Monday & Tuesday evenings you can practice at Ballymena tech - They have mig, tig and even gas if you want to try it. You’ll use more than the course fee in argon if you make the make the most of it.
I would volunteer Newtownards. Unfortunately. My covid paranoid sister has a no visitor's ban out at the farm. We have (I have) had SERIOUS words about this. She even turned electric off at one point (I own a diesel genny) I am OK visitors not. Families. Not allowed to kill them apparently.