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Arts and Crafts

Get creative with a vibrant mix of print, paint, drawing, and collage! Explore bold textures and patterns through exciting techniques like monoprint and collagraph, and experiment with dynamic mark making.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 2 June 2026

Number of weeks: 7

Time: 12:30 - 14:30

Venue: Kendal Cancer Care

Full fee: £96.00
Concessionary fee: £50.50
Staff fee: £82.35

Arts and Crafts

The aim of this course is to learn how to use a sketchbook to develop watercolour techniques and to experiment with ideas and composition.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 2 June 2026

Number of weeks: 6

Time: 13:00 - 15:00

Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Fully Booked

Arts and Crafts

The aim of the course is to look at how artists in the past have abstracted the landscape and to apply the ideas to help develop and push our own watercolour paintings.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 2 June 2026

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

Digital Skills

This course introduces you to the World of AI, it's possibilities and the impact on our lives.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Thursday, 4 June 2026

Number of weeks: 3

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Venue: Kendal Library

Free Course

Digital Skills

This course is designed for those who have a basic knowledge of PCs and would like a bit more confidence in using the Microsoft Office Application. Be able to create, edit, save and print simple documents using Word, PowerPoint, Publisher and Excel.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Wednesday, 1 July 2026

Number of weeks: 3

Time: 09:30 - 12:00

Venue: Barrow Library

Free Course

Health and Wellbeing

This practical workshop is designed to give you an introduction to the benefits of Mindfulness.

Mode of attendance: Online

Start date: Thursday, 25 June 2026

Number of weeks: 1

Time: 18:30 - 20:30

Venue: Online Delivery

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: Tuesday, 23 June 2026

Number of weeks: 3

Time: 09:45 - 11:45

Venue: Penrith Library

Free Course

Digital Skills

A beginners guide to Microsoft PowerPoint. Learn how to create your own presentations and enhance them using images, transitions and animations.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Wednesday, 3 June 2026

Number of weeks: 3

Time: 13:00 - 15:30

Venue: Barrow Library

Free Course

Digital Skills

A beginners guide to Microsoft PowerPoint. Learn how to create your own presentations and enhance them using images, transitions and animations.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Monday, 8 June 2026

Number of weeks: 3

Time: 12:15 - 15:00

Venue: Kendal Library

Free Course

Arts and Crafts

A single informal workshop where we will walk around Whitehaven Harbour with an emphasis on improving our mobile phone photography.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Saturday, 27 June 2026

Number of weeks: 1

Time: 13:00 - 16:00

Venue: Whitehaven Harbour Youth Project

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