This is a Beginners level 3-day course for families to improve the quality of your Smartphone photography and encourage children to explore and have a go. Take a snapshot, tell a story and make memories together that will last a lifetime. No previous experience is necessary, just a passion and desire to create better pictures! You will learn how to see like a photographer, how to tell stories with your camera and using your camera to edit and produce a final piece of work. You will need top bring your own smartphone with you!
Tickets are for adults and they can bring along up to two children each.
This course runs for 3 days:
Group 1
17 Aug 10:30 – 12:30
18 Aug 10:30 – 12:30
19 Aug 10:30 – 12:30
Group 2
17 Aug 14:00 – 16:00
18 Aug 14:00 – 16:00
19 Aug 14:00 – 16:00
This course can be fully funded (FREE) for people aged 19 or over if:
They will be living in Somerset (not including Bath & North-East Somerset/North Somerset) as their main home on the first day of the course (not just visiting)
AND one of the following applies:
- Have an annual income of less than £25,750
- Are unemployed and in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance, OR Employment Support Allowance, OR Universal Credit/other state benefit as follows – less than £952 a month as sole claimant or £1534 a month as joint claim with partner
- Are a carer
- Are a care leaver
- Have a learning difficulty and or disability
- Mental health service user or have mild to moderate mental health problems
- Part of the Supported Families programme
- Homeless, in sheltered living, or in danger of becoming homeless
- Refugee status
- Asylum Seeker in receipt of the equivalent of an income-based state benefit
- The unwaged dependent of an Asylum Seeker
- Released on temporary licence, studying outside a prison environment, and not funded by the Ministry of Justice
- Yet to achieve first full Level 2 qualification
- Yet to achieve a Level 2 in English and/or maths and/or IT
- Economically Inactive as unable to claim income related state benefits
Proof of residency and income will be required.
If you do not meet the criteria for a funded free place you can still purchase a place on the course for £48. This is payable to SS&L when you complete your enrolment form, you can pay over the phone by using the SS&L customer service line 0330 332 79, or pay online if enrolling online through the SS&L system. Tutors can’t take any payment on the day nor can Taunton Brewhouse.
By purchasing a ticket by telephone, online, over the counter, or via a third-party agency, you are agreeing to Taunton Brewhouse’s conditions of sale.
Waiting List & Re-Selling Tickets
While we have a no refund and no exchange policy, the Box Office facilitates a Waiting List for events which are sold out, and a potential Re-Sale list of tickets that customers can no longer use. If an event is listed as sold out, please phone the Box Office to add your name and phone number to the Waiting List.
If you can no longer use your ticket(s), please phone the Box Office to discuss. We may be able to sell them to another customer if the event is sold out. These tickets will not be for purchase online, but will be offered to customers already on the Waiting List or who enquire after the show has sold out.
If some or all of your tickets are re-sold, they will be refunded to you minus the non-refundable £3 commission on each ticket.
We do not guarantee any sales via this process, and we will only attempt to re-sell tickets when all other seats have been sold and the event is listed as sold out.
Essential Companions
For patrons who require an Essential Companion to access our venue, we offer one complimentary ticket per patron with access needs. This is available when booking in person, on the telephone, or online. Before you book for the first time, please give the Box Office a call or email us to register for this.
Essential Companion tickets are intended for customers requiring additional support. This must be due to disability-related needs, significant and in excess of what could be reasonably expected of family or friends already accompanying you. Please note: Essential Companions must be able to provide adequate assistance in the event of an emergency or evacuation.
Babies-on-Lap & Under 16s
You are welcome to bring babies under 24 months free of charge, seated on your lap, one baby per lap. You do not need tickets for babies and you do not need to notify us. Anyone aged 2+ requires their own ticket. Young people under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a responsible person aged 18+.
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