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Make Your Own: Festive Wreath

Course Level

Entry Level 3

Full Time or Part Time

Part-Time

Course Ref

BHOL0001 (2026/2027D)

Start Date

07/12/2026

End Date

07/12/2026

Day / Time (if applicable)

Monday - 9:30am till 12pm

Location

Eccleston Library - Carrington Centre, The Green, Eccleston, Chorley, PR7 5TE

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Course Overview Description

Nothing says Christmas like putting a hand-made wreath on your door. With expert tuition from a teacher, you will be creating your own festive wreath using foliage and decoration and specialist tools. Participants must bring their own foliage for the session to use and to share.

Participants can also bring any decoration they would like to incorporate into their wreath as well as their own secateurs or gloves if possible. LAL will provide the tools, wreath base, some foliage and basic decoration.

What Will I Learn

This short course will give you the opportunity to learn skills and techniques to make your front door a festive entrance. We encourage people to also personalise their wreaths to their own tastes…You’ll be the envy of all your neighbours!

By the end of the course you will be able to:
· Identify seasonal greenery and foliage that can be used to create a wreath
· Plan and prepare materials forth creation of your wreath as instructed and guided by the teacher.
· Create a Christmas Wreath from scratch following instructions
· Evaluate your completed wreath

This course contains one accredited unit from Open Awards: Craft Skills.

This unit is blended into the core content of the course and learners will create evidence for the unit criteria by completing tasks and practical activities as planned by the course teacher.

How Is The Course Delivered

This course is available to attend in a range of community settings.

Learning during the course is blended between practical and theory to enable you to build your knowledge whilst developing your practical skills in the subject.   

Feedback during the session will outline learner progress, highlighting areas of success and development points.   

Completion of learning mat at the start and end of the course will enable learners to review their skills and knowledge against the qualification, highlighting specific areas to focus on or for further develop.   

Entry Requirements

Learners should be able to follow verbal and written instructions in English at Entry Level 3 and above.    

How Learning Assessed

 To consolidate and evidence learning you will participate in/complete:   
• Written work recording evidence against unit criterion
• Reflection on learning and teacher feedback 

Additional Information

For the course to start on time, it’s important to be ready to join your course 5–10 minutes prior to the official start time.

Learners will need:
• A range of greenery/foliage – the teacher will bring some foliage to the session, but please bring your own which you may like to share with other learners
• Decorations for the wreath if you have them – this could be natural decorations, such as pine cones, or artificial decorations
• Secateurs and scissors if you have them
• Gloves if you have them

For all courses, it would be useful to have a pen and paper so you can make notes throughout the course.   

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Fee and Waiver Information

Our courses are funded by the Department for Education (DfE) and the Lancashire Combined County Authority (LCCA).

In some circumstances, this funding allows us to offer courses at a reduced cost to learners who meet certain eligibility criteria. Below are the standard course fees for Lancashire residents and, where applicable, the reduced fees available to eligible learners.

To qualify for reduced fees, you may be required to complete a fee assessment and provide evidence to support your eligibility.

The standard fee for anyone living outside of the LCCA funded area (e.g. if your home address is in the Greater Manchester devolved funded area) is charged at £12.10 per hour, but may be higher for some courses.

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Course Fees (evidence may be required)	Fee
Standard Course Fee	£0.00
I am aged 19-24 (on the 31st August) and have a EHCP	£0.00
I am aged under 19 (on the 31st August)	£0.00
I am currently under formal redundancy consultation	£0.00
I am employed and have earnings of less than £26,800 per year (inc any benefit payments)	£0.00
I am not employed, I am taking this course to help with future employment prospects	£0.00
I am not employed, I am taking this course to support a health condition, disability or caring responsibility	£0.00
I am unemployed and in receipt of Employment Support Allowance	£0.00
I am unemployed and in receipt of Job Seekers Allowance	£0.00
I am unemployed and in receipt of Universal Credit with a take home pay less than £952 (or £1534 for a joint claim) per month	£0.00
I am unemployed, not in receipt of any benefit and am seeking employment in relation to this course that i am enrolling onto.	£0.00

Course Location

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