Education, Employment & Training

CUMBERLAND COUNCIL AND WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS COUNCIL ADULT LEARNING - Cumberland Council and Westmorland and Furness Council offer free courses covering a wide range of subjects, the courses provide insights into what children are learning in school and nursery, with plenty of ideas and resources to follow up at home. 

CUMBRIA CVS - Cumbria Council for Voluntary Service (Cumbria CVS) offers help, advice, training and support to the third sector groups throughout Cumbria.  They can also help with promoting your local volunteering opportunities through the do-it website, local volunteer vacancies, to potential volunteers and social media.

INSPIRA - Careers Information Advice and Guidance and Tracking National Citizen Service.

NACRO - Help for young people to gain skills and opportunities working alongside or instead of mainstream education, young people who may experience difficulties at both home and school.

OPERATION ENCOMPASS TEACHERS' HELPLINE - Are you concerned about a child or children in your school who are experiencing domestic abuse?  Operation Encompass Teachers' Helping is funded by the Home Office and Department for Education would like to offer a FREE advice and a professional dialogue with an Education Psychologist about how to be support them. Call the Operation Encompass Teachers' Helpline on 0204 513 9990 Monday to Friday 8.00am to 1.00pm

JOB CENTRE NEAR YOU - find your nearest Job Centre Office or call 0800 169 0190.