Service Disruptions (inc Coronavirus impact)

We are now busy planning to reopen Libraries and Archives from 6 July. For more information click here. .

• Click here for the most up to date public information on Coronavirus.
• Click here to access Inspire resources online.

Our current opening hours for the ASK Inspire team are 9am - 6pm Monday to Friday and 9am - 4pm Saturday. Please visit our FAQ's page, call 01623 677 200 or email ask@inspireculture.org.uk. Thank you for your patience at this time.

Due to the ongoing pandemic and latest government guidance we have made the decision to cancel all Inspire events up to the end of June.

REFUNDS

·     Ticket holders who booked online via Eventbrite will receive notification of a full refund. Ticket holders who booked with Ask Inspire or in a library and who left contact details will be contacted about their refund.  These ticket holders will not need to contact us or venues directly.

·     If you are a ticket holder who did not leave us any contact details, please contact Ask Inspire about your refund, preferably by email to help us manage the extra volume of enquiries at this time. Email ask@inspireculture.org.uk. Call us on 01623 677 200 only if you are unable to contact us by email.

·      Due to the number of events involved it will take some time to process these refund transactions, as we will not be able to process cheques during the current government directed 'stay at home period'. 

Please bear with us during this busy time, or if you are due a refund by cheque but wish to donate your ticket money to Inspire as a charitable organisation that would be greatly appreciated - just let our Ask Inspire team know. Thank you for your support and patience.

Community/ Family Learning

The Summer Term programme of FREE online learning courses are now available to book. Find out more here.

Study Programmes

All bases are currently closed but this will be reviewed in line with up-to-date government guidance. An update will be released for all learners, parents and carers as soon as possible.

All current Study Programme learners continue to be supported towards qualifications and tutors should be the first point of contact. 

All GCSE grades will be formulated by tutors using work completed during the year as evidence. These will be provided to the OCR examination board before 12 June and the GCSE results will be released to learners on 20 August.

Functional Skills Maths and English final assessment grades will now be formulated by tutors, using learners’ work as evidence. Learners will be informed of the grades before the end of July. 

Virtual open days, in which you can address questions on your future directly to Study Programme tutors, will be running in the coming weeks and details can be found here.

Access to HE

Current learners continue studies remotely, with online support from their tutor. A new course is scheduled to start again October 2020, and we expect to bring you a full programme with a blended learning approach combining online and (if circumstances allow) face to face sessions.

Apprenticeships

Inspire Learning continues to support apprentices. Our staff are providing regular virtual assessment visits with apprentices via Teams and Zoom.

You may experience a web page layout error which obstructs fields from view when inputting your password details to renew your account login; if your browser displays such a layout error, please contact the Ask Inspire team on 01623 677 200 who will assist you with your password and/or book renewal.