Come alive and learn something new in 2025!

Setting yourself new goals or challenges in the New Year? 

Why not sign up for one of our community learning courses in 2025 – enrolment opens on 9 January – but be quick, spaces may be limited. 

Courses on offer include Yoga, Meditation, Qiqong & Tai Chi for Beginners, Furniture Restoration & Upholstery, Finding & Identifying Plants in the Spring, and National 4 Numeracy. 

Classes are face-to-face with some included with ActiveLife memberships, special rates for those who meet the concessionary criteria, and the Nat 4 Numeracy class is totally free. 

The Council’s Team Leader Adult Learning & Community Development, Walter Gorman, said: “Research shows that learning new things and meeting new people can be a huge boost for your mental health – that’s something backed up time and again by our student’s comments, and it’s a brilliant way to start the new year in a positive frame of mind.” 

For the full range of activities and details head over to our Community Learning Guide for New Year 2025 at www.orkney.gov.uk/welearn pulled together by the Council’s Community Learning, Development and Employability Service. Hard copies are available from the Council’s Customer Services in Kirkwall and Stromness, as well as in local libraries and leisure facilities.  A large print version is also available on request. 

To enrol on a course online you will need to login or register. If you are using the system for the first time, videos showing how to do each stage of enrolment are on the Council website at www.orkney.gov.uk/welearn 

We advise you to watch the videos first before registering. 

To enrol by phone contact Customer Services at Orkney Islands Council, telephone: 01856 873535. 

To book a class being held at The Learning Link please call 01856 879200 or emailthelearninglinkenquiries@orkney.gov.uk These courses are not available to book through Customer Services or online.