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Shape Your Future - Wellbeing Pathway: Confidence and Resilience
Shape Your Future – Wellbeing Pathway: Confidence and Resilience is a free, supportive 5 week course designed to help you rebuild confidence, recognise your strengths, and develop resilience in a gentle, encouraging learning environment.
The course explores ideas such as growth mindset, recognising and valuing skills, and understanding resilience in everyday life. It is designed for people who may have lost confidence through life events, health or wellbeing challenges, caring responsibilities, or negative past experiences of education.
This course forms part of Shape Your Future: Wellbeing Pathway and supports you to feel more confident engaging in learning and thinking about future opportunities, without pressure to take next steps.
Prosp User 3
This course is suitable for you if you:
• feel low in confidence or unsure about your abilities
• want to build resilience and a more positive view of learning
• have had setbacks in work, education or life which affected confidence
• have been out of learning for a while and want a gentle way back
• want to recognise and value your skills and strengths

You do not need any qualifications or recent study experience.
Prosp User 4
• All learning materials are provided
• All learning materials are provided, though do bring a laptop, smart phone, or tablet, if you have one/want to
• There are no additional costs
Prosp User 5
• The course runs for 5 weeks, with 2 hour sessions
• There is no formal assessment and no pass or fail
• During each class, you will complete an informal learning record so you can set simple goals and keep track of your progress
• Activities are supportive, practical and low pressure
• Sharing personal experiences is optional
• Breaks are included
The course focuses on building confidence, recognising strengths and supporting wellbeing — not on performance or outcomes. We ask that you commit to attending.
Prosp User 6

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Alongside gaining course-specific skills, you will develop and showcase transferable skills that boost your confidence, employability, and ability to engage in further learning or volunteering.
Alongside gaining course-specific skills, you will develop and showcase transferable skills that boost your confidence, employability, and ability to engage in further learning or volunteering.
Employers highly value these transferable skills because they equip employees to excel beyond their basic job roles.
Employers highly value these transferable skills because they equip employees to excel beyond their basic job roles.
This course is part of a suite of wellbeing courses within
Shape Your Future: Wellbeing Pathway
Alongside wellbeing, you will develop skills that are useful for learning, work and everyday life, such as:
• confidence in group and learning settings
• recognising and valuing personal skills and strengths
• communication and listening skills
• a more positive and flexible approach to learning
• resilience and coping strategies when facing challenges
After completing this course, learners may choose to:
• progress to a wide range of skills based, leisure based or fitness courses within York Learning
• progress to Maths, English, Digital Skills or ESOL courses and/or qualifications
• move onto other adult education providers, including HE routes
• continue exploring wellbeing courses within Shape Your Future
• move on to Shape Your Future – Your Pathway to Work and Skills

All progression is optional and based on individual choice and readiness. We can support you to access your next learning options.
Prosp User 8

Learners who live in devolved authorities

Learners who live in devolved authorities
York Learning receives government funding which allows us to offer courses at a lower cost. The guidelines relating to devolution means that we cannot apply this funding to learners who live in devolved areas such as the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
York Learning receives government funding which allows us to offer courses at a lower cost. The guidelines relating to devolution means that we cannot apply this funding to learners who live in devolved areas such as the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
If you live outside of this area, we recommend that, before committing to a course with York Learning, you explore options to study the course in your local area.
If you live outside of this area, we recommend that, before committing to a course with York Learning, you explore options to study the course in your local area.
If you would prefer to continue your learning with York Learning please note that the price of the course could be double the advertised cost.
If you would prefer to continue your learning with York Learning please note that the price of the course could be double the advertised cost.
In this case, please contact us on 01904 554277 to complete your enrolment.
In this case, please contact us on 01904 554277 to complete your enrolment.

Learners under the age of 19

Learners under the age of 19
Please note that Adult Education funding is for individuals who are over the age of 19 on the 31st of August prior to the start date of their course.
Please note that Adult Education funding is for individuals who are over the age of 19 on the 31st of August prior to the start date of their course.
This means that there will be an additional cost for learners who are under 19 who wish to access funded courses.
This means that there will be an additional cost for learners who are under 19 who wish to access funded courses.
For safeguarding reasons, we cannot accept learners who are under 18 on courses except by prior arrangement. This does not apply to programmes which are designed for 16-18s.
For safeguarding reasons, we cannot accept learners who are under 18 on courses except by prior arrangement. This does not apply to programmes which are designed for 16-18s.
If you are under the age of 19, please contact us on 01904 554277 before booking.
If you are under the age of 19, please contact us on 01904 554277 before booking.
GT1/TL5
03/11/2026
01/12/2026
14:30 - 16:30
Tuesday
2.00 hrs per wk
5 weeks
Bethany Fenton
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Free