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ESOL

Do you want to improve your writing skills? Join a supportive class and work with your peers to continue your learning journey. By the end of the course your writing 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 Writing 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: Online

Start date: Thursday, 25 September 2025

Number of weeks: 36

Time: 09:00 - 12:00

Venue: Online Delivery

Free Course

ESOL

Do you want to improve your writing skills? Join a supportive class and work with your peers to continue your learning journey. By the end of the course your writing 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 Writing at Level 1. 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: Friday, 9 January 2026

Number of weeks: 18

Time: 09:30 - 15:00

Venue: Bram Longstaffe

Free Course

ESOL

Do you want to improve your writing skills? Join a supportive class and work with your peers to continue your learning journey. By the end of the course your writing 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 Writing at Level 1. 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: Friday, 7 November 2025

Number of weeks: 33

Time: 11:00 - 12:30

Venue: Upperby CDC

Free Course

ESOL

This course is for learners with little experience of speaking, reading and writing English. The course helps you to speak with other people and be able to get help with everyday events and local facilities.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Friday, 17 October 2025

Number of weeks: 38

Time: 09:30 - 12:30

Venue: Civic Centre (Carlisle)

Free Course

ESOL

This course is for learners with little experience of speaking, reading and writing English. The course helps you to speak with other people and be able to get help with everyday events and local facilities.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Thursday, 16 October 2025

Number of weeks: 8

Time: 10:30 - 12:30

Venue: Workington and District Amateur Musical Society (WADAMS)

Free Course

Arts and Crafts

Push your watercolour painting skills further by experimenting with expressive, loose, contemporary watercolour techniques and other media such as pen, collage and pastel.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 9 September 2025

Number of weeks: 7

Time: 14:30 - 16:30

Venue: Kendal Cancer Care

Fully Booked

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

Arts and Crafts

The aim of this course is to experiment with watercolour and a range of mixed media to create interesting textures and marks in your paintings.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 16 September 2025

Number of weeks: 6

Time: 13:00 - 15:00

Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Fully Booked

Arts and Crafts

A seven-week course to build sewing machine skills while creating gathers and pleats from new or re-used fabrics.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Monday, 3 November 2025

Number of weeks: 7

Time: 13:00 - 16:00

Venue: Penrith Parish Centre

Full fee: £136.50
Concessionary fee: £68.25
Staff fee: £116.03

Arts and Crafts

Develop your watercolour painting skills further by learning how to set out a composition and paint subjects such as seasonal foliage, snow scenes and winter trees.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Number of weeks: 7

Time: 14:30 - 16:30

Venue: Kendal Cancer Care

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