Develop Green Skills and Gardening
Green Skills and Gardening in your community
Course Aims – What you will learn?
As part of our approach to supporting learners to develop essential skills for life and work, this Green Skills and Gardening class is designed for you to gain new skills whilst supporting your local community. You will learn about:
All materials and equipment will be provided for you. As well as learning the core skills and building confidence, by working independently and in small groups with your tutor, you will develop your wider skills such as:
- A variety of green skills, including planting, garden and countryside maintenance
- Horticulture
- Working as a team, how to volunteer and best support your local community
How you will be taught, and your understanding checked?
- Problem solving.
- Team working.
- Communication skills.
- Resilience.
Your tutor will work with you to understand what you know already with green skills and what you want to be able to do. They will agree a learning plan for you to work towards. The project will be a mixture of whole class teaching, independent activity and small group work, all supported by your tutor. You will spend time outside of the classroom in the local community. Your tutor will talk to you about your progress and will give you feedback to help you continue to develop your skills and knowledge. You will complete a green skills project to benefit your local community.
Progression – What you will be able to do next?
On successful competition of the core modules, your tutor will talk to you about your progress and achievements. They will help you to decide what to do next, for example:
- Continue your studies, for example, through an accredited horticulture course.
- Start to learn another subject.
- Look for work or volunteering opportunities.
- Continue to contribute to your local community.
- Use your new skills in everyday life.
This course starts on Mon, Sep 23, 2024
and ends on Mon, Dec 02 2024
The start time is 10:00 AM and the finish time is 12:00 PM
(2 hours)
At: Groundwork
Merlyn Rees Avenue
Morley
Leeds
LS27 9SL
This course is provided by Groundwork Yorkshire
Telephone Groundwork Yorkshire on 07730 765564
Email Groundwork Yorkshire: skills@groundwork.org.uk
View a list of courses near Groundwork's area
Who is it for?
Learners 19+ who wish to gain new skills and support their local community .
Often courses are open to everyone, so please contact the course provider to ask.
Journey Plan to Arrive At 10:00 AM
From -1.539144,53.79684 to Groundwork
about 2 hours by Walking. (
By Bus)
Start: 08:17 End: 10:00 Duration: about 2 hours. Distance: 8.51 km
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Head east on Fish & Game Row
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Turn right
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Turn right onto New York Street at the end of the road
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Turn left onto Call Lane
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Continue slightly left onto Call Lane
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Turn right onto The Calls
approx 1 minute |
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Turn left onto Leeds Bridge
approx 1 minute |
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Make a slight right onto Bridge End
approx 1 minute |
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Continue straight onto Meadow Lane
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Keep left at the fork onto Meadow Lane
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Continue slightly right onto Meadow Lane
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Continue straight onto Dewsbury Road (A653)
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Make a slight left onto Dewsbury Road
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Make a slight left onto Apex Way
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Continue sharp right onto Apex Way
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Turn left
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Keep left at the fork
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Turn left
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Turn right onto Dewsbury Road at the end of the road (A653)
approx 12 minutes |
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Continue straight onto Dewsbury Road (A653)
approx 20 minutes |
20 minutes 1.6 km |
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Keep right at the fork onto Dewsbury Road (A653)
approx 1 minute |
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Continue straight onto Ring Road Beeston (A6110)
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Turn right
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Turn left
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Turn left
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Turn left onto Valley Road at the end of the road
approx 4 minutes |
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Make a sharp left
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Turn left onto Albert Road
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Turn right onto Ackroyd Street
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Continue straight onto Hope Street
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Turn left onto Queen Street
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Turn right onto Beryl Burton Gardens
approx 1 minute |
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Turn left onto Merlyn Rees Avenue
approx less than a minute |
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You have arrived at your destination
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