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It may be cold outside, but our workshop is giving a warm welcome thanks to a colourful new makeover! Our glass doors have been beautifully designed and painted by tutor Sophia, we can’t wait for you to see them in person!

Read our wonderful tutor Jen’s annual update and find out what she’s been up to at The Little Learning Company this year! "This year I travelled far and wide for The Little Learning Company, running heritage workshops across multiple venues in Denbighshire and Wrexham County. Highlights included running twenty-two sessions of Canal Boat Art at HMP Berwyn, with the prisoners creating some fantastic art which was exhibited at The Little Learning Company’s workshop at Eagles Mea

Huge congratulations to our Essential Teaching Assistant learners who have just completed their six-week course at Heritage Works! You’ve all put in an incredible amount of hard work, and we’re so proud of your achievements. We’re also thrilled to share that Hannah received a Teaching Assistant job offer during the course, congratulations!

We have been so impressed by the skills on display at last week’s wood craft and whittling sessions with our tutor, David! Everyone made such brilliant pieces, take a look at some of the fantastic results below!

We have just wrapped up our Introduction to Blacksmithing workshops, and what brilliant sessions they have been! Learners were able to explore traditional blacksmithing techniques and create some truly impressive forged pieces. If you joined us for a session, we’d love to hear what you made!

A lovely testimonial from one of our partner schools, St. Mary’s in Overton! We’re so proud to support their learners, and even prouder to see the positive impact our sessions are having. "Over the past few years, St Mary’s Primary School has had the absolute pleasure of working with The Little Learning Company, and we cannot speak highly enough of the incredible impact they have had on our whole school community. Parents, pupils, and even grandparents have benefitted from a

There is a small group of professional Llangollen women who meet weekly in each other's homes. They wanted time to craft together as relaxation. All the women hold responsible jobs, are very aware of the area's environmental challenges, are interested in supporting local industry (in this instance local hill farmers) and are keen to help promote the use of locally produced fleece. They show a keen interest in the properties of wool as a freely available, sustainable, natural

A big thanks to Hwb Pentredwr for hosting us for a festive morning of wreath-making! Everyone created beautiful, unique wreaths using foraged greenery from their gardens and plenty of creativity. Thank you to all who came along and helped make it such a warm, joyful event. Your wreaths are going to look fantastic on your doors!

Wednesdays at the Denbigh Workshop have officially wrapped up, and what a run it’s been. Over the months, this group has built an impressive range of projects... cabinets, stools, guitar stands, and countless beautifully turned pieces on the lathe. The level of skill, creativity, and teamwork has been brilliant to see.

Thank you to Denise, one of our learners for such a lovely Google review! If you would like to share a comment with us, head to our Google Review page: Wrexham: https://g.page/r/CbuCUdRu8O3HEAE/review Denbighshire: https://g.page/r/Cd2HBokykhKhEAE/review

Earlier this year, one of our learners, Nicola, joined our Canal Boat Art course and she’s already put her new skills to amazing use, creating two stunning slate finials for either end of her home! Have you used any of the heritage skills from our courses in your own projects? We’d love to see what you’ve made!

We love seeing the results from our Introduction to Blacksmithing course at Brymbo Enterprise Centre !

The amazing Grow Course participants have smashed it! Over their time on Grow, they’ve completed training in 7 different areas (and earned certificates to prove it ), while building the skills, confidence, and experience to power their employment journey.

If you are a young person worried about school or your next steps in life, please send us a message and we can provide you with free support. Parents, if you think your son or daughter would benefit from some one to one time with a professional, please get in touch. Please note: you must have a Wrexham postcode to be eligible for this fully funded offer.

Thank you to one of our Wrexham learners for such a lovely review! We can’t wait to welcome more learners to our Introduction to Blacksmithing sessions in the coming weeks!

What a fantastic seven weeks! Our learners have designed, carved and finished their very own traditional love spoons, keeping this beautiful heritage craft alive. Throughout the course, they learned about the history and meanings of traditional design features and how to safely use the tools to create their own spoon to take home. Huge congratulations to all who took part, we were blown away by the quality of work achieved! Stay tuned for future wood working courses!

Lovely to visit Ysgol y Grango this morning to see our partners Rhys and Chris delivering the 3rd week of their ‘Scrumbled’ project to pupils in Year 9 & 10. The project aims to build confidence, resilience and wellbeing through rugby

The Little Learning Company has two fantastic workshop venues to welcome our learners! Denbigh’s Traditional Skills Workshop and Wrexham’s Heritage Works in Eagles Meadow. Today, we’re shining a spotlight on the Traditional Skills Workshop, a fully equipped space ideal for woodworking courses as well as a wide range of heritage skills, from weaving and whittling to clay crafts and block printing. View our Denbighshire courses here: www.thelittlelearningcompany.co.uk/denbighsh

We loved welcoming pupils from Ysgol y Grango and Ysgol Rhiwabon (Ruabon school) to Brymbo Enterprise Centre this week for a Heritage Taster Day! Pupils took part in Macrame, Ceramics and Blacksmithing! We were really impressed with the enthusiasm shown by all pupils and we are looking forward to welcoming Darland, Ysgol Bryn Alyn and The Maelor School, Penley next week!

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