WEA ILLAWARRA Your local community college - Term 2 starts 3 May - Program out NOW!

Term 2 starts 3 May - Program out NOW!

• Cooking classes are BACK!
• Creative Kids!
• Senior’s Courses!
• CLICK HERE to get started now!

WEA Illawarra are a local community college offering short personal interest courses as well as business qualifications. If you are looking for a new hobby or want to update your skills for the workplace then we are the college for you.  Keep on reading to see what we can offer you!

Accredited Training
WEA Illawarra is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO 90297) accredited by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) to provide nationally recognised training. This means that once you’ve successfully completed your training or qualification, the skills you are competent in will be recognised across Australia.

Take advantage of the Australian Government JobTrainer Funding!
We currently have funding under Smart and Skilled for eligible participants to be able to subsidise courses in:

• Foundation Skills – reading, writing, numeracy and computer skills
• Entitlement Certificate II & III
• Targeted Priorities Certificate IV & Diploma

Not sure what we can do for you?  Please give us a call on 4226 1622 to further discuss or click on this link HERE:

Leisure Skills Training
Leisure Skills is all about learning a new hobby or skill and engaging with like-minded people.  We are the fun side of WEA Illawarra and can offer you a variety of courses from the following categories:

• Arts and Craft
• Cooking Classes
• Sewing and Textiles
• Music and Dance
• Fashion and Style
• House and Garden
• Health and Wellbeing
• Language and Travel
• Fishing and Golf
• Photography
• Tarot Cards, Angels and Numerology

Check out our courses here on this link HERE.

What’s Cooking at WEA Illawarra?
Cooking is back!  Indian, Italian, Thai, and Vegetarian cuisines are back on the menu as well as some sweet delights including how to make the perfect Macaron and how to turn a supermarket mud cake into a fancy celebration cake.  Your favourite tutors are back with us and can’t wait to get back into the kitchen again!  All cooking classes will be hands on and tailored to small groups to ensure that everyone is COVID safe.  You will need to enrol in them quickly to ensure your space in the kitchen is secured!

Click on the link here to find out more HERE.

Seniors Computing
Now has never been a more important time for Seniors’ to engage with technology and we can help and support Seniors through these challenges.  All of our Seniors’ courses are FREE! 

Courses are being held back in the classroom but in much smaller groups.  Places will fill very quickly so call  us today on 4226 1622 or click on this link to discover more:  https://www.weaillawarra.com.au/courses/lifestyle/technology-and-computers

If you are aged 50 and over and are not connected to the internet or have a digital device to work with, we currently have iPads that we can loan out to you for a 3 month period.

Best of all they are FREE! 

Telephone support is provided to you along the way so why not give us a call on 4226 1622 and sign up for this terrific offer!

Creative Kids
The NSW Government is helping kids get creative with the new Creative Kids program.  Parents, guardians and carers of every school student in NSW can receive a $100 voucher each year for registration, participation and tuition costs for creative and cultural activities.  Courses include:

• Introduction to Leatherwork (10-16 yrs)
• Sewing (10-18 yrs)
• Teenagers Art – Mandala Stones (13-18 yrs)
• Pottery (8-14 yrs)
• Art – Art for Art’s Sake (7-15 yrs)
• Writing - Nothing Beats A Good Story (8-10 yrs) 

Frontline Yoga
FREE yoga classes for frontline professionals including police, firefighters, paramedics, military, healthcare workers and volunteer emergency services – current, ex serving or retired.  The classes are specifically designed for personnel that serve or have served on the front lines of the community.

Click HERE to find out more.

COVID-19 Safe
WEA Illawarra are committed to keeping our college a safe learning environment for our staff and students.  As such we have implemented:

• Smaller class sizes to cope with social distancing
• Hand sanitising units have been placed throughout the college
• You may be asked to have a temperature check when entering the building
• Our college is cleaned to industry standard COVID-19 standards

So why not click on our program links and have a look around our site – we have something for everyone!

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