Learn how to speak French with our tutor Florence, a native French speaker. For the beginners course, during the 8 weeks we will be covering; French pronunciation Use of French present tense, verbs & build a daily vocabulary Have a simple conversation Use and knowledge of numbers Construct everyday simple sentences Stimulate interest in cultural […]

We’ve still got some spaces on our art classes, starting next Tuesday. These are free for residents of Sutherland or £5 for everyone else. They are great for beginners and a fun way to pass 2 hours. Sign up below through Eventbrite. https://lairganddistrictlearningcentre.eventbrite.co.uk/

We are so excited to partner with Thurso Grows for this free four part Get Into Growing programme! The dark months of January and February are the best times to start planning for Spring and imagining all the amazing food and fun you can have once the light returns. This course is here to encourage and […]

A reminder that our team are working from home and you can not reach us by telephone. We have been unable to turn off the answer machine and any messages left on the phone will be unlikely to be picked up regularly. The best way to reach us is by email through admin@lairglearningcentre.org.uk. All of […]

Did you know Scots typically use more than 19,000 miles of wrapping paper during Christmas? That is enough to wrap the NC500 nearly 37 times! If you would like to reduce your households waste during the holidays join one (or all!) of our upcoming Green Christmas Craft Sessions. These workshops will be hosted by Jo […]

Our ‘Staycation Cookery’ series launches this month on our Facebook group, the LDLC Cookery Club.  We have a series of videos to get you cooking foods from around the world, starting with the humble scone.  You can also view the first video on our Youtube channel below by pressing the “read more” button  

Our office is currently closed due to Covid-19.  Our staff are working from home.  We are not currently running any face to face classes, workshops, events or meetings but we are working on delivering these digitally over the next few weeks. If you need to contact us please email admin@lairglearningcentre.org.uk.  Thank you for your patience […]

According one of her students our business mentor, Anna Renouf, made a dry subject interesting, which is good to hear! Anna has been running workshops since November 2018, helping people in our community (and beyond) in all aspects of business development, from the basics of starting up a business, writing a business plan, developing marketing strategies to using social media.

Schools out, but not for us.

Highland children finished their term on July 4th and headed off for six weeks of summer fun! Meanwhile in The School House the team are beavering away at the August –  Winter 2019 prospectus, planning autumnal and Christmas classes. 

What an inspiration! On Friday the team headed to Cantraybridge, near Inverness, to meet the successful team behind this specialist further education college for young adults with additional support needs. They offer both day student places as well as residential accommodation and provide a variety of courses and learning experiences across our rural campus.

There’s nothing more disheartening than seeing herbs in plastic wrapping on supermarket shelves when you can grow your own at home, and pick them when you need them.  No plastic, no food miles and fresh as a … chive.

Some great work done at our bird table/bird feeders class yesterday.