ESOL Skills for Life
Skills for engaging with your local community - learn to read and write texts on a variety of topics, take part in conversations on a variety of social situations, all with the goal of increasing your confidence in using the English language.
English for Health
Learn how to speak, read and write simple English in order to increase your confidence and wellbeing. Learn how to read and write simple texts and personal information geared towards accessing health services. Gain an understanding around personal health and health services.
English for Work
Increase your opportunities for employment or further study through the development of your English reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.
ESOL and Driving
Expand your English speaking and listening skills whilst learning about driving in the UK.
Conversational English
Gain confidence speaking English in everyday life - practice speaking and listening in general conversation and building up your vocabulary on a range of topics.
Maternity ESOL
Part of a wider project supporting pregnant, wanting to be pregnant, and new parents to improve maternity related vocabulary and access maternity related services more easily. Plus workshops on related topics. For more information contact mpuchala@ipswichcm.org.uk
Learning with the Integration Team
ICM does more than teach English, they teach love to others. I feel privileged to belong to the ICM family.
-Parveen, ICM Learner
Our Courses
Our Integration Team runs over 12 classes to over 230 learners every week
Many of our learners stay with us for years and then go on to volunteer in the classroom or become one of our award winning Community Champions.
Alongside our ESOL classes we can offer free qualified Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) around a range of issues from settled status to housing to wellbeing support.
Our friendly team is mostly made up of migrants from a range of diverse backgrounds. Each member of our team is highly skilled and has extensive experience working with different communities.
Our award winning Community Champions are an integral and invaluable part of ICM. Comprising over 10 nationalities from different ethnic backgrounds – economic migrants, refugees or asylum seekers – their desire to give something back to their community is what unites them all.
Many of the Community Champions are current or previous ESOL learners. As Community Champions they volunteer in their local communities, helping neighbours, offering friendship and connection and even working with local GP surgeries to translate Covid-19 advice and acting as interpreters at medical appointments.
Community Champions
Monika, Jake, and Elizangela's Stories
Hear the stories and experiences of some of our Integration Team's volunteers and community champions. Video by Luke Tomlinson.
We run a wide variety of ESOL courses and these change throughout the academic year, please get in touch via esol@ipswichcm.org.uk for more details.
I think that Ipswich Community Media changed my life. This is my 2nd family.
-Eric, ICM Learner
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