Current Courses

CARE is continually developing online courses to be run completely digitally which you can enroll upon and complete from the comfort of your own home! These courses are free and funded by Staffordshire Community Learning.

Current online and face to face courses open for enrollment:

  Gardening Woodcraft at Izaak Walton’s Cottage (Thursdays 20/08 – 22/10)

To introduce and help you feel more confident in gardening, wood working, and conserving our natural environment at Izaak Walton’s Cottage Design and build projects and be part of a team with other learners and develop your personal skills too.

No prior experience is needed to take part in this course, just an interest in gardening, wood working, and conserving our natural environment. You will be introduced to wood working skills, designing and building a garden woodwork project using recycled/upcycled materials, selecting, using and maintaining appropriate tools, planting and propagation, eco-friendly gardening practices to encourage wildlife, protect/add to the environment/resources at Izaak Walton’s Cottage. All course resources and equipment will be provided by CARE.  You will have an opportunity to forage for natural resources and use upcycled materials too.

This is a face-to-face learning course with a ‘learning at home’ element – you will complete 4.5 hours face to face at CARE/Izaak Walton’s Cottage and 30 mins 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. Your Tutor will support your learning, including help with IT skills to photograph and record your work. Transport is available from Cannock Leisure Centre, Penkridge Village, Stafford Sainsbury’s, The Royal Oak car park at Rising Brook.

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.

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 Boot camp courses in Horticulture, Environmental studies, Green Crafts, and wider personal development including English, numeracy and digital skills. Family learning/wellbeing courses to support you and your family are also signposted through SCC CL Course Directory.

  Four Seasons Countryside Craft & Wellbeing (Mondays 24/08 – 12/10)

This course will help you improve your confidence and self-esteem, be inspired to learn new skills and support your wellbeing. Join us to celebrate the best that the countryside has to offer, up-cycling foraged resources to create traditional artwork and crafted items.

There are no formal entry requirements or prior experience is needed, just an interest in supporting your wellbeing, traditional arts and crafts and nature. You will complete countryside craft projects, building confidence to improve your wellbeing.  You will be introduced to skills and techniques needed to complete your projects, including foraging for organic resources, experimenting with sensory lavender, and cooking with fruits in season.

Most course resources will be provided by CARE.  You may like to provide some foraged or upcycled resources of your own. This is a face-to-face learning course with a ‘learning at home’ element – you will complete 4.5 hours face to face at CARE plus 30 mins independent activities at home including reflecting on your progress and how you might develop this further next time.

Your Tutor will support you throughout the course, including help with IT skills to photograph and record your work. Transport is available from Cannock Leisure Centre; Hednesford Tesco’s; Penkridge Village; Stafford Sainsbury’s; The Royal Oak car park at Rising Brook. Please ask for details and times when you enrol.

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.

The courses run weekly,  10:30am – 14:30pm – completely free and transport is provided for those who need it from a few pick up locations (Stafford, Hednesford, Cannock & Penkridge)

  Four Seasons Festive Craft & Wellbeing (Mondays 2/11 – 7/12)

Join us and create some lovely festive countryside crafts. Upcycle, and forage for rustic resources and add some favourites of your own too to create festive hand-crafted gifts for your home, family and friends.

There are no formal entry requirements or prior experience is needed, just an interest in supporting your wellbeing, traditional festive arts and Crafts.  An introduction to festive, rustic art and craft. This course will support 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 and festive traditions around the world.

Most course resources will be provided by CARE.  You may like to provide some foraged or upcycled resources of your own. This is a face-to-face learning course with a ‘learning at home’ element – you will complete 4.5 hours face to face at CARE plus 30 mins independent activities at home including reflecting on your progress and how you might develop this further next time.

Your Tutor will support you throughout the course, including help with IT skills to photograph and record your work. Transport is available from Cannock Leisure Centre; Hednesford Tesco’s; Penkridge Village; Stafford Sainsbury’s; The Royal Oak car park at Rising Brook. Please ask for details and times when you enrol.

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.

  Market Trading For Community Events (Thursdays 5/11 – 10/12)

Join us as we learn how to design, create and market our own environmentally friendly festive products. No prior experience or formal entry requirements are needed to take part in this course, just an interest in gaining confidence in your English, Maths and Digital skills. You will be able to work with others as part of a team, design and create festive products and learn the skills involved in selling them at a local community market.

This course will help you to create and run a Festive community event – selling festive products that you have designed and created as part of the course.  You will be able to work as part of a team, gain more confidence using maths, English and digital skills.  We will discuss your personal goals and how to listen and communicate with others successfully. This course will support your independence and your next step towards volunteering or self-employment.            All course resources and equipment will be provided by CARE.  You will have an opportunity to forage for natural resources and use upcycled materials too.

This is a face-to-face learning course with a ‘learning at home’ element – you will complete 4.5 hours face to face at CARE plus 30 mins home learning per week. The course will provide an opportunity to develop your digital, volunteering and employability skills further, learn about and use new and emerging digital applications, socialise with others in the learning environment. Learning is also supported with an on-line Padlet learning blog.  Your Tutor will support your learning, including help with IT skills to photograph and record your work. Transport is available from Cannock Leisure Centre, Penkridge Village, Stafford Sainsbury’s, The Royal Oak car park at Rising Brook.

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.

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 wider personal development including English, numeracy and digital skills as well as Skills Boot Camp courses in starting your own business, in addition to CL courses signposted through SCC CL Course Directory.

