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Health and Wellbeing

This FREE course is to help you economise, by making tasty new dishes out of leftovers.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Thursday, 5 June 2025

Number of weeks: 5

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Venue: Hindpool Community Centre

Free Course

Maths

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

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Number of weeks: 5

Time: 13:30 - 15:30

Venue: Church of Scotland (Carlisle)

Free Course

Arts and Crafts

Join experienced artist Karen MacDougall for a day exploring some of the basics of drawing, and start your journey seeing the world differently as an artist!

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Saturday, 31 May 2025

Number of weeks: 1

Time: 10:00 - 16:00

Venue: Penrith Library

Full fee: £30.00
Concessionary fee: £15.00
Staff fee: £25.50

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: Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Number of weeks: 4

Time: 13:30 - 15:30

Venue: Hindpool Community Centre

Free Course

Health and Wellbeing

The course will concentrate on practical navigation skills and learning a simple strategy for mountain travel and will be delivered in a relaxed manner identifying personal needs and weaknesses allowing time for individual practice.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Monday, 9 June 2025

Number of weeks: 1

Time: 10:00 - 15:30

Venue: Pooley Bridge

Full fee: £33.00
Concessionary fee: £16.50
Staff fee: £28.05

Arts and Crafts

Produce work that shows an inspiration from a contemporary potter.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Wednesday, 4 June 2025

Number of weeks: 5

Time: 16:30 - 18:30

Venue: Florence Art Centre (Egremont)

Full fee: £70.00
Concessionary fee: £40.00
Staff fee: £61.00

Digital Skills

This course is for those with a good level of ICT knowledge and skills. It further expands and develops at a higher level the skills and knowledge gained from the beginners course in how to use a computer.  You will use Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word as well as the internet, email and manage folders at a more advanced level to increase your competency in using a computer.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Wednesday, 14 May 2025

Number of weeks: 10

Time: 09:30 - 12:00

Venue: Barrow Library

Free Course

Digital Skills

This course is for those with a good level of ICT knowledge and skills. It further expands and develops at a higher level the skills and knowledge gained from the beginners course in how to use a computer.  You will use Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word as well as the internet, email and manage folders at a more advanced level to increase your competency in using a computer.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Thursday, 5 June 2025

Number of weeks: 7

Time: 09:30 - 12:30

Venue: Penrith Library

Free Course

Arts and Crafts

This a creative drawing course where you’ll draw with far more than a pencil! You will further develop skills, techniques and use a large variety of methods of mark making and drawing to discover your own style.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Monday, 28 April 2025

Number of weeks: 10

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Venue: Upperby CDC

Full fee: £120.00
Concessionary fee: £60.00
Staff fee: £102.00

Arts and Crafts

The aim of the course is to develop your use of a sketchbook to push your art to the next level.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 3 June 2025

Number of weeks: 7

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Full fee: £84.00
Concessionary fee: £42.00
Staff fee: £71.40