The Lairg Learning centre was opened in April 2004 with an aim to make a range of learning, training and guidance services available for the first time in Central Sutherland
The long term purpose is to create a more inclusive community with the capacity to meet the challenges of living in a remote, rural and highly peripheral area of the UK in the 21st Century and in which the ethos of life long learning can become a reality.
Since 2004 the Lairg Learning centre has taught computing skills to 96 Adults, of whom 42 have been retired. 53 people have attended classes in languages - Gaelic, French and Spanish. In addition the centre has run various workshops including Crafts, gardening, massage techniques and mind mapping which have attracted 67 participants. Some students have attended more than one course and many have taken a progression route from, for example Beginners' Computing through Intermediate Computing to ECDL.
In addition over 50 adults requiring basic life skills have supported by our ICT Tutor and visiting Highland Council tutors. LLC has offered job placements, training and guidance to 14 New Deal clients (one of which aided in the construction of this site!), and has helped 19 people towards employment through a Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) Employability programme. With few exceptions these have been younger people in the 18 - 35 age group.
Two developments of 2007 have been the provision of ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) both within the centre and as outreach classes and the support of students enrolled in FE and HE courses.
Lairg Learning Centre has gone from strength to strength with it's developments of new courses and projects.
We now have new computing systems that enable us to have media projects and currently have 2 very exciting media projects "Sutherland Landscapes" and "The Lives Of Highland Women".
Lairg Learning Centre, as you can see, is well on track to achieving its objectives!
