Awareness raising workshop - Leeds
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Date: Tuesday 17th July 2007, 9:30 am to 2:00 pm
Venue: St Richards Church, Leeds LS14 1BX
Status: PRIME event
At a crossroads in life? How about working for yourself?
This 6 hour workshop will help you to think about self employment as an option.
You will also think about the previous experiences and present skills you have that could be used to start working for yourself.
You will look at how utilising your skills and working for yourself could raise your lifestyle opportunities, and top up your pension.
Please book early to ensure your place. Freephone: 0800 121 8321 or email PRIME
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May 31st, 2007 at 11:01 am
I am a 55 year old lapsed illustrator/graphic designer who needs some help to resurrect a career. I was trained on flat artwork i.e. hand drawn, airbrush, painting etc). I currently require tuition in illustrator, In Design, Freehand and Dreamweaver (I need a website) to bring knowledge up to date. I have a Mac but need extra software and equipment (digital camera, drawing tablet).
I am currently doing a FE teaching qualification at Huddersfield Uni (PGCE) and am teaching community education in Leeds and North Yorkshire. I don’t earn a great deal and have a son at University. Would there be any support or information I could access?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards,
Susan Mitchell
May 31st, 2007 at 11:14 am
Do I have to book this event?
June 1st, 2007 at 9:50 am
Learn Direct’s own courses are probably too elementary for you, but they have a “Find a course” search facility at http://www.learndirect-advice.co.uk/ that would find for example local Dreamweaver courses.
Re help with finance, some colleges have their own mean-tested learner support funds. There’s no general educational grant available to people in our age group.
There may be local schemes to help particular sectors or types of people - for example if you live in a rural area Women in Rural Enterprise is Yorkshire-based and a good network to join http://www.wireuk.org
There are many initiatives aimed at supporting arts-based businesses, but web design often isn’t regarded as arty enough.
Business support and funding help in the UK is largely based on where you live. If you enter your post code into the “Find nearest” box on this page you’ll find PRIME’s local partners who will know about the local situation.
It may also be worth doing the same thing at Prowess’s web site - they specifically support women in business and have some different local partners to us http://www.prowess.org.uk
June 1st, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Re booking events, yes - please book. I’ll amend the events item to make that clear. Thanks for pointing it out.
We usually need people to book so we can estimate numbers, unless it’s a show-type event geared up for people just dropping in.