Learn with our virtual and classroom-based courses
Do you want to learn new skills for personal development or job progression, begin a new hobby, making friends along the way? Our Bridgend Community College courses are available across the borough in Bridgend and Pencoed.
We’re pleased to offer 10-week accredited courses, mostly delivered online, giving you the opportunity to develop skills in a wide range of topics. Note, a small number of courses are offered over a different number of weeks and these are highlighted in the tables below.
Click on the ‘Book today’ button to find course information and to book your place. For the virtual sessions, you will need a Gmail email address (which is quick and easy to set up) to be able to access the sessions.
We are now able to offer these courses with no fee. Why not take advantage of this great opportunity to learn a new skill?
Please note, these courses are fully funded by Welsh Government and evidence of a Welsh postcode is required at time of booking. For residents outside of Wales, a fee of £150 applies.
Arts & Crafts
Abstraction Level 1 | Begins 28 September 2022 | Wednesday 9 am – 11 am | Book today |
Abstraction Level 3 – NEW | TBC | TBC | |
Artwork in Mixed Media – NEW | TBC | TBC | |
Craft Skills – Supporting Children | Begins 13 January 2023 | Tuesday 10 am – 1 pm | Book today |
Drawing from observation | Begins 19 August 2022 | Friday 9 – 11 am | Book today |
Drawing Level 1 | Begins 22 August 2022 | Monday 7 – 9 pm | Book today |
Drawing Level 2 | Begins 5 September 2022 | Monday 11.15 am – 1.15 pm | Book today |
Exploratory Drawing – Exploration, Development and Expression | TBC | TBC | |
Fabric manipulation | Begins 9 January 2023 | Monday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Fabric Painting and Dyeing – NEW | TBC | TBC | |
Garment making | Begins 26 September 2022 | Monday 5.30 -7.30 pm | Book today |
Glass Painting Techniques – NEW | TBC | TBC | |
Introduction to Illustration | Begins 10 January 2023 | Tuesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Jewellery making – Beginners | Begins 13 September 2022 | Tuesday 1 pm – 4 pm | Book today |
Jewellery making – Advanced | Begins 13 September 2022 | Tuesday 10 am – 1 pm | Book today |
Knitting for beginners | Begins 19 October 2022 | Wednesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Modern Art – NEW | TBC | TBC | |
Oil painting | Begins 5 September 2022 | Monday 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm | Book today |
Oil Painting Level 3 – NEW | TBC | TBC | |
Painting Environments – NEW | TBC | TBC | |
Painting with acrylics Level 1 | Begins 6 September 2022 | Tuesday 9.30 – 11.30 am | Book today |
Painting with acrylics Level 3 | Begins 6 September 2022 | Tuesday 11.30 am – 1.30 pm | Book today |
Perspective in Drawing – NEW | TBC | TBC | |
Printmaking | Begins 17 August 2022 | Wednesday 7 – 9 pm | Book today |
Sculpture and Mixed Media – NEW | TBC | TBC | |
Sewing machine skills | Begins 21 September 2022 | Wednesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Using Colour Theory – NEW | TBC | TBC | |
Watercolour painting Level 1 | Begins 22 August 2022 | Monday 4.45 – 6.45 pm | Book today |
Watercolour painting Level 2 | Begins 6 September 2022 | Tuesday 7 – 9 pm | Book today |
Fashion – Pattern Cutting | Begins 20 September 2022 | Tuesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Hand Embroidery | TBC | TBC | |
Floral Arrangements & Designs – Beginners | Begins 28 September 2022 | Wednesday 5 – 8 pm | Book today |
Floral Arrangements & Designs – Improvers | Begins 11 January 2023 | Wednesday 5 – 8 pm | Book today |
Painting with Acrylics Level 2 | Begins 5 September 2022 | Monday 9.15 am – 11.15 am | Book today |
Crochet for Beginners | Begins 12 January 2023 | Thursday 6 pm – 8 pm | Book today |
Beauty
Makeup | Begins 10 August 2022 | Wednesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Oils for aromatherapy massage | TBC | TBC | |
Aromatherapy massage | Begins 14 September 2022 | Wednesday 4 – 6 pm | Book today |
