	Burngreave Community Learning Campaign Forum House, 35 Spital Hill, Sheffield, S4 7LD. Tel: (0114) 2794960. Fax: (0114) 2923167. Click on the icon below to send e-mail:
Home Page Text Only Version of Website The Burngreave Learner - Courses in Your Area! Meet the Team News and Events Venue Finder Burngreave Celebrates Learning 2006 Burngreave New Deal for Communities Area BCLC and Burngreave Opportunities Frequently Asked Questions Links Page Contact Us Burngreave Celebrates Learning 2005 External Link to Black Card Website	Please click on the links below to download the Burngreave Learner. They are large documents so they may take a few minutes to download, but you can save a copy on your own computer for easy reference. *Current Edition:* January 2007 Burngreave Learner *Archive Editions:* September 2006 Burngreave Learner Summer 2006 Burngreave Learner January 2006 Burngreave Learner September 2005 Burngreave Learner Summer 2005 Burngreave Learner January 2005 Burngreave Learner If you have not got Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, then follow this link to download it for free: Get Acrobat Reader. It doesn't take very long if you have a broadband connection, but you may have to be patient (even though it's worth it) with a dial-up connection. Paying for Courses Some courses listed in the Burngreave Learner charge for courses. However, if you are claiming benefits, you may not have to pay fees for courses if you bring written proof of receipt of benefit to the enrolment session. At Sheffield College (and courses at other venues provided by Sheffield College) courses are free if you are: unemployed or getting a means tested benefit a refugee or an asylum seeker on Income Support taking a basic skills or ESOL course Over 60 years old and in receipt of pension credit. Courses provided by the WEA (Workers Educational Association) are free for people claiming means tested benefits. Most 10 week WEA courses cost £35 for waged learners and £24 for retired people aged 60 and over. Adult Education courses at Longley Park Sixth Form College are free if you are claiming: Job Seekers Allowance, Income Support, Working Families Tax Credit (up to an annual income of £14,200), housing benefit, Council Tax benefit or Disability Working Allowance. You may also be able to take the course for free if you are studying for your first Level 2 qualification. If you are a pensioner, you are entitled to a 50% discount. Adult Learning Grant If you want to study for Level 2 (GCSE or NVQ Level 2) or Level 3 (e.g. Access Courses, NVQ3 or BTEC) courses for more than 12-13 hours a week, you may be able to claim up to £30 per week to help pay for books, materials and travel. To find out more, call Learn Direct on 0800 100900.

Burngreave Community Learning Campaign

Forum House, 35 Spital Hill, Sheffield, S4 7LD. Tel: (0114) 2794960. Fax: (0114) 2923167.
Click on the icon below to send e-mail:

Home Page

Text Only Version of Website

The Burngreave Learner - Courses in Your Area!

Meet the Team

News and Events

Venue Finder

Burngreave Celebrates Learning 2006

Burngreave New Deal for Communities Area

BCLC and Burngreave Opportunities

Frequently Asked Questions

Links Page

Contact Us

Burngreave Celebrates Learning 2005

External Link to Black Card Website

Please click on the links below to download the Burngreave Learner.

They are large documents so they may take a few minutes to download, but you can save a copy on your own computer for easy reference.

Current Edition:

January 2007 Burngreave Learner

Archive Editions:

September 2006 Burngreave Learner

Summer 2006 Burngreave Learner

January 2006 Burngreave Learner

September 2005 Burngreave Learner

Summer 2005 Burngreave Learner

January 2005 Burngreave Learner

If you have not got Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, then follow this link to download it for free: Get Acrobat Reader. It doesn't take very long if you have a broadband connection, but you may have to be patient (even though it's worth it) with a dial-up connection.

Paying for Courses

Some courses listed in the Burngreave Learner charge for courses. However, if you are claiming benefits, you may not have to pay fees for courses if you bring written proof of receipt of benefit to the enrolment session.
At Sheffield College (and courses at other venues provided by Sheffield College) courses are free if you are:

unemployed or getting a means tested benefit
a refugee or an asylum seeker on Income Support
taking a basic skills or ESOL course
Over 60 years old and in receipt of pension credit.

Courses provided by the WEA (Workers Educational Association) are free for people claiming means tested benefits. Most 10 week WEA courses cost £35 for waged learners and £24 for retired people aged 60 and over.

Adult Education courses at Longley Park Sixth Form College are free if you are claiming: Job Seekers Allowance, Income Support, Working Families Tax Credit (up to an annual income of £14,200), housing benefit, Council Tax benefit or Disability Working Allowance. You may also be able to take the course for free if you are studying for your first Level 2 qualification. If you are a pensioner, you are entitled to a 50% discount.

Adult Learning Grant

If you want to study for Level 2 (GCSE or NVQ Level 2) or Level 3 (e.g. Access Courses, NVQ3 or BTEC) courses for more than 12-13 hours a week, you may be able to claim up to £30 per week to help pay for books, materials and travel. To find out more, call Learn Direct on 0800 100900.