Join us and create some lovely festive countryside crafts. Upcycle, foraged for rustic resources and add some favourites of your own too to create festive hand crafted gifts for your home, family and friends.
Who is the course aimed at?
The course is for Staffordshire residents aged 19+ who are experiencing or recovering from mental ill health or people who have a learning difficulty or unemployed. This is an introductory course for people who want to support their wellbeing through nature.
Entry requirements
For everyone who would like to support their wellbeing and enjoys arts and crafts inspired by nature and the countryside during the festive season
Course Content
To introduce you to festive rustic art and craft, improve your wellbeing, and guide you through the skills and techniques needed to complete your projects, including foraging for organic resources from our garden and hedgerow. We take inspiration too from different cultures around the world.
Learning Methods
This is a face-to-face learning course with a ‘learning at home’ element – you will complete 4 hours face to face at CARE plus one hour home learning per week. The course will provide an opportunity to develop your digital skills further, socialise with others in the learning environment. Learning is also supported with an on-line Padlet learning blog.
Learning Support
Your Tutor will support your learning, including help with IT skills to photograph and record your work. Transport is available from Cannock Leisure Centre, Stafford Sainsbury’s and The Royal Oak car park at Rising Brook.
Course Assessment
At the start of your course the tutor will find out a little more about you, your previous learning, the support you may need, what you would like to achieve on the course and guide you to set some personal goals. During the course you will be asked to reflect on your learning at regular points and will receive feedback from your tutor on your progress and achievement. You will receive a personal certificate of achievement at the end of the course.
Learning Materials
CARE will provide resources and equipment you will need to take part in the course. It would be helpful if you have a smart phone or tablet device and access to the internet for learning at home, but this is not essential. You may like to provide some foraged or upcycled resources of your own
What can learners do next/progress onto?
At the end of the course you will be provided with information/advice on other learning opportunities/local activities available on-line and in your community. This could include vocational skills courses in Animal Care, Horticulture, Environmental studies, Green Crafts, Cookery, and wider personal development including English, numeracy and digital skills. Family learning/wellbeing courses to support you, your families are also signposted through SCC CL Course Directory.
Dates, Times and Location
Stafford
04/11/2024 to 09/12/2024, Mondays, 10.30am to 02.30pm (face to face plus one hour applied independent learning)
Chase Aqua Rural Enterprise Centre (CARE), Lower Drayton Lane, Penkridge ST19 5RE
Are there any fees?
There are no course fees.
Who delivers this course?
Chase Aqua Rural Enterprise CIC
| www.chaseaquaruralenterprise.com |
How to enrol on this course and find out more?
Telephone 07772 273033
