Our garden is a place for people to come together to share their passion for growing things. We have more than 10 different nationalities among our regular members.
 
Come along, get planting and digging, learn about healthy living and eating, and develop your English by socialising with other gardeners.

You can also work towards an OCN level 1 qualification in horticulture.

Learn English with free ESOL for Life lessons.

Discover the words that can help you in real situations, such as visiting the doctor, calling the emergency services, or understanding directions when you get lost.

Learn cookery and all about healthy eating with the help of a professional chef.

Groups of six work together towards obtaining an OCN level 2 Healthy Eating qualification.

Join us to fix a second-hand bicycle and learn about how they work.

At the end of the course, you can take home your refurbished bike, a brand new helmet and D-lock — plus a level one OCN qualification in bicycle maintenance.

We run courses over five consecutive days for English-speaking participants, or over 4 weeks for non-English-speakers.

We work in partnership with MAX training to enable young people from diverse background and cultures to access martial arts training from a professional body. These sessions support fitness, wellbeing and discipline. 

We currently run two sessions twice a week for each group.

Younger group: 5yrs to 11yrs old

Older group: 12yrs to 18yrs old

No previous experience or training is required.

The project supports people from BAME communities from Middlesbrough over the age of 50. It aims to tackle loneliness and isolation through creating community-based activities as well as supporting these community to access mainstream support. We provide an element of advocacy to individuals to access their rights.
 

This project is funded as part of the innovation project of Ageing Better Middlesbrough

IPC provides English classes two days a week to enable the doctors to pass IELTS or OET exams. These English exams are required for medics trained in other countries to practice in the UK. 

Following this, the doctors have two medical exams they then need to pass before they can start working within the NHS. Once professionals have passed the IELTS or OET exams, the hospital provides clinical placements. They provide support, mentoring, a medical education programme, plus access to volunteering and the hospital library. The hospital provides help in applying for jobs and support while working in the trust.

REPOD is a partnership between IPC, North Tees NHS Trust (Stockton) and Health Education North East (HENE). The programme is funded by HENE.

IPC organises trip and visits to the countryside, seaside and museums around the regions once every five to six weeks. Our aim is to improve people’s mental and physical health as well as learn more about the British culture and history.