FLEX Courses

Our award-winning Flexible Learning Team focus on meeting the needs of our local communities by using outdoor learning inspire people into employment, training, education or social engagement. FLEX can have a positive effect, either mentally, emotionally, socially or economically.

The course runs from 8-12 weeks 2 days a week and covers employability, health & safety, first aid, horticulture, animal care and horse care. These courses are available around the Yorkshire region to anyone claiming work related benefits aged over 19 with no upper age limit.

Contact Ben Westerman to apply by contacting January.starts@askham-bryan.ac.uk or call 07890 564645

Open all bank holiday weekend. Great day out for the family.

Recap of Day 4 at the Harrogate Flower Show Our Askham Bryan College garden is coming along very nicely with paving from Marshall’s Landscaping Ltd now laid the the Level 3 RHS vertical gardens in place. #harrogateflowershow

The Askham Bryan College garden build is really starting to take shape at the Harrogate Flower Show Day 3 of work saw plenty of planting and hedges been put in place as well as a good amount of gravel and turf laid by the team. Thanks again to all of our supporters who have supplied materials and assets for the Garden. #harrogateflowershow Johnsons Of Whixley Howard’s nurseries Thorpe Trees Limited Vertigrow Make It York British Steel Yorwaste Limited @Marshall’s Landscaping Ltd Jewson More updates to follow!!!

Our Outdoor Adventure Sport students are trekking the Cava Grande de Cassibile this week on tour of Italy, taking in some pretty amazing scenery. Take a look on the Askham Bryan College Adventure Sports page to see what they’ve been getting up to. It’s not too late to apply for our Sport courses across the college, whether Outdoor Adventure, Personal Training and Fitness or on our new Football and Education course with Leeds United. To find out more visit our website at https://www.askham-bryan.ac.uk/whats-on for our next Open Evening and scroll through our sports department page to see more about our courses.

More images from our Spring Garden build at the Harrogate Flower Show where the Horticulture team and some of our Level 2 and 3 RHS students have been working this week to get it ready for competition and the public next week. On Day Two, plants have arrived on site including Shrubs from Johnsons Of Whixley and herbaceous plants from Howard’s Nurseries along with Elms from Thorpe Trees Limited and Yew’s from Vertigrow Thanks again once again to our other supporters who have donated items for the Garden this week Make It York British Steel Yorwaste Limited Marshall’s Landscaping Ltd and Jewson for providing materials, stone, steel and compost this week. More updates to follow in the build up to the show.

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