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Happy Christmas & New Year Our Step Into Learning team would like to wish all our past, current, and future learners, their parents and carers, and our community, a happy and healthy Christmas and New Year!   Step Into Learning will be closed from Friday, 19th...

One of our partners, CN4C, has recently led two successful learner-led enterprise initiatives:   Japanese Cafe: Some of the Core/Advanced group of learners at CN4C set up a Japanese cafe as part of their time management unit. They worked together to create the...

We are very proud to be part of the St Mary Magdalene Church Festival of Trees and Cribs 2025! We have our very own pink Step Into Learning tree, which is part of a display featuring around 100 trees. Huge thanks go to Clare and Naomi from our  Step Into Learning...

Our partner, The Outdoor Place, have a new business, Rocking Tots, that they're about to reveal at the Wadebridge Christmas Fayre, this Friday 28th November from 10.30am to 7.30pm. They will be based in Wadebridge Town Hall for the event, which continues on Saturday...

Happy International Students' Day 2026! International Students' Day is celebrated on 17th November every year. This day recognises both the positives, and the challenges, of being a student around the world. It was originally celebrated on this day to remember the...

We are thrilled to announce that we are adding to our study programmes in September 2026, with the launch of Step Into Supported Internships! Step Into Supported Internships is a study programme for 16-24s with an EHCP. In 2026-27, our Supported Internship offer will...

It's October Half Term this week! It's getting darker and colder, so what can we do to have some fun this half term? We have the following suggestions to keep you active and enjoying autumn, with both indoor and outdoor activities. We've used our senses for...

National Baking Week National Baking Week 2025 took place from Tuesday 14th October to Monday 20th October 2025. Did you know: National Baking Week was founded by Pyrex in 2007? The week celebrates the art of baking and encourages everyone to get involved in baking...

We are exited to announce that Castle & Coast Therapies has received funding, through the National Lottery Community Fund, which has allowed for two new services. We are so pleased to have received this funding, and to be able to expand our offer!   Women's Group...

This week (w/c 6th October 2025) is Dyslexia Awareness Week. This year's theme is 'Raise the Volume' - focussing on the voices of young people with dyslexia, their stories, challenges and successes. 'Raise the Volume' intends to ensure their experiences are heard loud...

We wanted to take a moment to celebrate National Teaching Assistants' Day which took place last Friday 26th September. This year’s theme is ‘Read Together, Grow Together – TAs Making Every Page Count’.   The below information is taken from the National Teaching...

Our study programme learners recently enjoyed a visit to Treguddick Distillery and Dizzy Dairy. The trip began at Treguddick Distillery, where our learners and staff discovered how the business began and grew. They then went to the kitchen to meet the chef and chatted...

Having hit our target of supporting 90 participants to complete Excel and Word Basic, Intermediate and Advanced workshops in phase 1 2024-25, we started the second phase of funding through SPF Digital Futures Cornwall in April this year. This time, we have been...

We had an amazing time today at the launch of our Step Into Skills study programme for 16-18s, or 16-24s with an EHCP. Staff, learners, parents & carers, and key members of the community came together on site, at The Orchard Centre, to celebrate the start of our...

We are very proud to announce that following our Ofsted inspection on 2nd July 2025, Step Into Learning achieved a Good rating across every area.   We are very pleased that the team's hard work, dedication and passion have been recognised and rewarded.   We would like...

In our ongoing effort to be sustainable in all we do, we are excited to introduce Huxley the Hot Bin! Having already achieved our silver accreditation with Positive Planet, we are always thinking up new ways to be more sustainable as a company. One of the latest ideas...

We are very excited to announce that starting Wednesday 30th July, Castle & Coast Therapies, in partnership with Don't Be Alone, are running a women's support group every Wednesday at 11.45am-1pm in The Dingley Hall at Central Methodist Church, Launceston....

We have had an amazing afternoon celebrating with our Step Into Hospitality and Step Into Catering learners, and their families, at our awards ceremony. It was very special to come together to celebrate all the amazing achievements over the last year, and to share...

We are very proud of our learners on our hospitality and catering study programmes who have recently completed another work experience placement. They have learnt new skills such as multi-tasking, organisation and customer service, and have another amazing experience...

We are very proud to announce that all of our Green Team - Lucy Muldowney, Sue Caldwell, Jo Tucker & I (Suzanne Pennells) have all now completed their Carbon Literacy training with Positive Planet.  Carbon Literacy refers to understanding the carbon impact and...

We are very proud to announce that two of our learners have passed their Functional Skills qualification in Maths. Well done to Orion who passed his Level 2 Functional Skills in Maths and Lewis who passed his Entry Level 3 Functional Skills in Maths. Congratulations...

We’re thrilled to share that Daisy, a learner with our partner, The Outdoor Place, is doing incredibly well during her work experience at The Kitchen Front. Her handmade products have been flying off the shelves, and with the new season fast approaching, she’s keeping...

Castle & Coast Therapies are launching new Group Therapy sessions, Stronger Together, with qualified and compassionate counsellors, Jenny and Tracey. We are excited to be able to offer the community another option for therapy, alongside our one to one counselling...

We are thrilled to announce that we have now achieved our Silver Accreditation with Positive Planet after having achieved our Bronze award last year! We are committed to our sustainability journey and have now completed the second year of measurement. We have embedded...

We are excited to announce that applications are open for our Level 2 and Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills courses starting in September 2025 and January 2026! Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills will start on Tuesday 16th September 2025 and runs for 15...

We are really excited to announce that from today our in-house, low-cost counselling agency is called Castle & Coast Therapies (previously called SILC). Castle & Coast Therapies reflects our heritage in Launceston (Castle) and our extended reach with face to...

On Tuesday 29th April we celebrated an incredible milestone, Stephen Howard, previously our CEO and most recently Safeguarding and Health & Safety Lead, retired after 21 amazing years with Step Into Learning! Stephen stood down as CEO in 2022, semi-retiring, but...

We are excited to announce that we are holding an Open Day on Saturday 17th May 11am-3pm for our 16-18 (or 16-24 with an EHCP) study programmes: Step Into Hospitality Step Into Catering Step Into Skills Discover more about the study programmes, hear from our...

Today is Earth Day, Happy Earth Day! From the Earth Day website: "Earth Day's 2025 theme is Our Power, Our Planet, calling for everyone to unite around renewable energy so we can triple clean electricity by 2030. EARTHDAY.ORG's mission is to broaden, educate and...

We are excited to announce that we are able to offer Excel and Word courses through SPF Digital Futures Cornwall for another year, starting April 2025! We will be offering Basic, Intermediate and Advanced courses. All Basic courses are held face to face in Launceston...