Author: Micky Harris

WEBINAR – Building Confidence 26 Mar, 2021

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26 Mar, 2021

11am – 12.30pm

In this webinar, we will share tips and techniques to help you gain and maintain confidence through the vicissitudes of your freelance career.

Enrol online via Zoom

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Content

Even the most positive, go-getting people sometimes experience a dip in confidence – and, given what’s happened over the past year, it’s not surprising if your confidence has taken a knock. In this webinar, we’ll help you develop confidence and get back on track. Topics covered include:

  • Defining characteristics of confident people
  • Planning to be more confident
  • Exploring strategies for developing confidence
  • Confidence booster tips

The format

  • The tutor will lead you through key themes and you can ask questions at any time in the chat box as well as send messages to the group or individuals.
  • You will have the option to be visible to others throughout the session but you can switch off your camera throughout or at any time.
  • You will get a chance to explore ideas within smaller breakout groups. However, you do not have to participate in these discussions but rather have a short break if you prefer.
  • We will round up the with a Q & A session in which you can be seen and heard if you so choose.

Who should enrol

Creative freelances who wish to explore the subject of confidence and learn how to develop and sustain confidence whatever the circumstance.

Learning outcomes

  • An increased understanding of what confidence is
  • Strategies to achieve more confidence
  • Tips and tools for building confidence.

Tutor: France Dredge and Muriel McClymont

 

Further enquiries
e: [email protected]
t: 07710 240 585

How to create promo videos for social media – 24 March

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Free online workshop for members based in England

 

24th March 2021

10.30am - 3pm

This workshop will help you make snappy, animated promo videos that help grab attention and promote your creative work online.

Click below to register your details on Zoom

Please note that places on this Online Workshop are limited and you will only be notified by email if we can offer you a place. See notes below.
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Workshop Content

Using simple techniques and free tools and apps, this workshop will show you how to combine animated text, stock images or video clips with music to create short promotional videos such as explainers, screencasts and podcast promos that get your message. It covers:

  • Identifying the goals, target audience and tone of your promo video
  • Deciding on the length of video and where it will appear
  • Creating short testimonial, list, event and call-to-action videos
  • Understanding the key script and visual elements for creating an explainer video
  • Using a browser-based tool for creating screencasts
  • Learning how to combine audio, image and animated waveform to create a podcast promo

* A PDF toolkit with tips, links and resources will be shared during the workshop.

Who should attend?

Creative freelances who are able to use and upload content to social media to at least a basic level. No previous video experience is required.

Format

The training will take place online, using the Zoom platform, which you can download for free before the workshop.

You won’t spend all your time listening the tutor - the workshop will be as interactive as we can make it, combining learning with the networking that is always a valuable part of FEU Training workshops. It includes short exercises, as part of the learning process, which will also enable participants to work together.

What equipment do I need?

  • A laptop or desktop computer with the Chrome browser installed (and without corporate firewall restrictions preventing website access and registration).
  • A mobile device (iPhone, Android or iPad)
  • A free account at canva.com (plus, if possible, the free app downloaded to your mobile device).
  • A Gmail address (recommended) for registering with other online platforms during the day.
  • You will be able to download and register with other platforms and apps demonstrated on the day.

Expected learning outcomes

By the end of the workshop, you will have a greater understanding of how to target and produce promotional videos for social media.

IMPORTANT

We will let you know promptly after the deadline if you have obtained a place. Unlike our webinars, we have a limited number of places for each online workshop. If you do not hear from us, please assume that you have not secured a place on this occasion.

Once you have confirmed that you can participate, we will send you the workshop link. If you do not confirm promptly, we will offer your place to someone else on the waiting list.

If you confirm your place but find that you are unable to participate, please let us know asap so that we can re-allocate your place to someone on the waiting list. If you do not let us know this will disadvantage another member. Also, we may lose the funds that enable us to provide these free workshops to all members including you.

