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Free Digital Skills Courses for Leeds Mums Will Return in 2020

Alexis Wilson-Barrett by Alexis Wilson-Barrett
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Leeds’ popular #techmums clubs are welcoming new recruits for the second round of free courses starting in January 2020.

Led by Leeds Libraries and Leeds Employment and Skills, the clubs are back by popular demand, after recently winning a Women in IT Excellence award for most diverse and inclusive digital initiative. The #techmums clubs are a key part of the Leeds City Council 100% Digital Leeds programme.

For ten weeks, women on the free course explore social media, web and app design, coding, online safety and creative design. #techmums is for women who are currently outside employment, due to childcare or career breaks, who want to learn new digital skills for day-to-day life or go on to retrain and access further education.

Forty-one #techmums graduated from the last course in 2019, with 12 moving straight on to another Leeds Employment and Skills course. Three mums secured places on the sought-after TechUP programme, which helps people from underrepresented communities retrain and start new careers in technology.

Through the Leeds Libraries tablet lending scheme, women can also borrow iPads during the course to continue learning at home.

The #techmums clubs were originally created in London by Dr Sue Black OBE, Professor of Computer Science and Technology Evangelist at Durham University. Sue was inspired by her own experience of retraining and establishing a successful academic career in technology, after starting out as a single mum with few qualifications, living in a domestic violence refuge.

Gifty Assana joined #techmums in 2019:

“After having children, I felt my knowledge of technology was very outdated and I needed to do something but I wasn’t quite sure what…The #techmums experience was fantastic. The course covered topics introduction to coding, app design, online safety and budgeting online. Last but not least, it created an atmosphere to form lovely relationships with other women…I am currently learning things I didn’t imagine myself doing before #techmums.”

Councillor Debra Coupar, Leeds City Council’s executive member for communities, said:

“We are extremely proud of the award-winning #techmums clubs and look forward to celebrating the achievements of this year’s graduates. This collaboration by Leeds Libraries and Leeds Employment and Skills offers inspiring learning experiences for women across the city, as well as the chance to consider a career in technology, which is a growing industry in Leeds.”

The #techmums clubs start during the second week of January, with a drop-in welcome event at the following locations:

Armley Community Hub and Library (Tuesdays, 1pm – 3pm)
St Patrick’s Studios, East Street Arts (Thursdays, 9.30am – 11.30am)
Dewsbury Road Community Hub and Library (Fridays, 1pm – 3pm)


For more information and to book your place, visit leedsadultlearning.co.uk, e-mail leedsadultlearning@leeds.gov.uk or telephone 0113 378 7002

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Alexis Wilson-Barrett is a Co-Founder of The Yorkshire Press and works as our Editor for North and East Yorkshire. She studied for her BA (Hons) at the University of Bradford and now works on a freelance basis from her home in Skipton, offering content and marketing support to businesses across the UK

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