Search for courses

Curriculum area: ESOL

This course aims to help you improve your speaking and listening skills so you can enjoy social conversation with friends, family, neighbours and people in your community.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Tuesday, 8 September 2026
Number of weeks: 4
Time: 09:00 - 12:00
Venue: Civic Centre (Carlisle)

Free Course

Curriculum area: ESOL

This course aims to help you improve your speaking and listening skills so you can enjoy social conversation with friends, family, neighbours and people in your community.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 10 September 2026
Number of weeks: 20
Time: 09:30 - 11:30
Venue: Civic Centre (Carlisle)

Free Course

Curriculum area: ESOL

This course is for learners with little experience of speaking, reading and writing English. The course helps you to speak with other people and be able to get help with everyday events and local facilities.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Monday, 14 September 2026
Number of weeks: 20
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Venue: Civic Centre (Carlisle)

Free Course

Curriculum area: English

This course helps you build everyday reading, writing, speaking and listening skills so you can handle simple, real-life tasks more confidently.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Wednesday, 6 January 2027
Number of weeks: 22
Time: 13:00 - 15:30
Venue: Civic Centre (Carlisle)

Free Course

Curriculum area: English

This course helps you build everyday reading, writing, speaking and listening skills so you can handle simple, real-life tasks more confidently.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 10 September 2026
Number of weeks: 20
Time: 13:30 - 16:00
Venue: Civic Centre (Carlisle)

Free Course

Curriculum area: English

This course helps you develop clear reading, writing, speaking and listening skills so you can communicate confidently in everyday situations at home and work.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 25 February 2027
Number of weeks: 18
Time: 13:30 - 16:30
Venue: Civic Centre (Carlisle)

Free Course

Curriculum area: Maths

If you would like to become more confident with the basic maths skills you need to operate more effectively in everyday life and perhaps progress to further functional skills, this is the course for you.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 7 January 2027
Number of weeks: 22
Time: 13:00 - 15:30
Venue: Civic Centre (Carlisle)

Free Course

Curriculum area: English

This course helps you develop strong reading, writing and communication skills so you can understand and use English confidently in everyday life, at work and in further study.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 10 September 2026
Number of weeks: 30
Time: 09:30 - 12:30
Venue: Civic Centre (Carlisle)

Free Course

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

This is an exciting course that teaches you to paint in a variety of different paints. You will use watercolour, gouache and acrylic to create different types of paintings in many different styles. You’ll experiment with different brush strokes, colour palettes, mark making and composition.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Monday, 14 September 2026
Number of weeks: 12
Time: 18:30 - 20:30
Venue: Harraby Community Centre

Full fee: £228.00 | Staff fee: £193.80

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

This is an exciting course that teaches you to paint in a variety of different paints. You will use watercolour, gouache and acrylic to create different types of paintings in many different styles. You’ll experiment with different brush strokes, colour palettes, mark making and composition.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Monday, 11 January 2027
Number of weeks: 10
Time: 18:30 - 20:30
Venue: Harraby Community Centre

Full fee: £190.00 | Staff fee: £161.50