Are you interested in learning something new or having a go at something you’ve never tried before?

If so, Give It A Go! at Bishop Grosseteste University is a perfect opportunity for you to try your hand at something different.

Give It A Go! is a free event open to everybody over 16 which will take place on Thursday 5th June as part of Adult Learners’ Week.

The day will showcase the huge range of learning opportunities that exist and will allow visitors to try a number of activities, including:

• Health and fitness: smoothie bike, nutrition, circus skills, zumba, gym
• Arts and crafts: digital photography, graphic design, drama
• Essential skills: numeracy, literacy, IT, social media
• Careers guidance
• Volunteering and micro-volunteering
• Education and qualifications including WEA, U3A, NVQs and further and higher education

BGU is hosting the event but the learning opportunities available are delivered by a number of other providers, including Lincoln Voluntary Centre Services, Sainsbury’s, Lincolnshire Sport, Jestival and Access to Music. In all more than 30 organisations will be represented.

“Give It A Go! Will be the largest event of its kind in Lincolnshire and is an opportunity for people to discover interests they never knew they had,” said Mark Bowen, Enterprise Development Manager at Bishop Grosseteste University.

“We will be putting on a rolling programme of bite-sized opportunities so visitors can dip in and out and find something new that they really enjoy.

“Learning doesn’t have to end with a qualification – you could learn for relaxation or as an activity in retirement. There are so many opportunities and a lot of them you don’t have to pay for.”

Give It A Go! takes place from 11am to 6pm on Thursday 5th June at BGU’s campus on Newport in uphill Lincoln. For more information or to get involved please contact Mark by emailing mark.bowen@bishopg.ac.uk or by calling 01522 583727.

Reporters and photographers are welcome to attend. For media information please call Jez at Shooting Star PR on 01522 528540 or email jez@weareshootingstar.co.uk.

Notes to editors:

• Bishop Grosseteste University was established in January 1862 and celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2012.
• It is an independent higher education institution based in Lincoln which awards its own undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
• It changed its name from Bishop Grosseteste University College to Bishop Grosseteste University in November 2012.
• BG Futures, the business and enterprise centre at Bishop Grosseteste University, is one of the leading members of the Work-Based Learning Advocates (WLA) Network.
• The WLA network in Lincolnshire is one of the strongest in the country and exists to promote and develop learning in all its forms, providing information, advice and guidance in the workplace delivered by specially trained volunteer staff.

For media information please contact:
Jez Ashberry
Shooting Star PR
01522 528540
07780 735071
jez@weareshootingstar.co.uk
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