access

– includes basic skills courses created by the Open University

– provides a tutor supported introduction to ICT Level 1 course

Rise Training – contact your Work Coach to about this BTEC Level 1 & 2 IT course

Realise Training – contact your Work Coach about this tailored English and maths training provider

– provides basic digital skills courses among other courses and events

– runs an online skills academy that covers basic skills

– online tutorials on how to use the internet which is aimed at older learners

– connects people with a local tutor who can help with reading, writing or numbers

– help to improve reading literacy

– provides free digital and numeracy courses

– provides practical example based courses for English and Maths Level 2

– provides basic skills courses for disadvantaged people

Central Scotland

– information on what basic skills courses are available in East Renfrewshire

– information about adult learning and basic skills courses available in Glasgow

YouTrain Ltd – contact your Work Coach about this 6-12 week digital skills course in Glasgow

East Scotland

– runs basic skills and budgeting courses for Clackmannanshire

– provides digital support for beginners at computing in East Lothian

– provides basic skills courses for Edinburgh

Link Living – contact your Work Coach about this basic IT course in Forth Valley

– runs adult literacy and numeracy courses for Midlothian

– digital learning and support for over 50s across East Scotland

– runs basic skills courses alongside other adult learning programmes for West Lothian

North East Scotland

– hosts basic skills classes and provides IT access for people in Aberdeen

– hosts basic skills and provides IT access for people in Angus and Dundee

EC-PC – contact your Work Coach about this basic IT course based in Aberdeen but accessibile for everyone in North East Scotland

– runs basic skills courses for people in Fife

– runs basic skills courses for people in Perth and Kinross

Northern Scotland

– runs basic skills courses for people in Inverness, Nairn and Inverness-shire

– runs basic skills courses for people in Shetland

– runs basic IT skills courses in Inverness, Nairn, Kin Gussie, Grantown-on-Spey and Aviemore

– provides basic skills courses in Kirkwall and Lerwick

South West Scotland

Adult Life Long Learning – contact your Work Coach about this basic skills programme for people in Annandale, Eskdale, Stranraer, Upper Nithsdale and Newton Stewart

– provides digital support for people aged 50 and over in North Ayrshire

– provides basic skills courses for people in East Ayrshire

– provides a variety of learning and courses across East Ayrshire

– a directory of places to go in North Ayrshire to basic skills and employability support

IT and Digital Skills CLD – contact your Work Coach about this basic IT support for Dumfries and Stranraer

– runs an Intro To Digital programme as a basic IT course

South Lanarkshire Council Adult Literacy – contact your Work Coach these basic literacy and numeracy skills courses for people in South Lanarkshire

Technology for the Terrified – contact your Work Coach about this digital skills course for people in South Ayrshire

The Hub – contact your Work Coach about this basic IT support for people in Dumfries

South Scotland

– information on basic skills courses available to people in West Dunbartonshire

– variety of basic skills courses for people in East Dunbartonshire

Argyll and Bute Basic Skills – contact your Work Coach about this basic skills tutoring programme and drop-in centres for people in Argyll and Bute

Community Learning and Development – contact your Work Coach about literacy and numeracy courses available to people in Inverclyde and Renfrewshire

– runs a range of basic skills courses for people in Renfrewshire

– offers basic skills courses in libraries across West Dunbartonshire

Wales: national support

– support with computer, tablet and smartphone skills

– provides BTEC Level 1 in IT User Skills as an online course

– adult community learning provider covering all basic skills courses

– offers basic IT courses to people aged over 50

– provides free online courses for employability, team leading and basic skills

– online courses that cover digital skills and staying safe online

– a coding school for refugees and disadvantaged people

– offers basic digital skills courses

– provides online digital champion support to other organisations to increase basic IT skills

– offers skills-based courses in English and Maths

– provides online basic IT courses

– 126 online courses which includes basic digital skills and digital business skills

– free internet browser add on to help with spelling, grammar and writing online

– a course search engine which includes basic skills courses

– offers basic English and maths courses

– online courses to improve digital skills including how to use government services online

– online learning includes digital basic skills and managing your money online

Microsoft Digital Skills – contact your Work Coach about this digital skills offer

– offers basic skills courses ran by Department for Education

– support for adults with basic maths and numeracy skills

– provides basic skills courses and internet access

– includes basic skills courses created by the Open University

– provides a tutor supported introduction to ICT Level 1 course

Rise Training – contact your Work Coach to about this BTEC Level 1 & 2 IT course

Realise Training – contact your Work Coach about this tailored English and maths training provider

– provides basic digital skills courses among other courses and events

– runs an online skills academy that covers basic skills

– online tutorials on how to use the internet which is aimed at older learners

– help to improve reading literacy

– provides free digital and numeracy courses

– provides practical example based courses for English and Maths Level 2

North and Mid Wales

– support for people over 50 to use phones, laptops, tablets and computers

– run basic skills, IT and ESOL courses

– run basic skills support and courses

– Skills for Work community based courses, which covers basic skills

– Welsh language courses available at 5 levels

– covers basic skills and ESOL courses

Newtown Housing Association – runs IT classes to cover basic IT skill up to level 2

South East Wales

Adult Learning Community in Merthyr – contact your Work Coach about these term time basic skills courses

– provides adult community learning basic skills courses in Blaenau Gwent

– runs basic English and Maths courses

Sinclair Wellbeing and Training Solutions Ltd – contact your Work Coach about these online basic skills courses

South West Wales

– offers digital skills courses

– offers digital skills courses

– offers a variety of basic skills courses

– support to get people in Swansea online and remote learning

– offers digital skills courses