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Work began in January 2002 to renovate the Memorial Hall site, Brynteg.
The refurbished site was opened in September 2002 and comprises :
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• Memorial Hall (with stage and
kitchen facility) |
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• Broughton Strategy Office (located off the
Memorial Hall) |
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• Brynteg Library (free internet access is
available to all members of the community when the library is open.
Opening times are: |
| Monday |
2pm-7pm |
| Tuesday |
2pm-5.30pm |
| Wednesday |
2pm -8pm |
| Thursday |
2pm -8pm |
| Friday |
10am-7pm |
| Saturday |
10am -1pm |
| Sunday |
Closed |
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• Housing Renewal
Office (base for Wrexham County Borough Council’s Area Renewal
Officer dedicated to Brymbo and Broughton area) |
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• Meeting Room (1 large room
or 2 smaller meeting rooms, which can also be used for non-computer
related training) |
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• Cyber Centre (computer &
training suite, suitable for up to 16 people) |
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• Creche (yet to be opened) |
Many computer courses are being run from the new 'Cyber Centre’.

The Brymbo Broughton Community Training (BBCT), a group
of local residents, works in partnership with education providers such
as Yale, WEA and Drome to offer a number of computer courses free of
charge to local people, including:
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• Introduction to Windows
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• Spreadsheets, Databases and Desktop Publishing |
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• Introduction to the Internet |
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• Introduction to Computers |
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• Computer Hardware |
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• Desktop Publishing |
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· Web Page Design |
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· Computer Maintenance |
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· CLAIT |
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· European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) |
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• SAGE accountancy |
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Course |
Duration |
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Time |
Provider |
Qualification |
Start Date |
Monday |
New CLAIT |
20 Weeks
On-going |
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9.30 - 11.30 |
Yale |
CLAIT |
On-going |
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Basic Computer Maintenance |
10 Weeks |
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6.30 - 8.30 |
Yale |
Non-accredited |
11 April |
Tuesday |
Word Processing |
10 Weeks
On-going |
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9.30 - 12.30 |
WEA |
OCR |
12 April |
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Database |
10 Weeks |
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1.00 - 4.00 |
WEA |
OCN |
12 April |
Wednesday |
Word Processing |
10 Weeks |
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9.30 - 12.30 |
WEA |
OCR |
13 April |
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ECDL |
23 Weeks
On-going |
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1.30 - 4.30 |
WEA |
ECDL |
On-going |
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Craft |
10 Weeks
On-going |
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1.30 - 4.30 |
WEA |
Non-accredited |
13 April |
Thursday |
Computer Hardware |
10 Weeks |
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9.30 - 12.30 |
WEA |
OCN |
14 April |
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Introduction to Computers |
10 Weeks |
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1.30 - 4.30 |
WEA |
OCN |
14 April |
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Introduction to Computers (BITS) |
12 Weeks |
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7.00 - 9.00 |
Yale |
OCN |
14 April |
Friday |
DTP |
10 Weeks |
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12.45 - 2.45 |
Yale |
OCN |
22 April |
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Flower Arranging |
10 Weeks
On-going |
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2.00 - 4.00 |
BBCT |
Non-accredited |
15 April |
(visit NEWS page for current timetable
of courses)
Memorial Centre Contact Details
For information or enquiries relating to the
Broughton Partnership Board:
email sian.griffiths@wrexham.gov.uk
For information or enquires relating to the
Memorial Hall,
Meeting Rooms, Cyber Centre and Training Courses:
Contact either Sandra or Huw on (01978) 722942
or email: huw.jones@wrexham.gov.uk
For information or enquiries relating to the
Broughton Strategy Team:
Contact the Broughton Strategy Team on (01978) 756531
or email sian.griffiths@wrexham.gov.uk
For information or enquiries relating to the Library:
Contact the library direct on (01978) 759523
or email: marina.thomas@wrexham.gov.uk
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