Do any jellies know a good community for novice writers?

Here’s a bit of back story, skip to the Anyway as it’s probably irrelevant
I’ve always enjoyed writing. I think my first ambition was to be a journalist or an author, it was probably inspired by my mother always reading to us and telling us bedtime stories.

I seemed to have forgotten that growing up and thought I wanted to do something with computers, my desire for being creative leading me to web design. I soon lost interest though and began to wonder what my possibilities for a career are, because I really don’t want to get stuck in dead-end jobs for the rest of my life.

So I began writing again and I’ve decided I’d like to do a degree in English literature and language, but will most likely have to do another course or two before they’ll accept me on at university (I’ll be speaking to someone at the local one about my options in the next week or so).

Anyway, I was hoping someone might know of a good place on the internet (a forum or something) to help me improve my writing ability, increasing my confidence before I enrol?