North Smethwick Development Trust

ESOL Short Course
2025-06-02 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-06-04 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-06-09 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-06-11 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-06-16 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-06-18 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-06-23 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-06-25 09:30 - 12:30 UTC and 10 more dates | Brasshouse Community Centre
With thanks to funding from the Edward Cadbury Trust and in partnership with EPIC CIC (Empowering People in Communities), we provide a programme of free, community-based English language learning support. The programme aims to tackle health and economic inequalities, reduce isolation and promote community cohesion through basic language skills and creative arts and crafts from the Brasshouse Community Centre.
Our language learning and creative arts and craft courses run across June and July 2025, and:

delivers pre-entry and entry-level ESOL classes, to meet a need and plug the gap in basic language skills provision (BOOKING ESSENTIAL TO REGISTER ON COURSE)

supports language learners to

access health and wellbeing support, and improve health literacy
be better able to find work and to progress within work, through ‘employability booster’ sessions alongside language learning
access IT as part of their language learning
interact more confidently with local services and
connect with people in their neighbourhood
access advice, wellbeing, and employability services in local centres
access wider community learning opportunities and progress to courses with Sandwell Adult and Family Learning, Sandwell College and other education and training providers

Uses arts and craft to explore and develop learner confidence and social skills.

ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages)
2025-09-17 09:30 - 13:30, 2025-09-24 09:30 - 13:30, 2025-10-01 09:30 - 13:30, 2025-10-08 09:30 - 13:30, 2025-10-15 09:30 - 13:30, 2025-10-22 09:30 - 13:30, 2025-10-29 09:30 - 13:30, 2025-11-05 09:30 - 13:30 and 4 more dates
If English is not your first language and you want to start at the very beginning, then our FREE ESOL COURSES will help you.
Each course is approximately 15 weeks long and you will need to attend every session.
Our non-accredited ESOL courses will support you to practise speaking, listening reading and writing skills and learn the language. It will help interact with your local community and to access training and job opportunities. At the end of the course, you will be able to:

Give information about yourself
Speak clearly to be understood in conversations about a range of situations
Listen to and follow instructions
Read and write the alphabet
Spell some personal and familiar words
Write your name and address
Fill in a simple form
Read and understand everyday signs and symbols
Write simple sentences
Recognise the different cultural festivals celebrated in the UK

We are taking registrations for the following dates now!

Cohort 1 – Wednesday, 17th September 2025 – Wednesday, 19th December 2025, and
Cohort 2 – Wednesday, 7th January – Wednesday, 30th April 2026.

Register by calling 0121 555 5672 or email at info@nsdt.org.uk
Brasshouse Community Centre | Brasshouse Lane | Smethwick | B66 1BA
This activity is made possible from funding from the Sandwell Learning Network and Sandwell Consortium
