Lighthouse Project

27/05/2026

I got over 100 reactions on one of my posts last week! Thanks everyone for your support! 🎉

14/05/2026

Next week - Monday and Wednesday 18th and 20th May we have two Web Development sessions running 10am - 2pm.

The sessions are aimed at beginners, and those who are currently out of work but would like to get started with Web Development, or who have a new project idea you want to promote using a website.

This is what the sessions will cover...

🌐💡 BUILD YOUR WEBSITE. LAUNCH YOUR IDEA.
Monday 18 May · 10am–2pm
The Lighthouse Project, Middleton
This is Session One of a two-part programme. Both sessions are free, and registering for each one separately takes 30 seconds — links are below.

You don't need to know anything about websites or business to walk in on Monday. By Wednesday, you'll have a real, live website — hosted for a full year — and the foundations of a business idea you actually believe in.
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📅 SESSION ONE — Monday 18 May
We start with you — your ideas, your interests, your potential. You'll get hands-on with professional web tools straight away, begin building your site, and start exploring how lean startup thinking turns everyday ideas into real opportunities. No theory without doing. No waiting until you're "ready."

📅 SESSION TWO — Wednesday 20 May
This is where it all comes together. Session Two is not a repeat — it's the finish line. You'll complete your website, connect it to the world, and walk away with something genuinely valuable: a live online presence that's yours for a year.
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WHAT YOU'LL BUILD AND LEARN:
✅ A real website — built and launched by you
✅ How to manage and grow it using professional tools
✅ Lean startup thinking — turning ideas into viable businesses
✅ Digital marketing basics to get your site seen
✅ The mindset and skills behind freelance and entrepreneurial work

🎁 Complete both sessions and your website is hosted live for a full year — free.

👉 Already registered here? Book Session Two next:
https://fixr.co/event/introduction-to-web-development-lean-business-star-tickets-329871322
This is part of Trailblazers at The Lighthouse Project — a free programme for people in the Rochdale borough who are looking for work.

Get Rochdale Working | Inspire Middleton | Middleton Work Club at the Lighthouse

13/05/2026

Knitting for Bereavement Group Royal Oldham​ Hospital.

Our weekly Knit and Natter group regularly support other community projects, this is the latest of many projects that are supported.

A recent project for our Knit and Natter (and crochet) group was for the Bereavement Group at the Royal Oldham Hospital.

Rae asked if we would make small cribs for stillborn babies. We were more than willing to help to support parents through this very sad time. Here the nurses are showing what we (and others) made.

This is an ongoing project and if anyone would like to donate yarn, we would be very grateful.

Inspire Middleton

https://www.lighthouseproject.org.uk/2026/05/knitting-for-local-bereavement-group/

12/05/2026

Our Tuesday social session is now on 1-3pm today and every Tuesday 🤩

Pop in and have fun , make new friends and enjoy ☺️ ❤️🤩

11/05/2026

Are you a veteran? This local group meets every week and is open to new members joining. Come along and give it a go 😁👍

08/05/2026

Electronics and coding skills are rare, which is exactly why they are valuable. Monday 11th and Wed 13th May 10am-2pm.

Most people assume electronics and this kind of thing isn't for them — that you need a technical background, a certain kind of brain, or years of study before you can touch a circuit board. None of that is true. Electronics and programming are learnable skills, and the best way to learn them is by doing.

The tech sector in the North of England alone had over 280,000 job vacancies back in 2016. That number is estimated to be closer to one million today. The average salary in the sector is well above the regional average — and it's rising. People who can work with physical technology, who understand how sensors, microcontrollers and code fit together, are genuinely hard to find.

This course gives you a real foothold into that world. Dream big, even the longest journey starts with a single step, why not make yours by coming along to this hands-on session? No pressure, no performance, just encouragement to stretch yourself and release your potential.

More info and links to tickets here - https://noworriesit.co.uk/introduction-electronics-code-innovation

Get Rochdale Working | Middleton Work Club at the Lighthouse | Inspire Middleton

07/05/2026

Beginners Website Development Taster

Following on from our Electronics and Coding course starting next week, we are also working with No Worries IT and running a two-session Web Development and new business Start-up sessions on Monday 18th and Wednesday 20th May 2026 - 10am till 2pm.

This is not about you sitting in a classroom listening to someone give a long talk, no, we are hands-on people, so this will be interactive and constructive, and you will come away with something that you have made as part of your learning journey.

🌐💡 BUILD YOUR WEBSITE. LAUNCH YOUR IDEA.

Monday 18 May · 10am–2pm

The Lighthouse Project, Middleton

This is Session One of a two-part programme. Both sessions are free, and registering for each one separately takes 30 seconds — links are below.

