Category: Education
SOFEA was founded to enable people to transform their lives meeting two needs – providing education/ employability skills training and supporting those in need through the provision of food. SOFEA, as an independent local charity, joined the FareShare network in order to access surplus food from the food industry and distribute it to other charitable […]
Having been a teacher with prior experience of mainstream schools, the culture of teaching at SOFEA highlighted some stark differences. Over time, SOFEA gave me the opportunity to examine my previous teaching practices, and how I could adapt them to best suit the youngsters at SOFEA. Like so many teachers before me; I tried, and […]
Ever since SOFEA opened in 2014, we realised that school isn’t for everyone. So, if you’re between the ages of 16-24 years old and didn’t get what you needed at school, and didn’t want to go to Sixth Form or college, why not try getting some qualifications at SOFEA? SOFEA isn’t a school; and because […]