Learning for Life brings together the main organisations offering part-time adult education courses at venues across the City of York and surrounding areas.

New courses are developed all the time. If you can't find what you're looking for contact Future Prospects tel: 0800 834239 or 01904 634748. 

Download the course guide

You can download the latest Learning for Life course guide from the documents to download section on this page. Please note that this is a large document and may take several minutes to download if you have a dial-up connection.

The Autumn 2010 Learning4Life guide will be available to download from Thursday 1 July.  You can enrol on council courses from Monday 5 July 2010.

How to sign up for a course

Online

We are currently developing an online booking facility so that our learners can sign up for many of City of York Council's adult learning courses by visiting www.yortime.org.uk. We hope this will be available during Autumn 2010.

By phone

City of York Council courses: (01904) 552806 (from 5 July 2010)

Our enrolment times are:

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Friday:  10.00am - 3.00pm

Saturday:  10.00am - 12.00pm

Thursday / Sunday:  Closed

If nobody is available to take your call, please leave your name and number on the enrolment answerphone and a member of the team will call you back.

York College: (01904) 770400
Askham Bryan College: (01904) 772211

In person

Call in to the new York Explore Library Learning Centre on Museum Street between Monday 5 July and Friday 10 September and speak to a member of staff. You may also be able to enrol on the first night of the class, but you should check with the organisation providing the course. Our enrolment times are listed above.

You will need to tell us:

• the course code
• how you are going to pay
• if you are claiming a reduced fee (you will need to give evidence that you are entitled to claim.

Paying for your course

The cost of courses depends on:

• the length of the course
• if the course has a qualification
• if the course has a government subsidy

If the cost of your course is over £50.00, you may be able to pay by installment. Please ask about this option when you enrol.

Free courses

Some courses are free to everyone. These courses are listed as FREE in the course guide.

You may also be entitled to a free course if you are on a low income. This could be if you receive benefits, such as housing benefit, or tax credits at a certain level. Find out more about this in the guide's introduction and ask whether you are entitled to a free course when you enrol.

For some courses there will be an administration fee to pay.

Reduced fees

Reduced fees are available to certain groups of people on some courses - check when you enrol. You will need to provide proof that you can claim reduced fees.

The over 60s reduction is only available for some recreational courses - check when you enrol. You will need to provide proof of your age

What does the cost of my course include?

Some courses may have additional costs over and above the fee listed in the guide- check when you enrol.

If you are unsure about what you should be paying or have an query about the course contact Future Prospects or the organisation providing the course.

When does Learning for Life come out?

• Learning for Life Autumn: distributed door-to-door by Royal Mail in June 
• Learning for Life Spring/Summer: distributed door-to-door with Your Local Link magazine in January. 

Copies of the latest Learning for Life will also be available for you to pick up from Future Prospects and your local library.