We may not be able to offer everyone a place on every workshop, but, if there is high demand, we will try to set up further workshops on this topic in the near future and those who did not get a place this time will be offered first refusal. Also, please keep applying because everyone will get a place on a workshop asap. 

Further enquiries
e: [email protected]
t: 07710 240 585

Build new revenue streams – 16th March

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Free online workshop for members based in England

 

Thinking outside the box to diversify your work and earn more money

16th March 2021

10.30am - 4.15pm

In this workshop, we aim to help you identify new ways to utilise your unique experience and expertise to develop new revenue streams.

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Please note that places on this Online Workshop are limited and you will only be notified by email if we can offer you a place. See notes below.
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Workshop Content

Participants will be encouraged to look at their skills and explore how these can be applied to reinvigorate your career and optimise income now and in the post-Covid world.

Whether your work has been impacted by the pandemic, you feel stuck in a career rut or, like any sensible freelance, you wish to extend your portfolio to meet changing skills demand and maximise your potential, this workshop aims to help you map out new areas of work, stimulate ideas and inspire you to find rewarding new ways to earn and develop. It includes:

  • A deep dive into your accrued skills set to look at your body of work with a fresh perspective
  • Looking at how others view and value your experience and expertise
  • Exploring new and fulfilling ways to generate income using your talents and professional knowledge
  • Honing ideas and finding markets to sell to.

Who should attend?

Creative freelances who want to examine ways of diversifying their career, using existing skills as a foundation for fulfilling new opportunities to earn more money.

Format

The training will take place online, using the Zoom platform (free).

You won’t spend all your time listening the tutor - the workshop will be as interactive as we can make it, combining learning with the networking that is always a valuable part of FEU Training workshops. It includes short exercises, as part of the learning process, which will also enable participants to work together.

What equipment do I need?

To access the workshop:

  • Laptop or desktop computer with reliable Wi-Fi connection
  • A mobile device (iPhone/iPad/Android/Tablet), with reliable Wi-Fi connection
  • Free account with Zoom (us), with free Zoom application downloaded to your computer.
  • Paper and pen.

Expected learning outcomes

By the end of the workshop, you will have had an opportunity to look at your portfolio of work with fresh eyes, exploring and evaluating your career with a different perspective. You will be in a position to think creatively about potential for new ways to apply your specialist skills to generate different and interesting future work opportunities and income.

IMPORTANT

We will let you know promptly after the deadline if you have obtained a place. Unlike our webinars, we have a limited number of places for each online workshop. If you do not hear from us, please assume that you have not secured a place on this occasion.

Once you have confirmed that you can participate, we will send you the workshop link. If you do not confirm promptly, we will offer your place to someone else on the waiting list.

If you confirm your place but find that you are unable to participate, please let us know asap so that we can re-allocate your place to someone on the waiting list. If you do not let us know this will disadvantage another member. Also, we may lose the funds that enable us to provide these free workshops to all members including you.

We may not be able to offer everyone a place on every workshop, but, if there is high demand, we will try to set up further workshops on this topic in the near future and those who did not get a place this time will be offered first refusal. Also, please keep applying because everyone will get a place on a workshop asap. 

Further enquiries
e: [email protected]
t: 07464 306 542

Blogging for creative freelances – 10th March

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Free online workshop for members based in England

 

10th March 2021

10.30am - 4.30pm

Everybody tells you that you must have a website and you must have a blog but nobody tells you how – or why. In this workshop you will learn the key steps to creating your blog but, more importantly, what you can use one for and how it will become an important part of your creative work.

That’s true whether you’re a writer, journalist, musician or performer: you are already creating work that blogs can showcase and you will benefit from reaching audiences through a well constructed, targeted blog. This workshop will tell you how.

Click below to register your details on Zoom

Please note that places on this Online Workshop are limited and you will only be notified by email if we can offer you a place. See notes below.
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Workshop Content

Filled with practical advice and time-saving tips, this workshop covers:

  • the choices you need to make before setting up your blog
  • what exactly to blog about
  • how to reach an audience that matters for all your creative work
  • what to do with that audience – how to engage with them
  • using your blog to make your website fresh
  • creating new material and reasons to contact your clients.