Manicure | Begins 10 October 2022 | Monday 5.30 – 7.30 pm | Book today |
Manicure | Begins 12 October 2022 | Wednesday 5.30 – 7.30 pm | Book today |
Beauty Therapy – Skin care – NEW | TBC | TBC |
Business
Customer service | Begins 4 November 2022 (One day workshop) | Friday 9 am – 4 pm | Book today |
Introduction to business administration | Begins 29 September 2022 | Thursday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Introduction to Marketing | Begins 14 September 2022 | Wednesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Construction
Woodwork project | Begins 13 September 2022 | Tuesday 5 – 8 pm | Book today |
Cooking & Catering
Bread Making | TBC | TBC | |
Cake making skills | Begins 28 September 2023 | Wednesday 5.30 – 8.30 pm | Book today |
International cuisine | Begins 19 September 2022 | Monday 5.30 – 8.30 pm | Book today |
Pastry making | Begins 18 January 2023 | Wednesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Vegetarian/vegan cookery | TBC | TBC | |
Cake Decorating Skills | Begins 29 September 2022 | Thursday 5.30 – 8.30 pm | Book today |
Family Learning
Adding and Subtraction | TBC | TBC | |
Basic Communication | TBC | TBC | |
Budgeting | TBC | TBC | |
Communication: Healthy eating – proteins | TBC | TBC | |
Communication: Preparation for an interview | TBC | TBC | |
Digital Productivity | TBC | TBC | |
Maths for Adults at The Zone – Beginners Level | TBC | TBC | |
Maths for Adults at The Zone – Intermediate Level | TBC | TBC | |
Maths 4 Parents – Year 9 & Intermediate GCSE | TBC | TBC | |
Maths 4 Parents – Year 10 & 11 Higher GCSE | TBC | TBC | |
Money Matters – Budgeting Short Course | TBC | TBC | |
Punctuation | TBC | TBC | |
Punctuation and Grammar Entry Level 1 | TBC | TBC | |
Punctuation and Grammar Entry Level 3 | TBC | TBC | |
Shopping Skills | TBC | TBC | |
Using Money | TBC | TBC |
General Education, History & Literature
Criminal Psychology | Begins 13 September 2022 | Tuesday 9.30 – 11.30 am OR Tuesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Child Psychology | Begins 15 September 2022 | Thursday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Introduction to Psychology | Begins 13 September 2022 | Tuesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Creative Writing – Beginners | Begins 19 September 2022 | Monday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Creative writing – specific genre | Begins 9 January 2023 | Monday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Criminal law – NEW | Begins 22 September 2022 | Thursday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Introduction to law – NEW | Begins 26 September 2022 | Monday 7 – 9 pm | Book today |
Family ancestry – Beginners | Begins 21 September 2022 | Wednesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Family ancestry – Improverrs | Begins 11 January 2023 | Wednesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Parenting skills – NEW | Begins 20 September 2022 | Tuesday 5.30 – 7.30 pm | Book today |
Welsh history | Begins 20 September 2022 | Tuesday 5.30 – 7.30 pm | Book today |
CV writing | Begins 22 September 2022 (1 day) | Thursday 5 – 8 pm | Book today |
Health & Wellbeing
Introduction to counselling | Begins 15 September 2022 | Thursday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Mental health wellbeing – NEW | Begins 19 September 2022 | Monday 5.30 – 7.30 pm | Book today |
Health and Wellbeing (Healthy lifestyle) – NEW | TBC | TBC | |
Anti-bullying awareness – NEW | Begins 27 September 2022 | Tuesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Introduction to social work | Begins 14 September 2022 | Wednesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Horticulture
Christmas Wreaths | Begins 8 December 2022 | Thursday 5 – 9 pm | Book today |
Floral Arrangements and Designs – Beginners | Begins 28 September 2022 | Wednesday 5 – 8 pm | Book today |
Floral Arrangements and Designs – Improvers | Begins 11 January 2023 | Wednesday 5 – 8 pm | Book today |
