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Best Life Programme

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What does it mean to live your best life?

This fun and dynamic course helps people build confidence, meet new people, and develop new skills.

Living your best life can mean a lot of things. From connecting with your community, to knowing your rights. From healthy living to relationships, managing money to having a career.

Our Best Life Programme has been co-produced with people with learning disabilities, to be a fun and interactive course that helps learners build confidence and awareness. 

How it works

The Best Life programme provides practical and classroom-based opportunities for learners to explore varied topics in a tailored way.

In a safe and rewarding space learners works alongside dedicated coaches to achieve accredited qualifications. 

The Best Life programme:

  • Takes place over 2 days per week from 10am-4pm
  • Is based at the People First Conference Centre in Carlisle 
  • Brings learners together in small groups up to 6 people

How you'll learn

Working with peers in small groups, learners work towards a nationally recognised qualification whilst exploring topics such as:

  • Healthy life: Personal wellbeing
  • Life with love: Personal relationships
  • Informed life: Education and information
  • Wealthy life: Income and money management
  • Productive life: Occupation.

With a mix of classroom based learning and visits out into the community, this is a varied programme that will help people develop skills, confidence whilst making new friendships.

Topics you'll cover

Your learning will focus on different parts of your life, you will be supported to identify areas for personal and skills development including the following topics:

  • Relationships
  • Community
  • Expressing Yourself
  • Keeping Safe
  • Being Healthy
  • Enterprise.

Being a People First Learner

When you join one of our learning programmes, you become a People First Academy Learner. You join peers in a supportive environment that includes:

Friendly peers
Supportive tutors
Well-equipped, modern learning spaces
Nationally recognised qualifications
A flexible approach to learning
Discounted food and drink at our onsite cafe
Clear routine and structure
Access to wider People First activities such as Youth Clubs, Self Advocacy Groups and volunteering
Support to progress onto future opportunities

Our values shape everything we do

Meet our Education team

  • Adam
    Travel Champion
  • Adam
    Head of Communications and Enterprise
  • Alfie
    Cafe Assistant
  • Aliesha
    Employability Job Coach
  • Becky
    Microenterprise Support Manager
  • Chris
    Independent Travel Team Leader
  • Debbie
    Education and Employability Co-Ordinator
  • Emma
    Employability Team Leader
  • Faye
    Education Manager
  • Meet the team - Hannah from Education
    Hannah
    Employability Team Leader
  • Hope
    Receptionist Job Coach
  • Jason
    Gardening Aide & Life Coach
  • Jenny
    Best Life Assessor
  • Katie
    Sessional Job Coach
  • Liz
    Cook - Job Coach
  • Lizzie
    Job Coach
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    Lou
    Travel Champion
  • Luke
    Hospitality Manager
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  • Marcus
    Kitchen Assistant
  • Maria
    Job Coach
  • Mary
    Travel Coach
  • Mia
    Employability Job Coach
  • Natalie
    Partnerships Manager
    01228 236336
  • Neil
    Estates Officer
  • Patricia
    Sessional Worker
  • Paul
    Estates Officer
  • Tracy
    Chef
  • Trish
    Hospitality Team Leader
  • Vic
    Hospitality Team Leader
  • Walter
    Estates Officer