Who should attend?

Those who have thought about writing a blog but are not sure how or really certain why it will help and those who have already started blogging but need help in making their blogs more focused and effective.

Expected learning outcomes

  • a better understanding of what blogs can and cannot do for you
  • knowledge of how to quickly create and regularly update blogs
  • a better understanding of how to exploit your blog and build your audience
  • specific computer knowledge about what tools will help you and how to use them.

Tutor: William Gallagher

IMPORTANT

We will let you know promptly after the deadline if you have obtained a place. Unlike our webinars, we have a limited number of places for each online workshop. If you do not hear from us, please assume that you have not secured a place on this occasion.

Once you have confirmed that you can participate, we will send you the workshop link. If you do not confirm promptly, we will offer your place to someone else on the waiting list.

If you confirm your place but find that you are unable to participate, please let us know asap so that we can re-allocate your place to someone on the waiting list. If you do not let us know this will disadvantage another member. Also, we may lose the funds that enable us to provide these free workshops to all members including you.

We may not be able to offer everyone a place on every workshop, but, if there is high demand, we will try to set up further workshops on this topic in the near future and those who did not get a place this time will be offered first refusal. Also, please keep applying because everyone will get a place on a workshop asap. 

Further enquiries
e: [email protected]
t: 07710 240 585

Write that book and get it published – 2nd March

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Free online workshop for members based in England

 

2nd March 2021

10:30 - 4:15pm

Both writing and then getting a book published can be incredibly challenging. However, thousands of people do so every year, so why not you? To help you, this workshop aims to give you a realistic idea of how to go about writing your first book, and how and where to sell it.

Click below to register your details on Zoom

Please note that places on this Online Workshop are limited and you will only be notified by email if we can offer you a place. See notes below.
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Workshop Content

Whatever the creative field, many of us have a great idea for a book. It might be non-fiction, based on expertise, skills and experience, or fiction – that novel that you’ve always wanted to write.

This one-day interactive workshop, which includes individual and group work, aims to help you turn that idea into reality and covers:

  • Reviewing your idea - will it make a book?
  • Your markets – know them and exploit them
  • The writing plan – discipline and practice to get the book written
  • Networks and networking – being part of a writing community
  • Selling you the writer – who you are and what you offer
  • Selling the idea – the synopsis
  • Who’s buying? - agents, publishers, self-publishing and e-publishing. 

Who should attend?

Anyone who has written, is writing, or wants to write a book and sell it (you should have at least a basic idea of the book in mind).

Learning outcomes

  • A clearer idea of where to focus your book/book idea;
  • A greater understanding of how to fit the writing around your lifestyle;
  • Increased knowledge of how to present and prepare your book for market.

 

Tutor: Sue Walker

 

IMPORTANT

We will let you know promptly after the deadline if you have obtained a place. Unlike our webinars, we have a limited number of places for each online workshop. If you do not hear from us, please assume that you have not secured a place on this occasion.

Once you have confirmed that you can participate, we will send you the workshop link. If you do not confirm promptly, we will offer your place to someone else on the waiting list.

If you confirm your place but find that you are unable to participate, please let us know asap so that we can re-allocate your place to someone on the waiting list. If you do not let us know this will disadvantage another member. Also, we may lose the funds that enable us to provide these free workshops to all members including you.

We may not be able to offer everyone a place on every workshop, but, if there is high demand, we will try to set up further workshops on this topic in the near future and those who did not get a place this time will be offered first refusal. Also, please keep applying because everyone will get a place on a workshop asap. 

Further enquiries
e: [email protected]
t: 07464 306 542

How to run a crowd funding campaign – 26th Feb

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Free online workshop for members based in England

 

26th Feb, 2021

10:30 - 4:15pm

Crowdfunding campaigns can be effective in raising money for creative projects. However, if you suspect that there’s more to it than just putting your great idea online and waiting for the money to roll in, you're right.

