Education & Training
Cyfle Cymru
📍 Cardiff/Wider Wales • Free to access
What they offer
Cyfle Cymru provides person-centred practical support to help People overcome barriers, build confidence and move towards positive and sustainable futures. Support can include one-to-one mentoring, employability, training and skills development, volunteering opportunities, help accessing other services, and peer mentoring from people with lived experience.
Support Available
Education & training • Employment & employability • Volunteering • Community activities • Health & wellbeing • Criminal justice & resettlement • Confidence & personal development • Peer support
Programs & opportunities
Peer Mentoring Qualification • Five Ways to Thrive • Lived Experience Progression Pathway • Online learning portal
Who is it for?
People aged 16+, who has experience of Mental health and/or Substance use issues, who may be experiencing barriers and would benefit from support to build confidence, skills and move towards positive change.
How to access
Self-referral • Professional referral • Drop-in • Referral through a specific service or pathway
Cardiff University
📍 Cardiff · Vale of Glamorgan · Wider South Wales · Some courses free
What they offer
Cardiff University’s Lifelong Learning provision offers flexible and accessible education for adult learners and communities. Opportunities include free community courses, Level 4/5 study and supportive pathways into degree-level education.
Support Available
Education & training · Employment & employability · Community learning · Confidence & personal development · Peer support · Refugee & asylum seeker support
Programs & opportunities
Community courses · Health & Social Care · Creative Writing · Child Psychology & Development · Psychology · Human Rights · Law · Criminology · Public Service Interpreting · Pathways to a Degree
Who is it for?
Adults aged 18+ who would like to learn new skills, build confidence, access higher education or explore routes towards university study.
How to access
Self-referral · Professional referral · Drop-in / no referral required
St Giles Trust / Inspire
📍 Cardiff · Vale of Glamorgan · Wider South Wales · Free to access
What they offer
The Inspire programme provides opportunities for people with lived experience to support their peers through education, training, employment and volunteering.
Support Available
Employment & employability · Education & training · Confidence & personal development · Peer support
Programs & opportunities
Employment coach & careers guidance · Learning to Advise course
Who is it for?
People aged 18+ living in South Wales who are looking for a route into employment.
How to access
Self-referral · Professional referral
What they offer
The Palmerston Centre provides courses and support for adults who are not currently in work, education or training, helping people build confidence, develop skills and move towards positive next steps.
Support Available
Education & training · Employment & employability · Confidence & personal development · Counselling & emotional wellbeing · Domestic abuse support
Programs & opportunities
Adult learning courses · Confidence-building support · Employability support · Counselling · Journeys Beyond Abuse programme delivered with ValeDAS
Who is it for?
Adults aged 18+ in the Vale of Glamorgan who are not currently in work, education or training. Some support is also available to people working 16 hours or less per week.
How to access
Self-referral · Referral through a specific service or pathway
Vale of Glamorgan Council – Palmerston Centre
📍 Vale of Glamorgan · Free if eligible
Women Connect First
📍 Cardiff · Free to access
What they offer
Women Connect First is a Cardiff-based charity supporting Black, Asian and minority ethnic women, young girls and children. They provide a wide range of services designed to promote equality, wellbeing, confidence and economic independence.
Support Available
Education & training · Volunteering opportunities · Community groups & social activities · Health & wellbeing · Advice & advocacy · Family support
Programs & opportunities
Advice & advocacy · ESOL classes · Computer classes · Afterschool clubs · Climate change projects · Health & wellbeing projects
Who is it for?
Women, young girls and children from diverse communities.
How to access
Drop-in / no referral required · Contact the service first
Women’s Academy Wales
📍 Wales-wide · Paid opportunities
What they offer
Women’s Academy Wales supports women’s personal and professional development, creating opportunities to build confidence, develop skills, make connections and progress in their careers.
Support Available
Confidence & personal development · Professional development · Mentoring · Networking · Community & peer connection · Events & workshops
Programs & opportunities
Personal & professional development workshops · Mentoring · Networking events · Women’s events · Awards & recognition · Community opportunities
Who is it for?
Women aged 18+, particularly working women who are looking to develop personally or professionally and connect with other women.
How to access
Contact the organisation directly
3SC
📍 Wider South Wales · Free if eligible/funded
What they offer
3SC delivers a range of services and programmes designed to help individuals develop new skills, increase opportunities and progress. Their support includes specialist neurodiversity-related provision.
Support Available
Neurodiversity support · Criminal justice support · Education & training · Employment & employability · Confidence & personal development
Programs & opportunities
Neurodiversity Support for people on probation
Who is it for?
People on probation who may benefit from neurodiversity support.
How to access
Professional referral - Speak to Probation Officer