New courses launched at Learning Link

Are you ready to take your first step into a ‘New Year, New Thinking’ in 2024 and get practical support with household budgeting?

Orkney Islands Council’s Employability team and The Learning Link has just the thing to get you started with a new course available to sign up to – and its free!

‘New Year. New Thinking’ is a seven-week practical home budgeting course which will run from 10:30am to 1.00pm on Wednesdays starting on 17 January, in the Youth Café in Kirkwall.

It will provide practical skills, support and advice to help you manage your household budgets.

Kate Wilden is from The Learning Link.  She said: “With increasing costs across the board whether that be utility bills or the food shop, most households will have found that they’ve needed to start thinking differently about what’s coming in and out of their household budgets. 

"Indeed, many of us may well have made it our New Year’s Resolution to get a grip on this.

"It can be daunting to take your first steps in getting your budgets under control – or even putting together a budget in the first place.  ‘New Year, New Thinking’ will provide practical guidance and support that’s easy put into practice within your own home and participants should finish the course feeling confident about managing their money.”

For more information contact The Learning Link on 01856 879200 or email the Learning Link

The Learning Link are also providing courses in National 3 and National 4 Numeracy as well as Digital Learning for Beginners.  Full details of these courses can be found here.  In addition, Orkney College, UHI are offering National 5 Numeracy courses.  All courses are provided free of charge.

The Learning Link is a free service which is dedicated to helping adults gain new skills and increase their self-confidence. The benefits of developing these skills and having the confidence to use them can be far reaching and life changing. It can also improve your health and well-being – more information is available here