We'll spend the day working through how to structure your own crowdfunding campaign, from how to choose a platform and set a realistic target to how to find your audiences and tell your story.

Click below to register your details on Zoom

Please note that places on this Online Workshop are limited and you will only be notified by email if we can offer you a place. See notes below.
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Workshop content

We'll focus on planning a one-off rewards-based crowdfunding campaign. By the end of the day you should have a structure for your own crowdfunding strategy. We'll cover what you need for your pre-launch and how to run the campaign itself including:

  • the different platforms and funding models available and how to choose
  • how to set a realistic target - and avoid unexpected costs
  • how to reach the right audiences
  • writing compelling campaign copy and telling your story
  • how to come up with perks/rewards and think creatively about what you can offer supporters
  • managing the mid-campaign slump.

Who should attend?

Creative professionals who are considering running a crowdfunding campaign - whether still wondering if the idea you have in mind could work or almost at the stage of choosing a launch date.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the workshop, participants will:

  • have a greater understanding of the different approaches available to crowdfunding
  • have a clearer idea of what needs to be done before launching a campaign
  • potentially have an outline of your own crowdfunding campaign strategy
  • have a better understanding of the timeline and structure of a successful campaign.

 

Tutor: Jo Breeze

 

IMPORTANT

We will let you know promptly after the deadline if you have obtained a place. Unlike our webinars, we have a limited number of places for each online workshop. If you do not hear from us, please assume that you have not secured a place on this occasion.

Once you have confirmed that you can participate, we will send you the workshop link. If you do not confirm promptly, we will offer your place to someone else on the waiting list.

If you confirm your place but find that you are unable to participate, please let us know asap so that we can re-allocate your place to someone on the waiting list. If you do not let us know this will disadvantage another member. Also, we may lose the funds that enable us to provide these free workshops to all members including you.

We may not be able to offer everyone a place on every workshop, but, if there is high demand, we will try to set up further workshops on this topic in the near future and those who did not get a place this time will be offered first refusal. Also, please keep applying because everyone will get a place on a workshop asap. 

Further enquiries
e: [email protected]
t: 07464 306 542

Click into Instagram – 16th Feb

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Free online workshop for members based in England

 

16th Feb 2021

10.30am – 4.15pm

This online workshop will explore different elements of the Instagram app including Stories and video as well as demonstrating ways for you to get more creative.

Click below to register your details on Zoom

Please note that places on this Online Workshop are limited and you will only be notified by email if we can offer you a place. See notes below.
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Workshop Content

Instagram is one of the fastest growing social media platforms and can be an effective way for creative freelances to showcase their work to new/wider audiences.

The workshop includes:

  • An overview of Stories and its potential for creative storytelling
  • A guide to Instagram’s growing range of options that allow you to share content in a fun and engaging way
  • The chance to create a Story as part of the workshop
  • An introduction to sharing a longer form of video content on Instagram (IGTV), for clips over 60 seconds in length
  • A look at the different types of Instagram account options open to you (personal, creator and business)
  • An opportunity to hone ideas that will help you showcase your work more effectively.

Who should attend

This online workshop is ideally suited to those familiar with the basics of the app and who want to learn more about some of its newer features. Please do not apply if you’re a beginner as we will not be able to stop to help you learn the basics.

What equipment do I need?

To access the workshop (and online tools):

  • Laptop or desktop computer with reliable Wi-Fi connection
  • A mobile device (iPhone/iPad/Android/Tablet), with reliable Wi-Fi connection
  • Free account with Zoom (us), with free Zoom application downloaded to your computer.
  • You must already have an Instagram account and be familiar with the basics of it.
  • Download the free Instagram app onto your iOS or Android mobile device (https://help.instagram.com/1642053262784201)

Pre-Workshop advice

  • Make sure that your mobile device is fully-charged
  • You must already have an Instagram account and be familiar with the basics.
  • You’ll need a quiet space to concentrate, so you may want to wear ear buds to block out background sound.
  • Do have at least one image readily available on your device that you would like to share using the app.

