- Carole is a Mum of 3
- Runs Lingua Lessons – a language school in Rossendale, Lancashire
- Teaches French, Spanish and German
I first met Carole through a mutual friend, who suggested I could help support her with admin and social media for a few hours a week. This was in 2017, and is now the reason I have my own business as a VA. We went to a Mums Enterprise Business Fair last April, and I discovered what a VA was, and that it basically covered exactly what I’d been been doing for her, I just hadn’t had the title.
The rest as they say, is history.
Carole is passionate about teaching, and giving her students the best teaching methods she can. She’s always coming up with great new ideas, runs online French tutoring via video calls, plus has been writing her own online video courses. This is also whilst raising three children and running a home.
It’s people like Carole who have inspired me to be able to do what I do, whilst also teaching me along the way.
Here's why Carole does what she does, and loves what she does, in her own words...
My name is Carole Palfreman. I have my own language school called “Lingua Lessons” in Rossendale. I was able to start it in 2014 when my youngest at the time started going to nursery. Having my own business means I can work round the children. I can still take them to school, pick them up and be involved in their school life. I can also take them to their out of school activities. It means I get the best of both worlds. I like the flexibility aspect of my work. Having my own business means my work is also very varied, which I like very much.
I teach people languages at their home or where they work, which means I get to see people during the day. I like human contact and I love seeing the progress people make. I also teach on Skype,
which has another dimension to it. It works really, as if I was sat next to the person/people I am teaching. Another teacher and I run language classes at St Peter’s Community Centre in Haslingden. It requires a lot of organisation but it’s nice to teach a whole class of people as well.