Courses

This course is designed for learners who want to build their confidence in using English for everyday life and work. It offers a safe and supportive space to explore English through discussion, collaboration, and practical activities. The course is ideal for those who are developing their basic communication skills and want to feel more confident expressing themselves in familiar situations. 

Start Date: 15/09/2026
Venue: 10 Acklam Road (Unit 24)
Times: 1:30pm – 4pm

Do you want to feel more confident and fluent when speaking English? Our Focus on Conversation classes are ideal for people living and working in London who want to improve their communication skills and focus on speaking .

Start Date: 21/09/2026
Venue: 7 Thorpe Close, W10 5XL
Times: 2pm – 4:30pm

In this course you will learn how to read social signs, notices, and basic text.

Start Date: 21/09/2026
Venue: 7 Thorpe Close and 1 Thorpe Close (Green Heart Room)
Times: 1:30pm - 4pm

This course is designed for learners who want to build their confidence in using English for everyday life and work. It offers a safe and supportive space to explore English through discussion, collaboration, and practical activities. The course is ideal for those who are developing their basic communication skills and want to feel more confident expressing themselves in familiar situations.  

Start Date: 28/09/2026
Venue: Brompton Library, SW5 9AG
Times: 1:30pm - 4pm

This course helps you build confidence using English in everyday situations in London. You will practise reading, writing, speaking and listening through practical topics such as daily routines, transport, health, shopping, and life in your local area. The course is designed to support learners with basic English skills in a friendly and supportive environment.

Start Date: 28/09/2026
Venue: Brompton Library, SW5 9AG
Times: 10am - 12:30pm

This course is designed for learners who want to build their confidence in using English for everyday life and work. It offers a safe and supportive space to explore English through discussion, collaboration, and practical activities. The course is ideal for those who are developing their basic communication skills and want to feel more confident expressing themselves in familiar situations. 

Start Date: 29/09/2026
Venue: 10 Acklam Road (Unit 24)
Times: 6pm – 8:30pm

This course is for confident users of English who want to review, consolidate and extend their grammar to speak and write more accurately. You will improve all aspects of your English by focusing on using complex forms of grammar including different verb tenses at the same time. The emphasis will be on the use of grammar as well as understanding how grammar affects meaning.

Start Date: 30/09/2026
Venue: Online and 10 Acklam Road
Times: 2pm - 4:30pm

This course will give you confidence using English for work, study and socialising. You will focus on speaking and listening.

Start Date: 12/10/2026
Venue: Dalgarno Trust, 1 Webb Cl, W10 5QB
Times: 10am - 1pm

This course will give you confidence using English for work, study and socialising. You will focus on speaking and listening and take an Entry 3 ESOL Speaking and Listening exam at the end of your course if you are ready.  

Start Date: 14/09/2026
Venue: 10 Acklam Road (Unit 24), 7 Thorpe Close, online
Times: 9:30am - 1pm

This course is suitable if you speak a little English and can use the alphabet. The course will help you to improve all your English language skills. You will focus on speaking and listening and take an Entry 1 ESOL Speaking and Listening exam at the end of your course if you are ready.

Start Date: 14/09/2026
Venue: 10 Acklam Road and online
Times: 9:30am - 1:30pm

Can you have short conversations in English, but want to do more? In this course, you will practise asking and answering questions using present simple, present continuous, past simple and future forms. You will talk and write about everyday life in the present, past, future and in general. You will practise describing and comparing objects and pictures. You will also practise listening for details in short conversations and recordings about everyday topics.

Start Date: 14/09/2026
Venue: 10 Acklam Road and online
Times: 9:30am - 1:30pm

This course will help you develop the English you need to participate actively and at a high level in UK life both at home, with friends and at work. You will improve your English communication skills with a focus on Speaking & Listening to take the Ascentis English Speaking and Listening Level 2 exam at the end of the course.  

Start Date: 15/09/2026
Venue: Hybrid: 10 Acklam Road (Unit 24) and online
Times: 9:30am - 3:00pm

Are you a confident speaker of English? Can you communicate quite easily in your daily life and understand people around you? This intermediate course will help you speak with greater accuracy.

