Do you want to improve your English, maths, or digital skills, gain a qualification to enhance your career, or develop your personal wellbeing?
Barking and Dagenham Council is committed to supporting people to improve their prospects through access to learning.
Our Adult College offers a friendly environment and wide range of free courses to support local community skills and wellbeing – while our specialist sector programmes are creating clear pathways to support residents to access growth opportunities in the borough, working in partnership with trusted local education and training partners.
Our careers programmes with local schools and colleges seek to make opportunities in growth sectors more accessible, inclusive and diverse by building awareness of and creating high quality training pathways into good jobs and careers.
Schools interested in getting involved can click on the links to find out more.
Food in schools
Inspiring Futures
Construction in schools
Film in schools
We offer courses to help people access or progress in a career. These vocational pathways will give you the skills and knowledge needed for the area you want to work in. We also work closely with employers in these sectors and our job brokerage service to help you find and apply for relevant opportunities.
Register with our employment support service to access workshops and advice to support your job search.
Care professions
Teaching
Construction
Business
Film
Food
Apprenticeships
Employability
The Council’s Adult College offers courses to help people get by in everyday life and build community wellbeing – from maths, English and computing to courses to inspire, support and motivate you and your family to make positive changes in your life.
Maths
Multiply
English for Speakers of Other Languages
English
Digital skills
Wellbeing and (CPD)
Our local education partners
Barking and Dagenham School Improvement Partnership
Adult College Barking and Dagenham
Coventry University Group London