Tutor: Kate Willoughby

IMPORTANT

We will let you know promptly after the deadline if you have obtained a place. Unlike our webinars, we have a limited number of places for each online workshop. If you do not hear from us, please assume that you have not secured a place on this occasion.

Once you have confirmed that you can participate, we will send you the workshop link. If you do not confirm promptly, we will offer your place to someone else on the waiting list.

If you confirm your place but find that you are unable to participate, please let us know asap so that we can re-allocate your place to someone on the waiting list. If you do not let us know this will disadvantage another member. Also, we may lose the funds that enable us to provide these workshops to all members including you.

We may not be able to offer everyone a place on every workshop, but, if there is high demand, we will try to set up further workshops on this topic in the near future and those who did not get a place this time will be offered first refusal.

Further enquiries
e: [email protected]
t: 07710 240 585

Grow your own business via email marketing – 9th Feb

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Free online workshop for members based in England

 

9th Feb 2021

10.30am – 4.15pm

In this workshop you’ll learn how to get your name out to your audiences and keep that relationship going through using MailChimp for emails, newsletters and mailing lists.

Click below to register your details on Zoom

Please note that places on this Online Workshop are limited and you will only be notified by email if we can offer you a place. See notes below.
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Workshop content

You’ll learn techniques to help grow your business including what to do before you start to use MailChimp, how to use it efficiently and effectively, how to keep your audience’s attention and how to build mailing lists in these days of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

Helping you to market your work, you’ll learn how to make this tool a significant benefit to your creative freelance business without it taking up too much time. It includes:

  • How to find your audience and build up a mailing list
  • How to comply with the GDPR regulations for new audiences and existing ones
  • How to plan a schedule that means you can produce targeted newsletters quickly and regularly
  • How you manage lists in MailChimp
  • What audiences see first and how to make that compelling
  • Designing a newsletter
  • Handling graphics and images, especially if you’re not a designer
  • How to get readers to share your newsletter.

We’ll also cover how the free and paid versions of MailChimp work. You may not need to pay but you do need to know when it’s worth paying and when you have to.

Who should attend

Freelances who need to get their work and services known to more people - so really that’s everyone. You don’t need to have already signed up to MailChimp and, if you’re looking at any other similar service, everything you learn on this workshop will help with those too.

Learning outcomes

You’ll understand how to make marketing with MailChimp an effective part of your freelance business.

Tutor: William Gallagher

IMPORTANT

We will let you know promptly after the deadline if you have obtained a place. Unlike our webinars, we have a limited number of places for each online workshop. If you do not hear from us, please assume that you have not secured a place on this occasion.

Once you have confirmed that you can participate, we will send you the workshop link. If you do not confirm promptly, we will offer your place to someone else on the waiting list.

If you confirm your place but find that you are unable to participate, please let us know asap so that we can re-allocate your place to someone on the waiting list. If you do not let us know this will disadvantage another member. Also, we may lose the funds that enable us to provide these free workshops to all members including you.

We may not be able to offer everyone a place on every workshop, but, if there is high demand, we will try to set up further workshops on this topic in the near future and those who did not get a place this time will be offered first refusal. Also, please keep applying because everyone will get a place on a workshop asap. 

Further enquiries
e: [email protected]
t: 07710 240 585

Maximise the potential of YouTube – 3 Feb, 2021

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Free online workshop for members based in England

 

3 Feb, 2021

10.30am – 4.15pm

In this online workshop you will learn to develop your YouTube channel to help you meet your creative objectives. You will gain hands on experience with basic content creation techniques.

Click below to register your details on Zoom

Please note that places on this Online Workshop are limited and you will only be notified by email if we can offer you a place. See notes below.
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Workshop Content

This workshop will help you ensure that your channel works best for your individual creative needs. It includes:

  • Defining your purpose and goals for starting a YouTube channel
  • Generating ideas and plans for creating video content
  • Creating channel icon, banner and thumbnail images
  • Search Engine Optimisation for videos and the channel
  • Getting views and subscribers.