Start Date: 16/09/2026
Venue: Hybrid - online and 7 Thorpe Close
Times: 9:30am - 3pm

On this course, you will learn the basics of using Excel spreadsheets to manipulate data. This course is suitable for complete beginners and those with some experience of Excel who want to develop their skills.

Start Date: 25/09/2026
Venue: 7 Thorpe Close, W10 5XL
Times: 1pm - 4:30pm

This course is for those who have completed the Introduction to Microsoft Excel course or have some experience of using spreadsheets and want to further develop their skills.

Start Date: 01/10/2026
Venue: North Kensington Library
Times: 1pm - 4:30pm

This course will ensure you have all the essential digital skills you need to start using a PC and the internet confidently. You will learn how to get started on using a computer and the Internet. You will learn how to create and save files and documents.

Start Date: 05/10/2026
Venue: North Kensington Library, W11 1PZ
Times: 1:30pm – 4pm

On this course you will improve your digital skills and expand your understanding of the world of technology for home and work users. You will become competent, safe and productive, developing new skills and building your confidence.

Start Date: 19/09/2026
Venue: 7 Thorpe Close, W10 5XL
Times: 9:30am - 1pm

A practical course that will give you skills in using information technology and digital skills such as word processing and presenting information for a variety of reasons. It will enable you to carry out tasks at home and work.

Start Date: 28/09/2026
Venue: North Kensington Library
Times: 10am - 12:30pm

The course is for learners who are new to mindfulness or have only limited experience with practices such as meditation. No specific skills are required - just curiosity and an open mind.

Start Date: 18/09/2026
Venue: 10 Acklam Road – Unit 24, W10
Times: 5pm - 7pm

Wardrobe looking tired and in need of some sauce? Don’t look to fast fashion for your answers, join local dress designer Christina for insight and inspiration to customise your clothes in a sustainable way! Learn from an experienced professional, and from each other to create your own design ideas and improve your sewing skills using hand- and machine-sewing techniques, basic design principles and how to sustainably source materials.

Start Date: 25/09/2026
Venue: Westway Trust, 1 Thorpe Close, W10 5XL
Times: 1pm - 4pm

An inclusive community ukulele course that welcomes total beginners to those that have played a little. Meet new people, have loads of fun and learn to play a bunch of cool tunes. You will be taught by our professional musician and tutor in our 100% practical course that covers everything from basic chords and finger placement, through to playing chords and practising strumming and fingerpicking patterns. You’ll be surprised how quickly you’ll get to grips with this lovely instrument. Please bring your own ukulele or let us know if you need to borrow one (details below)

Start Date: 29/09/2026
Venue: Westway Trust, 1 Thorpe Close, W10 5XL
Times: 6:30pm - 8pm

Develop your ukulele technique, explore the chord theory, and learn how to apply these to your playing. Please bring your own ukulele or let us know if you need to borrow one (details below).

Start Date: 05/10/2026
Venue: Westway Trust, 1 Thorpe Close, W10 5XL
Times: 6:30pm - 8pm

An introduction to the basic techniques for drawing and painting portraits. Basic observational skills will be explored as well as advice on how we can convey mood, character and tell a story through a portrait, inspired examples of artists’ portrait drawings and paintings. Working from direct observation of the live model.

Start Date: 15/10/2026
Venue: Unity Room, Westway Trust, 1 Thorpe Close, W10 5XL
Times: 5:30pm - 8pm

The course is suitable for those with little or no experience of if you have done some face painting from a book or online tutorials.

Start Date: 05/11/2026
Venue: Westway Trust, 1 Thorpe Close, W10 5XL
Times: 10am - 3pm

This course will help you boost your parening skills while learning positive discipline and communication.

Start Date: 17/09/2026
Venue: Earl's Court Youth Club, 120 Ifield Road, London SW10 9AF
Times: 9:30am - 12:30pm

This qualification is designed to provide learners with an introduction to the principles of climate change and environmental awareness. It will ensure learners understand the nature of climate change and the role they can play in helping to reduce carbon emissions. Through achieving the qualification, learners will gain the knowledge and understanding to act as drivers of positive change within the workplace and at home.

Start Date: 06/10/2026
Venue: Online
Times: 6pm - 8:30pm