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Curriculum area: Health and Wellbeing

Do you want to know how to live a healthy life? This course looks at aspects of our physical and mental health and wellbeing and how we can improve them.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 6 May 2027
Number of weeks: 5
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Venue: Lakeland House (Barrow)

Free Course

Curriculum area: Health and Wellbeing

Do you want to know how to live a healthy life? This course looks at aspects of our physical and mental health and wellbeing and how we can improve them.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Tuesday, 6 July 2027
Number of weeks: 4
Time: 09:30 - 12:00
Venue: Lakeland House (Barrow)

Free Course

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

Autumnal Crafts is a relaxed, creative course celebrating the colours, textures, and atmosphere of Autumn. Each week you’ll explore a range of accessible craft and art techniques, building skills while enjoying the calming, seasonal focus of making by hand.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Wednesday, 9 September 2026
Number of weeks: 7
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Venue: Kendal Cancer Care

Full fee: £110.00 | Concessionary fee: £57.50 | Staff fee: £94.25

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

This festive course offers the chance to create a range of handmade Christmas crafts while enjoying a relaxed and creative atmosphere. Each week you’ll explore a range of accessible craft and art techniques.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Wednesday, 4 November 2026
Number of weeks: 6
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Venue: Kendal Cancer Care

Full fee: £95.00 | Concessionary fee: £50.00 | Staff fee: £81.50

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

Learn to draw and paint people in this beginner-friendly course, with a focus on anatomy and poses, enabling you to draw full body portraits in a variety of styles.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Wednesday, 4 November 2026
Number of weeks: 6
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Venue: Kendal Cancer Care

Full fee: £92.50 | Concessionary fee: £47.50 | Staff fee: £79.00

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

Discover the basics of drawing and painting faces in this beginner-friendly course, looking at facial proportions, expressions, feature studies, shading, and colour techniques.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Wednesday, 9 September 2026
Number of weeks: 7
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Venue: Kendal Cancer Care

Full fee: £107.50 | Concessionary fee: £55.00 | Staff fee: £91.75

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

Discover the basics of drawing and painting still life with a focus on natural forms, in this beginner-friendly course.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Wednesday, 6 January 2027
Number of weeks: 6
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Venue: Kendal Cancer Care

Full fee: £92.50 | Concessionary fee: £47.50 | Staff fee: £79.00

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

Surface & Texture is a beginner-friendly drawing and painting course that uses observational drawing to explore line, tone, and paint in creating expressive surface qualities and textures.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Wednesday, 24 February 2027
Number of weeks: 5
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Venue: Kendal Cancer Care

Full fee: £77.50 | Concessionary fee: £40.00 | Staff fee: £66.25

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

Have you always wanted to try watercolours but don’t know where to start or have you dabbled previously and want to improve your knowledge? Then this is the course for you.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Monday, 11 January 2027
Number of weeks: 5
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Venue: Kendal Cancer Care

Full fee: £80.00 | Concessionary fee: £42.50 | Staff fee: £68.75

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

This beginners course is ideal for those wanting to try watercolour, learning the core skills needed to create effective watercolour landscape pieces.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Monday, 22 February 2027
Number of weeks: 5
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Venue: Kendal Cancer Care

Full fee: £79.00 | Concessionary fee: £41.50 | Staff fee: £67.75