Our Creative Writing course aims to spark participants’ imagination and creativity. It teaches a range of creative writing skills and helps participants to express themselves in a number of different ways, such as through poems, stories or letters. Students learn how to write narrative stories in a
DurationOur Creative Writing course aims to spark participants’ imagination and creativity. It teaches a range of creative writing skills and helps participants to express themselves in a number of different ways, such as through poems, stories or letters. Students learn how to write narrative stories in a chosen genre and how to describe events from varied points of view.
Overall, the course helps participants to improve their communication skills and boosts their confidence in how they express themselves. Students can also achieve creative writing qualifications at various levels – SQA units in Creative Writing at SCQF levels 4 or 6.
The course is delivered in partnership with Edinburgh College and is designed for unemployed students from disadvantaged backgrounds who may require support to maintain a college place. It offers progression on to a range of related courses at Edinburgh College.
Who
Participants must be of working age and not currently in education or employment. They must also meet other specific entry requirements. Contact us, or speak to your Caseworker for more details.
When
The course runs periodically, usually one day a week. Future dates TBC.
Why
The course helps participants improve their writing skills and boosts their confidence in how they express themselves.
About Us
What We Do
Access to Industry works with individuals to support them into education and employment. Our work delivers real transformative change, assisting individuals to overcome personal difficulties that impede their progress.
We do this through programmes and courses that provide one-to-one support, group work, tutored classes and work experience. Our aim is to facilitate access to further and higher education, training and employment. We are an approved SQA (Scottish Qualification Authority) centre.
Our programmes and courses develop essential core skills such as communication, ICT (Information and Communications Technology) and problem solving. We take a holistic approach and offer individual support that aims to alleviate wider personal barriers.
History
Access to Industry was established as a charity in 2000. Initially the creative industry sector provided the focus for our programmes but through time we expanded the remit of our work as well as our geographical reach.
Our history and development inform the content of the programmes we offer today. We are pleased to offer a broad range of opportunities to anyone eligible, regardless of background or age.
We have increased our professional skills and knowledge by supporting unemployed people with particular needs, whether they are in recovery from substance use, have an offending history, experience of homelessness, or require support for their mental health.
More About Us
Originally operating from the Wester Hailes area of Edinburgh we expanded across the East of Scotland as we developed further education ‘Access Courses’. These were designed to encourage people unlikely to access mainstream college courses – without a bit of additional support – to apply for and then retain a college place.
In 2003 we began to develop a specialism in supporting the specific needs of people in recovery from substance misuse. Part of this specialism was delivered in one-to-one support but also in ensuring our programme of activity enabled routine building and the opportunity to grow both in confidence and academic qualifications.
Our in-house ‘community’ college was born at this point and our partnership to deliver this with (now) Edinburgh College. Our name changed to Access to Industry.
In 2006 we began development of another specialism, supporting people with an offending history. We offered an innovating employability ‘through-care’ support system initially to young men from HM YOI Polmont being liberated to areas in the central belt of Scotland, and subsequently to adults being liberated from HMP Edinburgh and to women offenders.
As an organisation we continue to develop opportunities for people who are unemployed and who face barriers to employment.
Other Services
Disclosure Training
Knowing how a history of offending can impact on someone’s employment choices and prospects can be tricky without knowledge of disclosure. We provide training that gives information and practical advice to agencies supporting clients with convictions.
The aim of the course is for students to acquire creative writing skills. You will be offered a chance to study different techniques for developing a variety of ideas and will be encouraged to critique your own work along with the work of others.
We have registered over 360,000 learners throughout our history and worked with over 400 organisations. OCN NI are at the forefront of education within Northern Ireland. We want to be your Awarding Organisation of choice.
Building on the foundations of Creative Writing for Beginners this course gives you the opportunity to both practice skills you have acquired, as well as tackle new activities and types of creative of writing.
This course is ideal if you have been living in the UK for several years, feel quite comfortable in speaking English as a second language, but lack confidence in your literacy skills.
By the end of this training session, you will feel confident in how to write strong applications for funding for your small organisation. Come along to find out how to design, edit and check over bid applications, to increase your organisation's chances of success in securing funding.
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