Raising Aspirations
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What is Raising Aspirations?
Raising Aspirations is a FREE personal development training course to help you into employment, volunteering or further training. You will have a tutor who will help you throughout the time on the course and upon completion of the course you will achieve a recognised City and Guilds qualification in Personal Development and Employability.
The course tutors are friendly and helpful and will work with you to help you achieve your goals. A lot of people are anxious and nervous about starting the course but our tutors and the others in the group soon make Raising Aspirations a fun group to be part of.
 | Course modules include: Job search skills |
Also covered in the course:
Confidence and motivation
Healthy eating
Debt Advice
Self-employment
Getting to work
Finance
Volunteering opportunities
You will receive:
1-2-1 support
FREE childcare
Help towards transport costs
Access to specialist help and guidance
When and where is the course?
Raising Aspirations is a 16 week course which is held over 2 days (approx. 8 hours per week). The classes usually start at 9.30am and end at 2pm.
 | The course is held in the following locations: Bolsover Shirebrook Clowne South Normanton
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To join the course you must:
Live within Bolsover district.
Be aged over 19
Be currently unemployed
Be interested in going on to do a training course, volunteering or paid work
Click here to open an enquiry form
What do previous learners think?
‘I have enjoyed meeting new people and hopefully made some new friends. Raising Aspirations has actually given me a reason to get out of the house. Realising that there are other people in the same situation as me and being made aware of all the options that are available to me and that there actually are people out there who want to help has helped increased my confidence.’
DM, Clowne
‘I have enjoyed the work and the people I have worked with. It’s given me confidence and helped me be a bit more trusting and realise that all things are not too bad. I’m planning to do more training courses to build my confidence. I am hoping in the future that it will lead to a job with a bright future. And I would like to thank Lindsey and everyone else for their help on this course. Thanks.’
DL, Clowne
‘This course has been very motivating and has helped me fill in application forms in better and I have a CV which looks a lot better now it has been done professionally. I have enjoyed this course because I have met new people and been given an opportunity to learn new skills.’
HW, Clowne
‘I have most enjoyed meeting new people and learning new things. The most useful thing was getting work experience at in Administration which was secured through Raising Aspirations. My plan for the future is to get a job in admin and pursue it as a career.’
RH, Clowne
‘Raising Aspirations has helped me out a lot – not only have I made some new friends I am more confident in my skills. I would advise anyone to come onto this course as it has benefitted me greatly’ Anon, Bolsover
‘Raising Aspirations has built up my confidence, I’ve made some great friends and have really enjoyed every aspect of it. I would recommend anyone who wants to feel more positive about returning to work to come on this course. Absolutely brilliant’
AM, Bolsover
‘Raising Aspirations has been a brilliant course. It has helped me gain confidence in myself and other techniques I will need to get into work. I have made great friends and would continue with it if I could!!’ Anon, Bolsover
‘The course opened my eyes to what I thought of myself and now what other people think of me. I have enjoyed the course and found that every course is not the same old boring stuff. I have found new friends and built my confidence up and now have a more positive outlook for the future.’
TF, Shirebrook
Above all Raising Aspirations gives you the chance to make new
friends, learn new skills and gain a relevant qualification
"Funded by Bolsover Local Strategic Partnership
through the Working Neighbourhoods Fund"
