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Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

Introduction to Creative Textiles is a great way to learn how to create exciting textile art and develop your knowledge and skills.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 3 September 2026
Number of weeks: 15
Time: 13:30 - 15:30
Venue: Hindpool Community Centre

Full fee: £225.00 | Concessionary fee: £112.50 | Staff fee: £191.25

Curriculum area: Digital Skills

This course offers an introduction to Android Smartphones and how they can be used in everyday life. We will cover such topics as how to access the internet using your phone, how to access your emails and how to alter basic settings amongst other topics

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 10 September 2026
Number of weeks: 3
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Venue: Hindpool Community Centre

Free Course

Curriculum area: Digital Skills

This course offers an introduction to Android Smartphones and how they can be used in everyday life. We will cover such topics as how to access the internet using your phone, how to access your emails and how to alter basic settings amongst other topics

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 3 December 2026
Number of weeks: 3
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Venue: Hindpool Community Centre

Free Course

Curriculum area: Digital Skills

This course offers an introduction to Android Smartphones and how they can be used in everyday life. We will cover such topics as how to access the internet using your phone, how to access your emails and how to alter basic settings amongst other topics

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 15 April 2027
Number of weeks: 3
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Venue: Hindpool Community Centre

Free Course

Curriculum area: Digital Skills

The emphasis of this course is about Apps that we use in a ‘typical day’ scenario, such as a day out by train, city break by car, using Google maps as Satnav, online groceries and many more!

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 1 October 2026
Number of weeks: 3
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Venue: Hindpool Community Centre

Free Course

Curriculum area: Digital Skills

The emphasis of this course is about Apps that we use in a ‘typical day’ scenario, such as a day out by train, city break by car, using Google maps as Satnav, online groceries and many more!

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 7 January 2027
Number of weeks: 3
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Venue: Hindpool Community Centre

Free Course

Curriculum area: Digital Skills

The emphasis of this course is about Apps that we use in a ‘typical day’ scenario, such as a day out by train, city break by car, using Google maps as Satnav, online groceries and many more!

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 6 May 2027
Number of weeks: 3
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Venue: Hindpool Community Centre

Free Course

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

Always fancied printmaking? Come along to this introductory course to gain an understanding of the possibilities of all things print! Printmaking is great for producing multiples like cards or calendars. It’s fun and provides quick results. We will generate lots of prints as part of this course and look at how to reuse and collage unwanted prints into new art works and objects in themselves. No previous experience necessary.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 20 May 2027
Number of weeks: 10
Time: 13:30 - 15:30
Venue: Hindpool Community Centre

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

Curriculum area: ESOL

Do you want to improve your reading skills? Do you want to join a fun and friendly class? If the answer is yes then this could be the right course for you! By the end of this course your knowledge and skills will have improved and you will be confident to: use prepositions, adverbials and connectives, use knowledge of common words to understand text and find information, use detailed reading to find specific information. If this sounds very complicated do not worry! You will work with an experienced and enthusiastic ESOL tutor and a group of your peers to develop the skills and knowledge to achieve this qualification and be in the best position to move forward with your studies. You need to be able to attend classes each week and complete homework to give you the best chance of success. You will be able to study other awards in the ESOL Skills for Life suite of qualifications on successful completion.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Wednesday, 24 February 2027
Number of weeks: 15
Time: 12:30 - 14:45
Venue: Stricklandgate House

Free Course

Curriculum area: ESOL

Do you want to improve your speaking and listening skills? Do you want to join a fun and friendly class? If the answer is yes then this could be the right course for you! By the end of the course you will feel more confident to be able to: Understand directions and instructions, use intonation appropriately in statements and questions, use knowledge of grammatical detail e.g. past and present, continuous tense, present perfect tense, ‘used to’ understand text. You will be confident to use a range of ‘wh’ – questions, yes/no and open questions using different tenses. You will be able to give a short description using a range of adjectives, comparatives and superlatives. If this sounds daunting don`t worry! You will work with your peers and an experienced and enthusiastic ESOL tutor to develop the skills and knowledge to need to achieve this qualification and be in a positive position to move to further study. It is very important that you can attend all classes as this puts you in the best position to succeed.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Wednesday, 9 September 2026
Number of weeks: 22
Time: 09:15 - 12:00
Venue: Stricklandgate House

Free Course