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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

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Thursday, 20 March 2025

Number of weeks: 3

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Venue: Barrow Library

Free Course

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!

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Monday, 28 April 2025

Number of weeks: 3

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Venue: Barrow Library

Free Course

Arts and Crafts

Join experienced artist / tutor Karen MacDougall to explore these fascinating topics. We will consider light and shadow, looking at portraits, and then put together all the topics - perception of spaces, edges, relationships, light and shadows to complete our drawing year.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Wednesday, 23 April 2025

Number of weeks: 12

Time: 09:30 - 12:00

Venue: Penrith Parish Centre

Full fee: £180.00
Concessionary fee: £90.00
Staff fee: £153.00

Digital Skills

This course is designed for those absolute beginners who want an introduction to using digital devices. Learn to understand the terminology, what are input and output devices, how to create folders and store documents. Be able to create, edit, save and print simple documents using Word and Excel. Be able to navigate your way safely around the internet and how to send an email.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Wednesday, 14 May 2025

Number of weeks: 6

Time: 09:30 - 12:00

Venue: Barrow Library

Free Course

Digital Skills

This course is suitable for learners who can use spreadsheet software at a basic level and would like to benefit from the more advanced features available. Learners will feel able to use more advanced tools & techniques, functions & formulas, allowing them to create workbooks with confidence.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Friday, 16 May 2025

Number of weeks: 4

Time: 09:30 - 11:30

Venue: Barrow Library

Free Course

Arts and Crafts

Join experienced artist / tutor Karen MacDougall to explore painting in acrylics, building on existing skills and then focussing on basic design principles - how to display your work, working with colour and other aspects of paint application. We will also look at examples from art history and learners will research a relevant painting topic and present to the group.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Wednesday, 23 April 2025

Number of weeks: 12

Time: 13:00 - 15:00

Venue: Penrith Parish Centre

Full fee: £144.00
Concessionary fee: £72.00
Staff fee: £122.40

Arts and Crafts

Join experienced artist / tutor Karen MacDougall to explore these fascinating topics. We will consider the elements of art along with the principles of art, focussing particularly on colour. We will look at examples from art history, and learners will research a relevant topic and present to the group. Learners will also have the opportunity to develop a body of their own work in an area of their choice pre-agreed with the tutor.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 22 April 2025

Number of weeks: 12

Time: 09:30 - 12:00

Venue: Penrith Parish Centre

Full fee: £180.00
Concessionary fee: £90.00
Staff fee: £153.00

Greener Curriculum

Before you throw away furnishing items that are past their best, what about re purposing them into something new and useful? Last term we worked on our clothing - now it's time to work some magic on our home décor.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 22 April 2025

Number of weeks: 5

Time: 09:30 - 12:00

Venue: Salvation Army (Barrow)

Free Course

Greener Curriculum

If you want to reduce your contribution to landfill, before you throw away furnishing items that are past their best, what about re purposing them into something new and useful?

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 3 June 2025

Number of weeks: 6

Time: 09:30 - 12:00

Venue: Salvation Army (Barrow)

Free Course

Digital Skills

This course is suitable for learners who can use Word Processing software at a basic level and would like to benefit from the more advanced features available. Learners will feel able to use more advanced tools & techniques, allowing them to create impactful and engaging documents with confidence.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Friday, 20 June 2025

Number of weeks: 4

Time: 09:30 - 11:30

Venue: Barrow Library

Free Course