WEA courses

Master the basics of sewing with our sewing course. Learn essential techniques and create your own projects. Ideal for beginners looking to develop their sewing skills. This course is funded by West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

Enhance your clay crafting skills with our Craft: Art of Clay for Improvers course. Learn advanced techniques for working with clay and creating intricate designs. Ideal for individuals with basic clay crafting knowledge looking to refine their skills.

Do you want to improve your English speaking skills? Do you lack confidence when speaking in everyday situations like at the doctor’s, at your child’s school, out shopping or on public transport? If English is not your first language but you have some speaking skills already and become more confident to speak to people, this course will help you to improve with some of the words and phrases needed to communicate in everyday situations. It will also give you confidence with some basic digital communication skills. In addition, we will help you to practise giving your own information and filling in forms accurately. This course is funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority.

Participate in a range of fun activities to improve your gardening skills.

Participate in a range of fun activities to improve your vocabulary and confidence.

Set yourself up for success at learning English with this ESOL preparation course. This course is designed to help you prepare for an ESOL entry 3 speaking and listening course. Learn key verbal communication skills you’ll need for the entry 3 ESOL course in speaking and listening. Get ready courses help you learn English at your own pace. They give you extra study time for each level and module so you can reach your full potential. This course helps you learn conversational tactics to support you in everyday interactions in the UK. This is a non-accredited English course for adults. If you’re helping others access entry 3 ESOL classes in the UK, you’ve come to the right place. This course is funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority.

This pre-entry ESOL course will give you skills to communicate some basic ideas in English. Through a range of activities, you will develop your speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Develop confidence to write complex texts in English. This ESOL course teaches you how to write more clearly and use grammar correctly. Learn how to improve your writing skills in English and get the most out of living in the UK. This ESOL level 1 writing course builds on skills you learnt at entry 3. Understand how to write well-structured texts and use sophisticated vocabulary. This is an English course for adults. It is aimed at speakers of other languages. ESOL courses are divided into three areas: reading, writing, and speaking & listening. If you’re helping others access ESOL classes in the UK, you’ve come to the right place.

Express your creativity and develop it further as you make, decorate and embellish your own Art and Junk Journal from scratch. Hand made journals are a brilliant way to be creative, from designing the cover to choosing and decorating the pages of your signature. If that wasn’t enough actually using the journal allows your creative side to blossom and grow in ways you wouldn’t believe. They also make fabulous, personalised gifts for your loved ones. Join me and a supportive group of like minded crafters as we build on existing and develop new skills and techniques to enhance our journaling experience. This course is ideal for anyone who likes to make things and has simple paper-craft materials on hand such as glue, paper – plain copy paper is great for your junk journal though you’ll need watercolour or similar papers for the art journal. Paints, felt pens, colouring pencils along with some collage materials and images – magazines, old book pages etc. You will share your progress with your peer students in class discussions and your tutor will be working along with you all the way, demonstrating techniques, sharing advice and tips and breaking everything down step by step .

This is a General English class aimed at elementary (A1/A2) level learners. This course is for those whose first language is NOT English and in it we will practice all four major skills in each session to develop reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Although this is a low-level English course, learners should be able to recognise sounds of the English letters and read simple lines of text prior to joining so that they will not struggle. Lessons will be delivered face-to-face using a range of teacher led and freer interactive activities to build learners’ proficiency and confidence in the English language.