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Watercolour Beginner to Gallery Exhibitor: Suraiya’s Story
Suraiya joined our Watercolour for Beginners course to develop her skills and explore a new creative hobby. Through the support of her tutor and fellow learners, she built confidence, improved her techniques and exhibited her artwork in our learner exhibition.
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Frank Kerslake Award Winner: Betül's Story
At this year's learner art exhibition, 'We Present: Leicester Adult Education', Betül received the Frank Kerslake Award for her charcoal portrait titled 'Experiencing Time'.
Read more to discover the inspiration behind her winning artwork and how our art courses have helped her build confidence, find community and pursue her creative ambitions.
Farzana’s Step into Working with Children
Farzana joined a Working with Children course to build skills and confidence for full-time work. With flexible learning and her tutors support, Farzana has rediscovered her love of learning and is now planning her next steps. Read more of her story here.
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From Class to Art Exhibition: Svetlana’s Sewing Story
Svetlana joined our Sewing for Beginners course to spend quality time with her daughter and rediscover her creativity. Along the way, she built new skills, friendships and confidence.
Her work was later selected to be used to promote our upcoming learner exhibition!
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Alex’s story: Helping others through her own journey
Alex has turned her passion for helping others into a career in counselling, having recently completed her Level 4 Therapeutic Counselling Diploma with us.
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Kalie’s Path Back to Education
Below, Kalie shares her experience in her own words, describing how she took her first steps back into learning and built her confidence along the way.
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Karen’s Journey of Learning & Creativity
Karen first enrolled on our courses to try new things and revisit old interests. From Italian to Pottery and Sewing, challenging herself has led to creativity, confidence, and achievements she never expected. Read more of Karen’s story!
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It’s Never Too Late: Rambha’s Story
At 84, Rambha shares how enrolling on a Family Learning English course has helped her gain confidence, improve her English, and prove it’s never too late to learn.
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