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Health and Wellbeing

A short qualification course that enhances your knowledge of the terms mental health and wellbeing, different types of conditions, and the support available.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Thursday, 4 December 2025

Number of weeks: 6

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Venue: Salvation Army (Whitehaven)

Free Course

Health and Wellbeing

This accredited course looks at what is meant by resilience and grit, and why they are vital to our health and well-being in an uncertain world

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Thursday, 18 September 2025

Number of weeks: 10

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Venue: Salvation Army (Whitehaven)

Free Course

Arts and Crafts

This is an exciting course that teaches you to paint in a variety of different paints. You will use watercolour, gouache and acrylic to create different types of paintings in many different styles. You’ll experiment with different brush strokes, colour palettes, mark making and composition.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Monday, 15 September 2025

Number of weeks: 12

Time: 18:30 - 20:30

Venue: Harraby Community Centre

Fully Booked

Arts and Crafts

This is a fun arts and crafts Christmas workshop where you will make a set of Christmas Decorations based on angels made from card and mixed media.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Thursday, 27 November 2025

Number of weeks: 1

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Venue: Harraby Community Centre

Full fee: £13.00
Concessionary fee: £6.50
Staff fee: £11.05

Arts and Crafts

A fun workshop where you’ll create your own paper designs to use in a beautiful Christmas Tree decoration to hang above your fireplace!

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Thursday, 4 December 2025

Number of weeks: 1

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Venue: Harraby Community Centre

Full fee: £13.00
Concessionary fee: £6.50
Staff fee: £11.05

ESOL

Do you want to improve your reading skills? Join a supportive class and work with your peers to continue your learning journey. By the end of the course your reading 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 Reading 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: Thursday, 4 September 2025

Number of weeks: 8

Time: 09:00 - 15:00

Venue: Bram Longstaffe

Free Course

ESOL

Do you want to improve your speaking and listening skills? Join a supportive class and work with your peers to continue your learning journey. By the end of the course your speaking and listening 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 Speaking and Listening 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: Thursday, 12 March 2026

Number of weeks: 16

Time: 09:00 - 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: Thursday, 13 November 2025

Number of weeks: 12

Time: 09:00 - 15:00

Venue: Bram Longstaffe

Free Course

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

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