Alongside our face to face courses we also run a great range of online courses throughout the year. All the course’s are free and for Staffordshire residents aged 19+ who are experiencing or recovering from mental ill health or people who have a learning difficulty or unemployed and want to support their wellbeing. Please see a list of the courses below:

Art For Wellbeing – An Introduction to Watercolours (Wednesdays 26/8 – 30/9)

Explore your creativity with this lovely introduction to watercolour course – an introduction to skills, adding colour and texture to your artwork.  It’s fabulous gentle way to start the new year and support your wellbeing. No prior experience is needed to take part, just an interest in art, creativity and wellbeing.  You will need some basic digital skills to take part and access to a digital device/smart phone.

This course will help you to improve your self-confidence and self-esteem by learning new skills and progressing existing ones.  We will introduce you to watercolour painting materials, skills and techniques so that you can produce finished pieces of work of your own to share with your family and friends. We will introduce strategies to support your wellbeing too. Most course resources will be provided by CARE.  You may like to provide some art equipment/paper/pencils of your own.

The course is delivered online through a closed Facebook group and/or an on-line CARE learning blog so you will develop your digital skills, learn with others online and take part in sessions on Zoom.  Your tutor will also support your learning using Zoom, email and/or telephone conversations.  You will be asked to complete online forms, upload comments and photos and watch recorded material.  We will provide you with art materials so that you can take part in the course.  These will be delivered to your home address prior to the start date of the course.

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. This is completed on-line using Microsoft Forms.  Throughout the course you will be asked to reflect on your weekly learning 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. 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 Arts and Crafts, Green Crafts, art journaling, and wider personal development including English, numeracy and digital skills.  All courses are signposted through SCC CL Course Directory.

Express Yourself – Art Journaling and Creative Wellbeing (Wednesdays 07/10 – 25/11)

Explore your creativity with this lovely art journaling and wellbeing course – combining creative expression with mindfulness practices inspired by nature and using simple art tools and techniques including forraged junk collage.

No prior experience is needed to take part, just an interest in art, creativity and wellbeing.  You will need some basic digital skills to take part and access to a digital device/smart phone. This course will help you to improve your self-confidence and self-esteem by learning new skills and progressing existing ones.  We will introduce you to simple art skills and techniques including foraged junk collage so that you can produce finished art journaling to support your wellbeing and share with family and friends too. Most course resources will be provided by CARE.  You may like to provide some art equipment/paper/pencils and upcycled/repurposed/foraged items of your own.

The course is delivered online through a closed Facebook group and/or an on-line CARE learning blog so you will develop your digital skills, learn with others online and take part in sessions on Zoom.  Your tutor will also support your learning using Zoom, email and/or telephone conversations.  You will be asked to complete online forms, upload comments and photos and watch recorded material.  We will provide you with art materials so that you can take part in the course.  These will be delivered to your home address prior to the start date of the course.

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. This is completed on-line using Microsoft Forms.  Throughout the course you will be asked to reflect on your weekly learning 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.

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 Arts and Crafts, Green Crafts, art journaling, and wider personal development including English, numeracy and digital skills.  All courses are signposted through SCC CL Course Directory.

  Four Seasons Wellbeing – Christmas Wreaths and Macrame (Wednesdays 04/11 – 25/11)

Join us and create festive wreaths using natural and foraged resources. Sensory spices/fruits bring winter aromas into your home.  We will also create festive hand crafted macrame gifts using techniques you can share with family and friends.   There are no formal entry requirements or prior experience needed for this course, just an interest in supporting your wellbeing, traditional festive arts and crafts.

You will need some basic digital skills and access to a digital device/smart phone.  You will be introduced to floristry skills involved in traditional wreath making, also an introduction to macrame.  You will receive/take part in on-line tutorials and Zoom meetings to guide you through the skills and techniques needed to complete your projects, including foraging for organic resources.  We take inspiration too from different cultures around the world. Wellbeing support is available throughout the course.

To take part in this online course you will need access to the internet and a suitable device – smartphone/iPad/tablet/laptop/computer. CARE will provide some crafting resources, and you may like to provide some foraged or upcycled resources of your own so that you can take part. The course is delivered online through a closed Facebook group and/or an on-line CARE learning blog so you will develop your digital skills, learn with others online and take part in sessions on Zoom.  Your tutor will also support your learning using Zoom, email and/or telephone conversations.

You will be asked to complete online forms, upload comments and photos and watch recorded material.  We will provide you with some resources so that you can take part in the course and this will be delivered to your home address prior to the start date of the course.  You will need to provide greenery and sensory items of your own.

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. This is completed on-line using Microsoft Forms.  Throughout the course you will be asked to reflect on your weekly learning 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.

The sessions run weekly via our private Facebook page and online learning blog. The learning hours required to complete the course are flexible and can be covered to suit you during that week, ideal if you work and want to complete the sessions later in the evening.

To enroll on a course please send us an email on: info@chaseaquaruralenterprise.com with your name and which course you are interested in. Thanks.

  CARE Policies 

At CARE we have a extensive range of policies to cover and keep you safe while with us on our courses. Our safeguarding policy is on our website downloadable on the below button. For all other policies please get in touch if you’d like to learn more.

Safe Guarding Lead is Carol Parkes, Level 4 Certified

CYBER ESSENTIALS CERTIFIED

CARE is also proud to say we are cyber essentials certified which is a government backed scheme that shows CARE is protecting itself from the most common cyber attacks!