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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 Drawing and Mixed Media: Traditional Techniques (WHI25T052)

Arts and Crafts

A course for learners who have some basic drawings skills but would like to learn about a wider range of media and techniques.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Friday, 19 September 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, 11 October 2025

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 2 (BAR25S058)

ESOL

Do you want to improve your reading 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 your knowledge and skills will have improved and you will be confident to: use prepositions, adverbials and connectives, use knowledge of common words to understand text and find information, use detailed reading to find specific information. If this sounds very complicated do not worry! You will work with an experienced and enthusiastic ESOL tutor and a group of your peers to develop the skills and knowledge to achieve this qualification and be in the best position to move forward with your studies. You need to be able to attend classes each week and complete homework to give you the best chance of success. You will be able to study other awards in the ESOL Skills for Life suite of qualifications on successful completion.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 9 September 2025

Number of weeks: 8

Time: 09:30 - 12:00

Venue: Salvation Army (Barrow)

Free Course

ESOL Skills for Life Award in Speaking and Listening at Entry Level 2 (BAR25S065)

ESOL

Do you want to improve your speaking and listening 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 the course you will feel more confident to be able to: Understand directions and instructions, use intonation appropriately in statements and questions, use knowledge of grammatical detail e.g. past and present, continuous tense, present perfect tense, ‘used to’ understand text. You will be confident to use a range of ‘wh’ – questions, yes/no and open questions using different tenses. You will be able to give a short description using a range of adjectives, comparatives and superlatives. If this sounds daunting don`t worry! You will work with your peers and an experienced and enthusiastic ESOL tutor to develop the skills and knowledge to need to achieve this qualification and be in a positive position to move to further study. It is very important that you can attend all classes as this puts you in the best position to succeed.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 10 March 2026

Number of weeks: 16

Time: 09:30 - 12:00

Venue: Salvation Army (Barrow)

Free Course