What equipment do you need?

  • Free account with Zoom (us), with free Zoom application downloaded to your computer.

What do you need to do before the workshop?

  • Set up a YouTube channel and be able to log in to it without any problems:
    How to set up a YouTube channel:
    https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1646861?hl=en-GB
  • Upload at least 1 video to the channel (we’ll use the video for an exercise during the workshop).
  • Sign up for a free account at canva.com. If you have time beforehand, use the below links to start making your YouTube Channel Banner, Icon and a video Thumbnail:

Who should attend?

This is a ‘beginners’ workshop (we’d say for those with up to 1000 subscribers on their Youtube channel). To attend, please ensure that you have completed the above, i.e. under What do you need to do before the workshop?

Format

The training will take place online, using the Zoom platform (free).

The workshop will be as interactive as we can make it, combining learning with the networking that is always a valuable part of FEU Training workshops. It includes short exercises as part of the learning process, which will also enable participants to work together in breakout rooms.

Learning outcomes

  • How to optimise a YouTube channel and your first video
  • How to get more views and subscribers
  • Decide what kinds of content to create based on time and cost
  • Gain a basic understanding the YouTube ecosystem

 

Tutor: Rebecca Lammers

IMPORTANT

We will let you know promptly after the deadline if you have obtained a place. Unlike our webinars, we have a limited number of places for each online workshop. If you do not hear from us, please assume that you have not secured a place on this occasion.

Once you have confirmed that you can participate, we will send you the workshop link. If you do not confirm promptly, we will offer your place to someone else on the waiting list.

If you confirm your place but find that you are unable to participate, please let us know asap so that we can re-allocate your place to someone on the waiting list. If you do not let us know this will disadvantage another member. Also, we may lose the funds that enable us to provide these free workshops to all members including you.

We may not be able to offer everyone a place on every workshop, but, if there is high demand, we will try to set up further workshops on this topic in the near future and those who did not get a place this time will be offered first refusal. Also, please keep applying because everyone will get a place on a workshop asap. 

Further enquiries
e: [email protected]
t: 07464 306 542

WEBINAR – Stay connected online – 28th Jan, 2021

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Finding a creative support group that works for you

28th Jan 2021

11am – 12.30pm

This webinar will help you access or initiate a support group that meets your specific creative objectives.

Enrol online via Zoom

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Content

Many creatives experience loneliness, demotivation and a lack of creative connections especially in the current climate when we’re forced into isolation making it much more difficult to talk and work with our fellow creatives at gigs, shows, festivals and conferences.

The good news is that it is now easier, cheaper and more ‘the norm’ to meet online. Some groups offer solidarity, feedback, useful introductions, creative collaborations and, sometimes, friends for life. Others start well then run aground after a few months. And some turn into social clubs – which is great for a chat, but infuriating if you want more specific professional feedback.

To help ensure that you join the right creative group for you, this webinar includes:

  • Identifying your objectives for joining or creating an online group
  • Looking at the benefits of working with others online
  • Finding the right group for you
  • Setting up a group of your own if needs be
  • Avoiding what can do wrong.

The format

  • The tutor will lead you through key themes and you can ask questions at any time in the chat box as well as send messages to the group or individuals.
  • You will have the option to be visible to others throughout the session but you can switch off your camera throughout or at any time.
  • You will get a chance to explore ideas within smaller breakout groups. However, you do not have to participate in these but work alone if you prefer.
  • We will round up the with a Q & A session in which you can be seen and heard if you so choose.

Who should enrol

Any freelance who would like to learn more about accessing or setting up creative groups

Learning outcomes

By the end of this session you will be more:

  • clear as to why you want to join or initiate a group
  • aware of what is available currently
  • able to set up your own group
  • motivated to get online and connect.

 

Tutor: Rachel Murrell

Further enquiries
e: [email protected]
t: 07710 240 585