Introduction to gardening | Begins 11 August 2022 | Thursday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Introduction to growing vegetables | Begins 16 August 2022 | Tuesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
IT & Computing
IT security for users | 1 day workshop – 1 November 2022 | Tuesday 9 am – 1 pm | Book today |
Introduction to Word | Begins 20 September 2022 | Tuesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Social media for business | Begins 19 August 2022 | Friday 9 am – 4.30 pm | Book today |
Using social media to improve business | TBC | TBC | |
Web development | TBC | TBC | |
Introduction to Excel | Begins 21 September 2022 | Wednesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Mobile App Development | Begins 21 September 2022 | Wednesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Languages
Conversational Portuguese – Beginners | Begins 20 August 2022 | Saturday 8 am – 10 am | Book today |
Conversational Portuguese – Improvers | Begins 12 November 2022 | Saturday 8 – 10 am | Book today |
Conversational Spanish – Beginners | Begins 20 August 2022 | Saturday 10 am – 12 pm | Book today |
Conversational Spanish – Improvers | Begins 12 November 2022 | Saturday 10 am – 12 pm | Book today |
Italian – Speaking – beginners | Begins 13 September 2022 | Tuesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Italian speaking – Improvers | Begins 10 January 2023 | Tuesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Sign Language – Beginners | Begins 28 September 2022 | Wednesday 10 am – 12 pm | Book today |
Sign Language – Improvers | Begins 28 September 2022 | Wednesday 12 pm – 2 pm | Book today |
Sign Language – Beginners | Begins 6 October September 2022 | Thursday 5 – 7 pm | Book today |
Sign Language – Improvers | Begins 6 October 2022 | Thursday 7 – 9 pm | Book today |
Welsh – Beginners | Begins 15 September 2022 | Thursday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Welsh – Improvers | Begins 13 September 2022 | Tuesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Conversational French – Beginners | Begins 13 September 2022 | Tuesday 7 pm – 9 pm | Book today |
Conversational French – Improvers | Begins 13 September 2022 | Tuesday 7 – 9 pm | Book today |
Conversational German – Beginners – NEW | Begins 13 October 2022 | Thursday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Music
Exploring music and sound | Begins 26 September 2022 | Monday 2 – 4 pm | Book today |
Exploring music and sound | Begins 26 September 2022 | Monday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Introduction to playing the guitar | Enquire for dates | Tuesday 6 – 8 pm | Book today |
Sport
Gym Based Activities | Begins 20 September 2022 | Tuesday 4 pm – 6 pm | Book today |
Introduction to becoming a fitness/gym instructor | Begins 01 November 2022 | Tuesday 4 pm – 6 pm | Book today |
Sustainability
Plastic recycling – NEW | TBC | TBC | |
Environmental conservation – NEW | TBC | TBC | |
Ecosystems – NEW | TBC | TBC | |
Environmental awareness – NEW | TBC | TBC | |
Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship (ESDGC) Awareness – NEW | Begins 5 October 2022 | Wednesday 7 – 8.30 pm | Book today |
Relevant, useful and enjoyable learning experiences
Bridgend Community College offers over 50 high quality courses, during the day and evening, for beginners through to advanced level. We provide relevant, useful and enjoyable learning experiences across an extensive range of subject areas. Choose from preparing food for allergy sufferers, needlecraft, creative writing, languages, home diy, hair up, poetry and much more.
Our tutors are experienced, professionally-trained teachers and experts in their field who create a safe, stimulating and respectful environment for adult learners.
We help people to learn skills to get into work, enjoy a new hobby or improve their job prospects. View our courses here; we hope there will be something for you. If you don’t see the subject you’re looking for, please let us know.
Be all that you can be with Bridgend Community College.