Here at Colchester Institute we’ve developed some free workshops to help you budget with the cost of living and to support you with your finances.
Available through our Adult Skills Centres in Colchester, Braintree, Clacton and Dovercourt, new dates are now available for April.
- Energy Saving
- Weekly household travel costs
- Home maintenance
- Utility bills
- Income & expenditure
- Banking
- Borrowing Money
- Introduction to Payslips, NI (National Insurance), Tax & Personal Allowance
- Pensions
- Filling out a timesheet
- Additional Pay
- Calculating holiday pay or extra income
- Planning your travel
- Clever ways to save on shopping
- How to make meals, shop for them and cook them
- Health conditions and diet
- Healthy eating
Classroom-based – April Workshop Dates
Dates are currently available in April for the following workshops:
Workshop | April Dates | Adult Skills Centre | Time |
Budgeting at home | Thursday 13th | Colchester | 12:30pm |
Tuesday 18th | Braintree | 9:30am | |
Thursday 13th | Clacton | 9:30am | |
Monday 3rd | Dovercourt | 9:30am |
Workshop | April Dates | Adult Skills Centre | Time |
Budgeting for work | Friday 21st | Colchester | 9:30am |
Tuesday 4th | Braintree | 9:30am | |
Thursday 13th | Clacton | 12:30pm | |
Tuesday 11th | Dovercourt | 9:30am |
Workshop | April Dates | Adult Skills Centre | Time |
Shopping and cooking | Friday 28th | Colchester | 9:30am |
Tuesday 25th | Braintree | 9:30am | |
Friday 14th | Clacton | 9.30am | |
Monday 17th | Dovercourt | 9:30am |

I did all three workshops and found them all very useful, especially the advice regarding credit cards and savings which covered budgeting on limited finances. Also, the conversions in the shopping and cooking workshop addressed using grammes and ounces etc which gave me a better understanding of measurements. I learnt so much information on these workshops, the tutors were fantastic and there was a great atmosphere. I’d like one on travelling to places with advise on finding the cheapest costs.Kim Palmer

The budgeting, savings and loans aspects were the most useful, it may help me in the future. Learning to budget will help me manage my money better. The workshop made me use parts of my brain I’d forgotten about and the tutor was helpfulTeresa Cansdale