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Beginners Drawing and Mixed Media: Exploring Colour Mixing (WHI25T057)

Arts and Crafts

A beginners course for learners who have some basic drawings skills but would like to incorporate their drawing skills with painting.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Friday, 7 November 2025

Number of weeks: 6

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Full fee: £78.00
Concessionary fee: £39.00
Staff fee: £66.30

Beginners Photography: - The Landscapes of the Lakes (WHI25T054)

Arts and Crafts

This is a series of short, easy photography walks in the Western Lakes led by one of our experienced Photography Tutors.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Saturday, 23 May 2026

Number of weeks: 3

Time: 13:00 - 16:00

Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Full fee: £58.50
Concessionary fee: £29.25
Staff fee: £49.73

Beginners Textile Skills: - Felt a Christmas Tree Decoration (WHI25T060)

Arts and Crafts

A course for beginners to experience needle felting, whilst creating a Christmas decoration.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Saturday, 6 December 2025

Number of weeks: 1

Time: 13:00 - 16:00

Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Full fee: £19.50
Concessionary fee: £9.75
Staff fee: £16.58

ESOL Skills for Life Award in Reading at Entry Level 3 (WHI25S048)

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.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Number of weeks: 17

Time: 09:15 - 12:15

Venue: Archive Building Whitehaven

Free Course

ESOL Skills for Life Award in Writing at Entry Level 2 (WHI25S043)

ESOL

Do you want to improve your writing 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 you will be better at: Writing simple sentences in paragraphs with clear structure, writing compound sentences using common conjunctions to connect two clauses, for example using as, and, but. Don`t worry if this seems complicated now because you will work with an experienced and enthusiastic ESOL tutor and your peers to develop the skills and knowledge you need to succeed in this qualification. You will need to attend classes each week to give you the best opportunity to succeed. You will also be asked to complete homework and independent study to maximise your chances of success. This qualification will allow you to progress to other awards at Entry level 2 in the ESOL Skills for Life suite of qualifications. Use simple present tense and simple past tense. Use simple adverbial phrases of time and place e.g. on Saturday, next week, at the bus station Use adjectives and intensifiers to add detail and interest Use capital letters, question marks and full stops in sentences.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 23 September 2025

Number of weeks: 20

Time: 09:15 - 12:15

Venue: Archive Building Whitehaven

Free Course

Functional Skills English Level 1 (WHI25S023)

English

This English course will help you gain more understanding and confidence to use literacy skills effectively in daily life and the workplace. This course leads to a qualification that is widely recognised and useful as the basis for further study.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 3 February 2026

Number of weeks: 18

Time: 10:00 - 13:00

Venue: Archive Building Whitehaven

Free Course

Improvers Painting: - Expressive Watercolour Landscapes - Developing Layers (WHI25T056)

Arts and Crafts

Watercolour painting is all about the building up of layers from light to dark. This course will look at the use of layers as a way to develop depth, texture and mix colours in your paintings.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Number of weeks: 6

Time: 13:00 - 15:00

Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Full fee: £78.00
Concessionary fee: £39.00
Staff fee: £66.30

Intermediate Painting Looking at Paintings: - Learn to Analyse and Improve your Watercolours by Developing your Critical Thinking (WHI25T055)

Arts and Crafts

Learn to analyse your art and the art of others and use this knowledge to add depth, both in content and meaning, to the watercolour paintings you produce during the course.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Number of weeks: 6

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Full fee: £78.00
Concessionary fee: £39.00
Staff fee: £66.30