You don't need to know anything about websites or business to walk in on Monday. By Wednesday, you'll have a real, live website — hosted for a full year — and the foundations of a business idea you actually believe in.

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📅 SESSION ONE — Monday 18 May

We start with you — your ideas, your interests, your potential. You'll get hands-on with professional web tools straight away, begin building your site, and start exploring how lean startup thinking turns everyday ideas into real opportunities. No theory without doing. No waiting until you're "ready."

📅 SESSION TWO — Wednesday 20 May

This is where it all comes together. Session Two is not a repeat — it's the finish line. You'll complete your website, connect it to the world, and walk away with something genuinely valuable: a live online presence that's yours for a year.

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WHAT YOU'LL BUILD AND LEARN:

✅ A real website — built and launched by you

✅ How to manage and grow it using professional tools

✅ Lean startup thinking — turning ideas into viable businesses

✅ Digital marketing basics to get your site seen

✅ The mindset and skills behind freelance and entrepreneurial work

🎁 Complete both sessions and your website is hosted live for a full year — free.

👉 Already registered here? Book Session Two next:

https://fixr.co/event/introduction-to-web-development-lean-business-star-tickets-329871322

This is part of Trailblazers at The Lighthouse Project — a free programme for people in the Rochdale borough who are looking for work.

Get Rochdale Working | Middleton Work Club at the Lighthouse | Inspire Middleton

07/05/2026

Are you thinking about working in the technology sector, perhaps, electronics, or making things, but don't know where to start?

Well, why not come along to our free electronics and coding training at the Lighthouse Project. It's two 4hr sessions on Monday 11th May, and Wednesday 13th May - 10am till 3pm.

This is a hands-on course, not a classroom lecture.

This course is built on a simple belief: you are the teacher. We are the facilitators — providing access to the tools, components and space you need to educate yourself through experience.

There are no lectures here. No passive listening. No waiting to be told what to think. From the moment you sit down, you're doing — and the doing is the learning. This is constructivism in practice: the idea that genuine understanding comes not from being given answers, but from building them yourself.

Computer science education was hollowed out in schools for over a decade, replaced by IT training that taught people to use software rather than understand it. This course is part of putting that right — getting practical, creative, physical computing back into the hands of people who were never given the chance.

In the next few years there will be a lot of technology based jobs coming to the area, especially Atom Valley, this could be your opportunity to take a step towards something new.

To register follow this link - https://fixr.co/event/an-introduction-to-electronics-code-innovation-tickets-456234414

Get Rochdale Working | Middleton Work Club at the Lighthouse | Inspire Middleton

05/05/2026

Something wonderfully weird is brewing in
Middleton... 👀

Coming to a place near you. For 1 week only, the ordinary becomes extraordinary.

Pubs, streets, corners, market stalls and in-between spaces will come alive with art and pop-up performances you might not expect... but won't forget.

Drift in. Stumble upon something. Stay a while.
Middleton Fringe Festival is coming.

Are you ready to find it?

05/05/2026

Starting next week - Monday 11th May, our Introduction to Electronics and Coding course, in conjunction with Paul Woodhead, of No Worries IT.

Fancy working somewhere new, in a different kind of industry? This is the start you can make for yourself

Electronics and coding skills are rare, which is what makes them valuable - don't miss out, come along and give it a go.

🔌💡 BUILD SOMETHING REAL — AND TAKE IT HOME

Monday 11 May · 10am–2pm

The Lighthouse Project, Middleton

This is Session One of a two-part programme. Both sessions are free, and registering for each one separately takes 30 seconds — links are below.

You don't need any experience. You don't need to be a "tech person." You already have everything it takes to walk in on Monday and walk out on Wednesday holding something you built yourself.

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📅 SESSION ONE — Monday 11 May

We start from scratch — together. You'll get hands-on with real electronics, build working circuits, and begin coding for physical devices. No lectures. No passive listening. Just doing.

📅 SESSION TWO — Wednesday 13 May

This is where it all comes together. Session Two picks up exactly where Session One ends — it's not a repeat, it's the next chapter. You'll go further, connect more pieces, and finish with a completed project that's yours to keep.

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WHAT YOU'LL BUILD AND LEARN:

✅ Working Arduino projects — from components to code

✅ Sensors, displays and real circuits

✅ How smart devices and innovations actually come to life

✅ Skills that are genuinely rare in today's job market

🎁 Complete both sessions and your finished project is yours to take home.

👉 Already registered here? Book Session Two next:

https://fixr.co/event/an-introduction-to-electronics-code-innovation-wee-tickets-103891136

This is part of Trailblazers at The Lighthouse Project — a free programme for people in the Rochdale borough who are looking for work.

Buy tickets to An Introduction To Electronics, Code & Innovation Week 2 on Wednesday 13 May at The Lighthouse Project | FIXR