Sue Yates
As a mother of a young baby in 1999, Sue welcomed the offer of a free Introduction to IT course by Kettering Centre for Unemployed (KCU), as she could learn new skills and make friends. Sue completed further CLAIT, Sage, IBT and ECDL computer courses, as well as British Sign Language, Business Administration and Manual Book Keeping. She was then encouraged to complete the 7307 City & Guilds Teacher Training, as well as volunteer at KCU as a teaching assistant, and later she gained work encouraging Kettering’s Grange Estate residents to learn new skills. At the same time she completed a part-time Foundation Degree in Managing Community and Voluntary Organisations at Leicester University, graduating in 2009.
Sue added further skills to support her job role at Neighbourhood Learning Northants by completing an NVQ4 in Advice and Guidance in 2010 and plans to begin a PGCE in 2011. “I took the brave steps to go to enrolment and I have never looked back,” said Sue. “I am now helping others to make small steps towards employment and changing their lives through learning.”