Course overview

This course is aimed at students who have attended the Budgeting 1 course or who have a basic understanding of numeracy language. This course will build on the principles of budgeting to help you look at costs and calculate basic costings using simple calculations. If you would like to learn more about how you can budget then come along to this course. This will be held at Seetec Pluss, G17, Arena Business Centre, Threefield Lane, Southampton, SO14 3LPThis course is free for Southampton residents.

Course description

Following the shorter budgeting course, this slightly longer course will allow us to explore budgeting in more depth. It will allow us to use Maths tools to calculate costs, use comparison websites or use a simple spreadsheet. This course may feed in to functional skills courses. This course will help you build your confidence with budgeting and language related to budgeting. Have you wanted to better understand your bills but don’t know how to compare costs? Do you want to learn how to use a simple spreadsheet and simple formulas? You can discuss different strategies, share budgeting ideas and learn what others do to budget. Learn simple costings and start to look at simple calculations. This course will provide a safe place to talk about budgeting issues. The course will be held at Seetec Pluss, G17, Arena Business Centre, Threefield Lane, Southampton, SO14 3LP. This course is part of Southampton City Council’s Multiply programme and is free to residents of Southampton who live in the following postcodes SO14, SO15, SO16, SO17, SO18 and SO19. Please call our Southampton office on 023 8063 0483 if you want further information.

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