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Baking with friends – starter session 30th May

Have you ever wanted to have a go at baking but were too afraid to ask? We are running a baking starter session on Thursday 30th May between 12-2pm. Baking with friends is designed to make things nice and simple, with the use of easy to make recipes and not too much equipment. This is …

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Healthy Eating & Cooking sessions 12th June

Starting in mid June we are running another 6 weeks of healthy eating and cooking sessions, Wednesday’s from 1pm. The sessions are hosted by Diane one of the local health trainers and each week you will be shown how to cook a healthy recipe as well as learning about healthy eating. Sessions include: Healthy eating, …

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Government launches care comparison web site

Information to help people choose, compare and comment on residential care homes and home care services is now available on NHS Choices. This may be a good time to brush up or improve your computer and internet skills so that you can make the best use of the services and advice that is available. Why …

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Connexions becomes Positive Steps

Supporting Young People Support and Guidance for young people in Rochdale has changed and is now provided by Positive Steps. The new service, which replaces the former Connexions service, is being delivered in a number of different ways including through a range of community locations in Middleton, Heywood and Rochdale. The Lighthouse Project continues to …

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Universal Jobmatch workshop

Help improve your job seeking with this handy and helpful workshop on how to use the Universal Jobmatch web site. The tutorial based session is an ideal way to get to grips with and discover all the features of the Universal Jobmatch web site. The session lasts 2 hours and runs every week between 11am …

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Council Benefit Drop-in advice sessions May 2013

Benefit drop-in – every 2 weeks Do you need any help or advice about your council benefits, or have you wondered if you might be entitled to certain ones?

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Back to Work Essentials – new sessions

Our new updated work club course called BACK to WORK Essentials is now running. Following the success of our Why Don’t You… employability course Back to work essentials has been designed to offer targeted support to people who are looking for work and need to improve or update their computer and internet skills. The course …

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Baking with Friends – bake-off challenge

Do you think you could use baking to help some of your friends gain confidence with both their maths and computer skills? If so then our new Baking with Friends challenge is perfect for you! Starting during Spring Online (22 – 26 April) and running right through to Adult Learners’ Week (18 – 24 May), ukonline centres like ours …

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Carers Course – Looking after me

Free course to offer help and support to carers. Are you caring for someone with a long-term health condition and/or disability? Is your own health affected by your caring situation? Would you like to feel more in control? Would you like to meet other carers who may be in a similar situation to yourself? Then the Looking …

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Manchester Credit Union Weekly drop-in sessions

Every Monday we have a weekly drop-in session booked with Manchester Credit Union – all welcome. Monday 9:30 am – 12:30 am. The financial pressures that families and individuals find themselves under in today’s society is increasing day-upon-day, and with the proposed changes to the way that benefits are to be paid, Council tax changes …

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May 20 2013

Baking with friends – starter session 30th May

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May 20, 2013

Baking with friends badgeHave you ever wanted to have a go at baking but were too afraid to ask? We are running a baking starter session on Thursday 30th May between 12-2pm.

Baking with friends is designed to make things nice and simple, with the use of easy to make recipes and not too much equipment.

This is an easy way to get started, and to discover a world of delicious recipes that you can make with others. Also included is an introduction to the internet and the wealth of resources that are available at the few clicks of a mouse.

To join with us just sign-up on the registration sheet in the Centre, give us a call on 0161 643 1163 or email info@lighthouseproject.org.uk

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May 20 2013

Healthy Eating & Cooking sessions 12th June

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May 20, 2013

cooking picture 1Starting in mid June we are running another 6 weeks of healthy eating and cooking sessions, Wednesday’s from 1pm.

The sessions are hosted by Diane one of the local health trainers and each week you will be shown how to cook a healthy recipe as well as learning about healthy eating.

Sessions include: Healthy eating, making favourite foods healthier, food to lift your mood, cooking on  a budget, and gaining cooking confidence. We will also have a baking with friends session.

The course starts on Wednesday 12th June from 1:00pm and runs for 6 sessions.

The course is free, to book on please use the sign-up sheet in the centre or get in touch on 0161 643 1163, or info@lighthouseproject.org.uk, and we can add your name.

For more information download the Flyer: Cook and Taste poster – June 2013

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May 03 2013

Government launches care comparison web site

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May 3, 2013

Information to help people choose, compare and comment on residential care homes and home care services is now available on NHS Choices.

This may be a good time to brush up or improve your computer and internet skills so that you can make the best use of the services and advice that is available. Why not try our Online Basics course to get you going, you also learn how to make us of the NHS Choices web site.

Lady using laptopThe new care profiles provide the most comprehensive source of information on care services. Launched today by Care and Support Minister, Norman Lamb, they help people to search and compare residential care homes and other care services and make confident choices about registered care for themselves or family members.

The profiles bring together information from a variety of sources, including:

  • official information from the Care Quality Commission inspection reports on care services
  • information from care providers on the specialist services and facilities they offer, with details of staff and other useful information such as sample menus, photos of rooms and gardens
  • comments from the public, service users, residents and their families on their own experiences of the care provider, including links to other comment sites
  • from next month, the ability for the public to give services star ratings
  • official Ofsted-style rating for care services, when they are introduced

The profiles are available on NHS Choices and sit alongside easy to reference information on entitlements to care, paying for care, organising a care need assessment and other practical advice.

More than 8,000 care providers have already added information about their services to their profile on the website, and many more are expected to do so.

For more info visit this link - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-launches-care-comparison-website

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Apr 25 2013

Connexions becomes Positive Steps

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April 25, 2013

Supporting Young People

Support and Guidance for young people in Rochdale has changed and is now provided by Positive Steps.

The new service, which replaces the former Connexions service, is being delivered in a number of different ways including through a range of community locations in Middleton, Heywood and Rochdale.

The Lighthouse Project continues to host Positive Steps on a Wednesday Afternoon between 1:30 – 4pm.

To contact the Positive Steps team call 0800 195 8528, or email info@positive-steps.org.uk

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Apr 25 2013

Universal Jobmatch workshop

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April 25, 2013

Help improve your job seeking with this handy and helpful workshop on how to use the Universal Jobmatch web site.

The tutorial based session is an ideal way to get to grips with and discover all the features of the Universal Jobmatch web site. The session lasts 2 hours and runs every week between 11am – 1pm on a Monday morning.

We’ll show you how register with the site, and then provide you with a step-by-step guide to what each section does.

Learn how to:

  • search for jobs,
  • to find potential matches,
  • how-to upload your CV,
  • to apply for jobs via the site,
  • to keep track of your job hunting activities on and off the site,
  • and much more.

This is an essential tool aimed at helping you make the most out of this job hunting web site. The session also feeds into our ‘Back-to-Work Essentials’ programme which has been devised to give jobseekers all the core computer and job hunting skills that they need to make best use of the internet and online resources, and our Online Basics course and Beyond Basics courses.

To come to the tutorial just sign up in the centre, or give us a call.

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Apr 25 2013

Council Benefit Drop-in advice sessions May 2013

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April 25, 2013

Benefit drop-in – every 2 weeks

Do you need any help or advice about your council benefits, or have you wondered if you might be entitled to certain ones? Read the rest of this entry »

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