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Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

Explore the world of art movements in this engaging course. Each week will take a different art movement as its theme, giving the perfect introduction to the world of art history and appreciation.

Delivery type: Online
Start date: Thursday, 5 November 2026
Number of weeks: 6
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Venue: Online Delivery

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

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

Explore different ways to look at and discuss art, enhancing your ability to interpret, analyse, and enjoy art in its various forms.

Delivery type: Online
Start date: Thursday, 10 September 2026
Number of weeks: 7
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Venue: Online Delivery

Full fee: £105.00 | Concessionary fee: £52.50 | Staff fee: £89.25

Curriculum area: Employability

This course aims to prepare you for the workplace if you feel that your lack of confidence is holding you back.

Delivery type: Online
Start date: Wednesday, 3 February 2027
Number of weeks: 7
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Venue: Online Delivery

Free Course

Curriculum area: Health and Wellbeing

Learn how what we eat and how it is prepared can have a big impact on our physical and mental health

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 15 April 2027
Number of weeks: 3
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Venue: Lakeland House (Barrow)

Free Course

Curriculum area: Health and Wellbeing

Learn how to cook interesting, healthy meals for yourself and your family within your budget.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 8 October 2026
Number of weeks: 4
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Venue: Lakeland House (Barrow)

Free Course

Curriculum area: Health and Wellbeing

Learn how to cook interesting, healthy meals for yourself and your family within your budget for the holidays

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Thursday, 10 December 2026
Number of weeks: 2
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Venue: Lakeland House (Barrow)

Free Course

Curriculum area: English

This course helps you build everyday reading, writing, speaking and listening skills so you can handle real-life tasks more confidently and take the next step in your learning.

Delivery type: Online
Start date: Thursday, 6 August 2026
Number of weeks: 6
Time: 09:30 - 12:00
Venue: Online Delivery

Free Course

Curriculum area: ESOL

Do you want to improve your reading skills? Join a supportive class and work with your peers to continue your learning journey. By the end of the course your reading skills will have improved and you will be in a really good position to continue your study in ESOL, or other areas of our curriculum offer. You will need to be able to attend classes each week to complete the guided learning hours for this qualification to give you the best chance of success. You will work with an experienced and supportive ESOL tutor to gain the skills and knowledge you need to achieve the ESOL Skills for Life Award in Reading at Entry Level 3. You will be asked to complete homework and additional independent study too, this is really important to allow you to do well and achieve your potential.

Delivery type: Online
Start date: Thursday, 24 September 2026
Number of weeks: 20
Time: 13:00 - 16:00
Venue: Online Delivery

Free Course

Curriculum area: ESOL

Do you want to improve your reading skills? Join a supportive class and work with your peers to continue your learning journey. By the end of the course your reading skills will have improved and you will be in a really good position to continue your study in ESOL, or other areas of our curriculum offer. You will need to be able to attend classes each week to complete the guided learning hours for this qualification to give you the best chance of success. You will work with an experienced and supportive ESOL tutor to gain the skills and knowledge you need to achieve the ESOL Skills for Life Award in Reading at Level 1. You will be asked to complete homework and additional independent study too, this is really important to allow you to do well and achieve your potential.

Delivery type: Online
Start date: Wednesday, 23 September 2026
Number of weeks: 20
Time: 09:00 - 12:00
Venue: Online Delivery

Free Course

Curriculum area: ESOL

Do you want to improve your reading skills? This could be the qualification for you! You will work with our highly qualified and experienced tutors, and your peers, to develop your appreciation and understanding of the written word. You will be skilfully guided to achieve success in an inclusive and supportive learning environment. This is an intensive and demanding qualification; you must be able to commit to attend each class to give you the best opportunity to succeed. In addition you will receive homework each week and you must commit to complete this in a timely manner so your tutor can give you feedback on where you can make improvements to your work. This award acts as a stand alone qualification in its own right or can be studied as part of a Level 2 Certificate in ESOL Skills for Life. To achieve the full certificate you will need to also achieve an Award in Writing at level 2 and an Award in Speaking and Listening; Adult Learning can help with this!

Delivery type: Online
Start date: Tuesday, 15 September 2026
Number of weeks: 20
Time: 09:00 - 12:00
Venue: Online Delivery

Free Course