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Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

Push your watercolour skills further by combining a variety of media with watercolour to create exciting artwork.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Monday, 7 September 2026
Number of weeks: 7
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Venue: Kendal Cancer Care

Full fee: £138.50 | Staff fee: £118.55

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

This course will look at famous artists and paintings and use these as inspiration to create our own paintings.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Number of weeks: 12
Time: 13:00 - 15:00
Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Full fee: £228.00 | Staff fee: £193.80

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

A course for those who have some knowledge of watercolour painting and would like to develop a theme in their work by producing a series of linked paintings. The aim of this course is to experiment with watercolour and to understand what your personal style is. You will think about how you like to paint and how you would like to paint in the future.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Tuesday, 12 January 2027
Number of weeks: 10
Time: 13:00 - 15:00
Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Full fee: £190.00 | Staff fee: £161.50

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

A course for those who have some knowledge of watercolour painting and would like to take a risk and push their work in new directions.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Tuesday, 13 April 2027
Number of weeks: 12
Time: 13:00 - 15:00
Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Full fee: £228.00 | Staff fee: £193.80

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

A seven-week course to build sewing machine skills while creating gathers and pleats from new or re-used fabrics.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 11 March 2027
Number of weeks: 8
Time: 13:30 - 15:30
Venue: Hindpool Community Centre

Full fee: £152.00 | Staff fee: £129.20

Curriculum area: Languages

Join our experienced tutor (and native Japanese speaker) Sakiko to start your journey into learning the Japanese Language. Please note this course is designed to be delivered over a full academic year, covering three terms. If you wish to join the course in term 2 or term 3 please contact the centre to arrange an initial assessment to check that this is the right course and level for you. We will also ask the course tutor to contact you to discuss your current level and any previous language learning you have undertaken, again to ensure that the course is appropriate and that you will have an enjoyable and high quality learning experience with the service.

Delivery type: Online
Start date: Friday, 18 September 2026
Number of weeks: 8
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Venue: Online Delivery

Full fee: £90.00 | Concessionary fee: £45.00 | Staff fee: £76.50

Curriculum area: Languages

This is a fabulous class for those want to learn a new language or those who want to re-learn a language from scratch. We have excellent Tutors who will help you achieve. Please note this course is designed to be delivered over a full academic year, covering three terms. If you wish to join the course in term 2 or term 3 please contact the centre to arrange an initial assessment to check that this is the right course and level for you. We will also ask the course tutor to contact you to discuss your current level and any previous language learning you have undertaken, again to ensure that the course is appropriate and that you will have an enjoyable and high quality learning experience with the service.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 17 September 2026
Number of weeks: 12
Time: 16:00 - 18:00
Venue: Upperby CDC

Full fee: £180.00 | Concessionary fee: £90.00 | Staff fee: £153.00

Curriculum area: Languages

This is a fabulous class for those want to learn a new language or those who want to re-learn a language from scratch. We have excellent Tutors who will help you achieve. Please note this course is designed to be delivered over a full academic year, covering three terms. If you wish to join the course in term 2 or term 3 please contact the centre to arrange an initial assessment to check that this is the right course and level for you. We will also ask the course tutor to contact you to discuss your current level and any previous language learning you have undertaken, again to ensure that the course is appropriate and that you will have an enjoyable and high quality learning experience with the service.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 14 January 2027
Number of weeks: 10
Time: 16:00 - 18:00
Venue: Upperby CDC

Full fee: £150.00 | Concessionary fee: £75.00 | Staff fee: £127.50

Curriculum area: Languages

This is a fabulous class for those want to learn a new language or those who want to re-learn a language from scratch. We have excellent Tutors who will help you achieve. Please note this course is designed to be delivered over a full academic year, covering three terms. If you wish to join the course in term 2 or term 3 please contact the centre to arrange an initial assessment to check that this is the right course and level for you. We will also ask the course tutor to contact you to discuss your current level and any previous language learning you have undertaken, again to ensure that the course is appropriate and that you will have an enjoyable and high quality learning experience with the service.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 15 April 2027
Number of weeks: 12
Time: 16:00 - 18:00
Venue: Upperby CDC

Full fee: £180.00 | Concessionary fee: £90.00 | Staff fee: £153.00

Curriculum area: Languages

This is a fabulous class for those want to learn a new language or those who want to re-learn a language from scratch. We have excellent Tutors who will help you achieve. Please note this course is designed to be delivered over a full academic year, covering three terms. If you wish to join the course in term 2 or term 3 please contact the centre to arrange an initial assessment to check that this is the right course and level for you. We will also ask the course tutor to contact you to discuss your current level and any previous language learning you have undertaken, again to ensure that the course is appropriate and that you will have an enjoyable and high quality learning experience with the service.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Wednesday, 23 September 2026
Number of weeks: 11
Time: 16:45 - 18:45
Venue: Kendal Library

Full fee: £165.00 | Concessionary fee: £82.50 | Staff fee: £140.25