New Beauty Nails course!

New Beauty Nails course!

Our beauty courses are always really popular, so we’re excited for the first time to be offering a standalone course in nail therapy. Beauty Nails kicked off this week, led by Beauty Therapist and experienced college lecturer, Michelle Kurkowski-Gibson. The course will teach students all about manicures (including luxury nail treatments), using paraffin wax, warm […]

Drugs and Alcohol services feedback – can you help?

Drugs and Alcohol services feedback – can you help?

Our funding partners MELDAP (Midlothian & East Lothian Drugs And Alcohol Partnership) have commissioned us to research how people in Mid and East Lothian with lived and living experience of drugs and alcohol use engage with the support services on offer. Key to the study is the voice of the individuals using these services, often […]

Barista training in HMP & YOI Polmont!

Barista training in HMP & YOI Polmont!

We’re so pleased to be able to share that the two professional-grade coffee machines we provided (with funding from the CashBack for Communities programme*) has enabled staff and individuals at HMP & YOI Polmont to gain their SCQF level 5 qualification in Barista Skills training. HMP & YOI Polmont is the first prison in Scotland […]

Last few spaces on Understanding Mental Health!

Last few spaces on Understanding Mental Health!

We are pleased to share that we have a few spaces left on our popular Understanding Mental Health short course. It starts on Monday 4 March for 10 weeks, running over two short days – Mondays (1pm-3:30pm) and Fridays (10am-12:30pm). It will be delivered via live online classes. The course is aimed at people who […]