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Fitness & Exercise: Pilates for beginners
This FREE 10-week Pilates course offers a comprehensive introduction to the core principles of Pilates, focusing on building strength, improving flexibility, and enhancing the mind-body connection. Designed for beginners through intermediate levels, the course will guide participants through a series of low-impact exercises that promote proper alignment, breathing techniques, and controlled movements.
This course is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to integrate Pilates into your regular fitness routine, helping you achieve a balanced, strong, and flexible body.
Materials required: Pilates mat and comfortable clothing. Materials can be provided by your tutor, so please don’t worry if you haven’t got a mat.
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Dates:Wed 02/10/2024 -
Wed 11/12/2024Times:4:00pm - 6:00pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:Horden Centennial Centre
7th Street
Horden
Peterlee
SR8 4LXTutor:Susanna HeathCourse code:Q00019057How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee:Free
Fitness and Exercise: National Back Care Awareness Week: Yoga to support back-care management
Did you know that it is estimated that 80% of adults will suffer with back pain at some point in their lives. Back problems are one of the main causes of time off work. Back pain can last a few days, may come and go, or can become a chronic condition. Back care Awareness week aims to empower people with the knowledge and tools to both prevent back problems and to maintain a healthy back. Medical guidance encourages us to keep moving, stretch it out, and try to ease symptoms of stress to better manage back ache. Yoga is an excellent tool to support a healthy back and can be practiced by anyone. This mat-based session will introduce you to simple stretches and postures that
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Dates:Wed 02/10/2024 -
Wed 02/10/2024Times:6:00pm - 8:00pmDuration:1 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Nicola BaileyCourse code:Q00018227How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £7.40
Creative Writing
Kickstart your creative side with a 6-week writing course. Explore how other writers achieve their effect, improve your own writing by listening to and acting on feedback, learn how to offer sensitive and constructive comment to others. By the end of this course you should have generated 6 new pieces of work and have a good idea of how to improve and polish your work. Beginners and more experienced writers are welcome.
The tutor is Liz McPherson. Liz’s work is published by Dreamcatcher, Prole, High Window, The Lake, LTU Wordspace, Yaffle and others. Her pamphlet, Unexpected Items is due to be published this year by Yaffle. She is a regular performer on the local open mic circuit, headlining recently at Gobby in the Lobby (Wakefield). She has been a tutor with the WEA for 14 years.
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Dates:Wed 02/10/2024 -
Wed 13/11/2024Times:11:00am - 1:00pmDuration:7 sessionsLocation:Millennium House (PONTEFRACT)
Station Lane
Featherstone
PONTEFRACT
WF7 5BATutor:Caroline CleghornCourse code:Q00018440How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £75.60
Literature: English Poetry from Shakespeare to today
The Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley famously said that ‘Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.’ This course tracks the development of English poetry, from the sonnets of Shakespeare to the contemporary poetry of Jack Underwood, Emily Berry, and Rachael Allen.
As well as considering each of the poets in isolation from week to week, we will also use the seven week course to ask ourselves: how has poetry developed through the years, and how has it remained the same?
As well as considering each of the poets and poems in isolation from week to week, we will also take the opportunity to compare what aspects
No previous knowledge of poetry is necessary – everybody is most welcome!
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Dates:Wed 02/10/2024 -
Wed 20/11/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:8 sessionsLocation:Norwich Millennium Library (Norwich)
Millennium Library
The Forum, Millennium Plain
Norwich
NR2 1AWTutor:Joseph WilliamsCourse code:Q00018868How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £67.20
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Duration:12 monthsFee:£15
History: 3 Maritime Themed Sessions – Essex, East Anglia and East Coast Waters
Join guest tutor Andy Beharrell on this fascinating insight into the history and events around the Essex, East Anglia and East Coast Waters. Each week will have a different theme starting with the shipwrecks around East Anglia, followed by The Maunsell Forts and ending with From Tierra Del Fuego to Essex. The course will be in the historic venue of The Reading Rooms at Billericay, Essex.
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Dates:Wed 02/10/2024 -
Wed 16/10/2024Times:2:00pm - 4:00pmDuration:3 sessionsLocation:Billericay Reading Rooms (Billericay)
73 High Street
Billericay
CM12 9ASTutor:Guest SpeakerCourse code:Q00018066How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £30.00
Personal Development: Confidence Building for Life and Studying
Unleash your confidence.
This unique 4-week course goes beyond typical confidence-building programs. We'll delve deeper, helping you understand the science of confidence and how to apply powerful techniques to conquer challenges in various situations.
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Dates:Wed 02/10/2024 -
Wed 18/12/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:24 sessionsLocation:KCU Ltd at Fuller Church (Kettering)
51 Gold Street
Kettering
NN16 8JBTutor:Caroline SmyCourse code:Q00016558How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £92.40
Entry Level Essential Digital Skills
Build a solid foundation in digital literacy with our Entry Level Essential Digital Skills course. Learn the basics of using a computer, navigating the internet, and understanding essential software applications. Ideal for absolute beginners looking to build confidence in their digital abilities.
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Dates:Wed 02/10/2024 -
Wed 18/12/2024Times:9:30am - 11:30amDuration:12 sessionsLocation:WEA (Leicester)
101 Hinckley Road
Leicester
LE3 0TDTutor:Chantal NgounouCourse code:Q00017245How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £100.80
Schools, Parenting and Child Development: Introduction to ADHD
Would you like to find out more about ADHD? This course will help you learn about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. You will discover other conditions that are commonly experienced alongside ADHD.
A big focus of the course is on how to support a child, young person or an adult with ADHD. You will gain an understanding of a range of different strategies and interventions which may be beneficial in a home, school or even work setting.
You’ll also find out how assessments are carried out and how to apply for an EHCP to give a child that all important extra support in school.
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Dates:Wed 02/10/2024 -
Wed 30/10/2024Times:6:00pm - 8:00pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Paula HellalCourse code:Q00011461How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £37.00
Literature: The Matter of Britain: Malory and the Arthurian Legend
In this taster course, learners will begin by considering the many and varied sources of the Arthurian legend, in literature and other media, before focusing on the most famous and complete literary work in English on the Matter of Britain, Malory’s Morte d’Arthur. We will study examples from this extensive work, and explore Malory’s prose style and his use of late Middle English. No prior knowledge of Middle English is required, and the course is suitable for beginners and improvers.
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Dates:Wed 02/10/2024 -
Wed 16/10/2024Times:9:15am - 11:15amDuration:3 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Roberta DewaCourse code:Q00016271How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:3 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £22.20
Literature: The Story of the Detective Story
The detective story is one of the most popular literary genres, as well as one that has produced some classic novels. Each week we focus on a short detective story or novel, reading and discussing key passages. The selected novels are in chronological order, from the 19th century to modern times. We begin with Edgar Allen Poe and Conan Doyle, and end with Sophie Hannah. We’ll be able to share and debate interpretations, sharpen our critical and appreciative faculties, understand what detective fiction can tell us about the society and culture that produced it, and, hopefully, be inspired to read other works by the writers featured on the course.
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Dates:Wed 02/10/2024 -
Wed 13/11/2024Times:2:00pm - 4:00pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:Wesley Hall (Barnet)
High Barnet Methodist Church
9 Stapylton Road
Barnet
EN5 4JJTutor:Brandon RobshawCourse code:Q00017365How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:6 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £60.00