SCPA offers the LIFE SKILLS course, a group course that enables participants to meet life’s challenges on a limited budget . The core course materials are provided by CAP and subject to our local modification. 

Courses are held regularly in the Suffolk Coastal area; a typical course runs for one morning per week between 10 am and 1 pm, including a free lunch, over 8 weeks. (School holidays are avoided). If you would like to know when the next one is in your area, or if you would like to host one, please contact Julia Rose (julia.rose@scpa.uk) the SCPA Life Skills course Manager. 

People in East Suffolk who want to improve both their finances and their wellbeing benefit from this free local course that teaches life-changing skills which help people to live well for less. The course gives people the confidence and decision-making skills to look after themselves and feel positive, even if they are on a low income. 

It’s a series of informal, relaxed sessions, where people can share ideas with each other and learn new skills which enable them to take greater control of their lives and reduce the stress of surviving from day to day. We usually have a number of helpers in our courses to whom you can talk one-to-one and who are able to provide guidance and support.

The course looks at lifting the pressure to spend and sharing some great practical tips to help people make their money go further, using an online budgeting tool that does all the maths. We’ll also be considering how to maintain a healthy, balanced diet and share some useful cooking tips and recipes. Later in the course, we spend some time on how to keep healthy – mentally and physically  – and look at how to maintain positive relationships and build supportive communities. 

Most of all, it will be time to share what works and what doesn’t, both as a group and one-to-one, and give each other encouragement to do things better. It will be some of those key things you wished they had taught you at school, but didn’t.

This video gives more details of the course: https://youtu.be/bAgluBGXNDc

For more information contact Julia Rose on julia.rose@scpa.uk or 07942 377087