Study & Interests

Rest Less - We’re here to inspire today’s generation of over 50s to get the most from life – focusing on health, lifestyle, learning, financial, wellbeing, work, dating, volunteering, community and more.

University of the Third Age - Founded in 1982, University of the Third Age is a UK-wide movement of locally-run interest groups that provide a wide range of opportunities to come together to learn for fun. Members explore new ideas, skills and activities together.

Open University - The Open University was established by Royal Charter on 23 April 1969. We are the leading university for flexible, innovative teaching and world-leading research in the United Kingdom and have students studying with us in 157 countries worldwide.

Uniquely placed to understand the needs of part-time students, combining their learning while earning, our innovative, award-winning distance teaching credentials have seen over 2 million students receive an education, otherwise denied to them at campus-based universities.

Adult Learning and Skills Service - Offering online courses in a wide range of subjects.
If your annual salary is under £17,004 then over 90% of the courses are free.
For those earning above that about 50% of the courses are free.

Contacts:
Tel 01609 536006
@NorthYorkshireAdultLearning
@NorthYorkshireFamilyLearning
Email adultlearningservice@northyorks.gov.uk
or click the heading for the website

The Library Service - The Library Service though the North Yorkshire CC has the following online free resources:
Newspapers and magazines (see Link Below )
Consumer information
Dictionaries, encyclopaedias and reference
Skills and learning
Family history
Business information
All you need is a library card and a pin number and then you can download any of the above plus the ordering and reading of books for reading on your computer. The advantage is that the text of all material on a computer can be enlarged and enhanced to help you read it more clearly.

E-books, Emagazines and Digital-audiobooks - E-books, Emagazines and Digital-audiobooks can be accessed free with your library Card. Just click the link