A revolutionary approach to alternative education for young people aged 11-16; based in Leigh, Greater Manchester.
Our Programs
Within our bespoke programs we have highly trained staff ready to deliver a range of activities, these include but are not exclusive to:
- Trade workshops including plastering and tiling,
- Cooking,
- Special effects make up,
- Bush-craft,
- Physical exercise including gym introductions,
- Beauty Workshops,
- Career Exploration including CV writing,
- Travel Training
About us and our approach
Why choose us? We understand it can be a difficult decision on choosing the perfect alternative provision for our young people. We focus on having a child centred approach, we are here to give our young people a voice and support them on their educational journey. Our mission is to give our young people some control over their future and allow them to thrive in a comfortable setting.
Imagine a unique educational environment where students not only receive academic support but also gain essential life skills through hands-on experiences. Our alternative provision program offers a holistic teaching approach throughout all of our workshops, incorporating a huge variety of life skills .
At Skills4life we offer an educational experience in a home from home setting, we go beyond academics to cultivate well-rounded individuals equipped with practical life skills.
Through cooking skills, workshops, martial arts, travel training, arts and crafts and so much more activities, we empower students to thrive academically, socially, and personally, setting them on a path toward success in all aspects of life.
We also encourage parents, guardians and educational settings to keep up to date with their young persons progress by requesting a copy of their individual ‘smart’ goals, these will be set within their first week and are completely catered for that specific young person.
Timetable
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9-9.30: Attendance
Young people arrive at skills4life and get marked present.
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9.30-10.30: Hobby exploring
Think about what this young person enjoys, cooking, beauty, science, you name it and our experienced mentors will explore it!
We find that by doing so we create the perfect ice breaker and establish great relationships for our young people and mentors, the first step to success within our alternative provision.
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10.30-10.45: Refreshments
At 10.30 we take a breather and enjoy a cuppa, a cuppa tea, a cuppa coffee, a cuppa juice, a cuppa hot chocolate, a cuppa water with a selection of snacks on offer to our young people.
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10.45-11.45: Physical Exercise
The meaning of Physical Exercise is ‘movements and activities done to keep to keep your body healthy or make it stronger’ This might mean, a walk around our local park picking berries for a pie, or tracking down the wild garlic within the woods, it could be a boxing session, a game of just dance or Mario and Sonic Olympic games, it's really anything that gets your heart rate up and promotes positive mental health.
11.45-12.45: Lunch
At skills4life we understand the importance of nutrition, and the value cooking skills bring to our young people, that’s why we always encourage them to get involved in the making of their lunch, please see our weekly meal planning sheet for more info on what's on offer.
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12.45-14.00: Workshops
Our workshops are designed to give our young people a thriving chance in adulthood, we can offer workshops on plastering, tiling, painting, cooking, beauty, hair, travel training , special effect makeup, there's absolutely loads on offer and we aim to ensure when our young people leave us they have developed skills for life.
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If you would like to view our policies please email to request information from our admin team, they will be more than happy to help.
At skills4life we provide a resilience building environment, our mission is to provide young people with skills that they can use as a young person right through to adulthood. Our initial phasing in stage can be 1 to 1 relationship building with our experienced mentors to ensure we set the perfect ‘smart’ goals for each young person, as we understand not every goal or need will be the same. In our alternative educational setting we will encourage young people to step outside of their comfort zone to reach the potential that we know every young person has, we take a therapeutic approach looking at the young person as a whole and not just their reasoning for not attending mainstream school, we find that by doing this we are able to really connect with our young people and therefor get the best out them.
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Address:
35 Lord Street, Leigh, Lancs WN7 1BY