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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 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