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Pre-Entry Level Awards in Digital Documents (PEN25T008)

Digital Skills

This qualification focuses on enabling learners to interact with word processing applications and tools commonly encountered in the workplace and in learning environments.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Monday, 29 September 2025

Number of weeks: 8

Time: 09:45 - 12:45

Venue: Penrith Library

Free Course

Preparing for Essential Digital Skills Workshop (PEN25T002)

Digital Skills

This course is designed for Adults who would like basic IT skills to give them confidence to move on to a Beginners course.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Wednesday, 10 September 2025

Number of weeks: 3

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Venue: Penrith Library

Free Course

Repurposing Skills: Recycling Textiles for Rag Rugging (PEN25T022)

Greener Curriculum

Reuse all your old scraps of fabric, curtains, bedding and old clothes and recycle them into something new and beautiful! Making something like this is a good way to capture memories of the past in your choice of fabrics and while we all work together, we will chat – a sociable and therapeutic way to spend time being creative and make new friends.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Saturday, 13 September 2025

Number of weeks: 1

Time: 10:00 - 16:00

Venue: Penrith Library

Free Course

Fully Booked

Seeking Employment (JCP) (WHI25T017)

Employability

This course aims to help you both practically and constructively to find suitable employment for you.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Thursday, 18 September 2025

Number of weeks: 6

Time: 13:00 - 15:00

Venue: Salvation Army (Whitehaven)

Free Course

Story Sacks (PEN25T039)

Family Learning

Great fun, creative, exciting and hugely appealing to inquisitive young children, story sacks are a fabulous way to encourage your young child to take an interest in stories and books!

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Number of weeks: 5

Time: 13:00 - 15:00

Venue: Penrith Library

Free Course

Supporting over 50s into Employment (JCP) (WHI25T018)

Employability

This course aims to help older people recognise the skills and behaviours they have which are valued by employers.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Thursday, 6 November 2025

Number of weeks: 6

Time: 13:00 - 15:00

Venue: Salvation Army (Whitehaven)

Free Course

Sustainable Textiles: Making Interior Decorations (PEN25T023)

Greener Curriculum

A six-week course to build hand-sewing or machine skills while creating an interior decoration from re-used fabrics.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Monday, 15 September 2025

Number of weeks: 6

Time: 13:00 - 16:00

Venue: Penrith Parish Centre

Free Course

Word for Beginners (WHI25T003)

Digital Skills

This course aims to give you the know how to confidently navigate your way around Microsoft Office Word.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Thursday, 18 September 2025

Number of weeks: 4

Time: 13:00 - 15:00

Venue: Whitehaven Library

Free Course