Details of courses available until the end of December 2011
Emergency First Aid at Work (1 day course)
Cost: £60 per person
Dates: 12 December 2011.
Paediatric First Aid (2 day course – meets OFSTED requirements)
Cost: £90 per person
Dates:
Food Safety Level 2 (1 day course)
Cost: £60 per person
Dates: 9 December 2011.
Health & Safety in the Workplace Level 2 (1 day course)
Cost: £60 per person
Dates: 5 December 2011.
Costs include course materials, certification, light lunch/refreshments
Discounts are available for group bookings.
For more details contact 01325 375900 or info@twpa.org.uk
Posted in Learning on Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
A brand new café is set to open today offering a fabulous menu of food and drink to everyone.
In an ideal place to meet whether it is work or pleasure, The Street Café is opening at The Work Place, Newton Aycliffe and will serve daily from 10am until 3pm. It will be run by CCS Catering from Barnard Castle who also run Café Nest in Barnard Castle and offer corporate and event catering and are now looking into expanding the business in the Newton Aycliffe area. For more details about CCS Catering contact Clare Dixon on 07970802207 or 01325 375917.
The menu includes paninis, wraps and meal deals as well as homemade cakes for morning or afternoon tea.
The Street Café will also have exhibition space available in the near future for local art/craft entrepreneurs to display their work – anyone interested should contact The Work Place.
This coincides with a brand new course range:
- Emergency First Aid at Work (1 day course), £60 per person, running on 19 September, 17 October, 14 November and 12 December 2011.
- Paediatric First Aid (2 day course – meets OFSTED requirements), £90 per person - 1 & 2 November 2011
- Food Safety Level 2 (1 day course), £60 per person - 19 October, 17 November and 9 December 2011.
- Health & Safety in the Workplace Level 2 (1 day course), £60 per person - 31 October and 5 December 2011.
- IOSH Managing Safely (4 day course), £350 per person -24,25,26 & 27 October 2011.
Costs include all course materials, certification, light lunch/refreshments - discounts are available for group bookings. The courses are already proving popular and are set to be a great competitor in the training market.
Angela Wilkinson, Business Manager at The Work Place said ‘I am delighted with the developments we are seeing here at The Work Place, it’s good to see people just calling in for a cuppa or coming in more formally to attend a course. The buzz of the place is a great sign for the future’.
The Work Place, a meetings, conferences, training/corporate events facility is a not-for-profit organisation. For more details contact 01325 375900 or info@twpa.org.uk
Posted in Learning on Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
(front, from left to right) – Durham County Council staff Nikki Locke, Arts Officer from Learning & Culture, Lawrence Pearson, Principal Marketing Officer from Adults, Wellbeing and Health and Emma Hamlett, DLI Museum Manager with the year 11 Creative and Media students.
Seventeen year 11 students from Greenfield Community Arts College have had the opportunity to carry out an innovative way of doing their work experience through the new vocational Diploma in Creative and Media studies, working alongside a variety of professionals from the Industry.
Nikki Locke, Arts Officer from Learning & Culture at Durham County Council designed the project in partnership with Durham Education Business Partnership with the aim to promote the DLI Museum and Art Gallery in Durham City as an attraction for 13-19 year olds living in the region.
Students researched other similar attractions in the North East and were offered first hand advice and tips from the front runners in the art gallery and museum industry, the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead and the Discovery Museum in Newcastle.
Some impressive ideas were suggested by the group which were then presented to a panel of Durham County Council staff. It is hoped that they will take some of the information forward when looking to promote the DLI in the future.
Through this applied learning work experience and supported by Cheryl Stirk from Durham Education Business Partnership, the students have been able to complete the ‘Create a Campaign’ unit of their qualification.
Posted in Learning on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
Students from County Durham schools have successfully completed a two week induction programme to introduce them to the world of construction.
The vocational programme was designed to prepare the students from Durham Community Business College, Fyndoune Community College, Belmont Community Arts College and Durham Johnston School for a two year BTEC course which will commence in September 2010.
The programme was designed and facilitated by Durham Education Business Partnership and included workshops, team building activities, practical taster sessions and site visits supported by 17 local and national employers.
Highlights for the students included a visit to the Clowbeck Eco-Centre run by the Clervaux Trust in Croft-on-Tees and a practical taster session in plastering held at S & D Training in Newton Aycliffe.
Posted in Learning on Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
