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- BSL level 1
Course start date: Fri 9 May 2025 (and 9 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Peter BrownHave you always wanted to learn British Sign Language and communicate with Deaf people? Develop the skills you need to gain the level 1 BSL qualification, accredited by Signature. The fees for BSL level 1 courses include a year's subscription to Signworld.
You may wish to study BSL without the pressure of an exam, or just for fun. We can arrange for you to be taught without a formal final assessment and you will receive a certificate of attendance.Full fee £629.00 Senior fee £528.00 Concession £477.00 - Managing hearing loss at work Course start date: Fri 9 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicola HicksThis course is for people who have a hearing loss and who work in an office environment. It covers a range of common office scenarios and issues that arise for people with hearing loss.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Introduction to BSL Course start date: Fri 16 Jan 2026 (and 10 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Interested in learning British Sign Language? Learn some basic vocabulary and grammar, and decide if you want to progress to the level 1 qualification.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £174.00 - Become more lipreadable Course start date: Fri 23 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lorraine BragginsDo you know a hard of hearing or deaf person who needs to lipread you? Find out how lipreading works and how you can make some small adjustments in order to become more 'lipreadable'.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Communication with older people with a hearing loss Course start date: Fri 27 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lorraine BragginsThe course will cover the features of age-related hearing loss and how these relate to what, and how, older people hear and understand. Participants will learn communication strategies so that older people can understand them better.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - BSL level 1 for Deaf peopleCourse start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Peter BrownThis course is for Deaf learners who already use sign language in their everyday lives and want to further develop their skills in British Sign Language at level 1.
You will be able to communicate in BSL in a range of everyday topics and achieve a level 1 qualification, accredited by Signature.
This course is FREE if you are a resident in London and your preferred language is BSL
Full fee £0.00 - Discover Art (for people with learning disabilities)Course start date: Fri 26 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This is a foundation course for students with an ability in art. In the art studio you will explore a range of art materials and equipment.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £219.00 - Mixed Media Art (for people with learning disabilities)Course start date: Fri 26 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Explore ways to combine and collage using a range of materials including fabric, photocopies, found materials and painting to create contemporary art works.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £219.00 - Soundscapes (for people with learning disabilities)Course start date: Fri 26 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Compose music with computers. Make music with keyboards and synthesizers. Upload your music to Soundcloud.
Present your work in performance.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £219.00 - Discover Art (for people with learning difficulties)Course start date: Fri 27 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This is a foundation course for students with an ability in art. In the art studio you will explore a range of art materials and equipment.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £199.00 - Mixed Media Art (for people with learning difficulties)Course start date: Fri 27 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Explore ways to combine and collage using a range of materials including fabric, photocopies, found materials and painting to create contemporary art works.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £199.00 - Soundscapes (for people with learning difficulties)Course start date: Fri 27 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Compose music with computers. Make music with keyboards and synthesizers. Upload your music to Soundcloud.
Present your work in performance.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £199.00 - Digital skills and English for deaf people: Improve your English via Word (entry 2) - part 3 Course start date: Fri 2 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This course will help you to get confident in reading, writing and communication. You will learn to read pieces of texts, write sentences, spell correctly and use punctuation.You will also learn all the basic functions of creating Word documents: adding, copying, moving and formatting text, inserting pictures and creating tables, checking spelling and grammar, changing the page layout and printing different documents accurately. This course has no exams.
This course is free for learners who have digital skills assessed as below level 1. For more information Click here
Full fee £0.00
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