Workers’ Educational Association

Yorkshire & Humber Region • National adult education charity • Funded by SFA, Local Authorities, funding bodies, donations • Voluntary membership organisation•Social purpose education

WEA work in Y&H region in partnership • Local community centres eg Ravensthorpe, Crosland Moor, Hill House

• Schools eg Cawley Lane, Birkby Infants, Reinwood, Crow Lane, Fixby J&I

•Children’s Centres eg Batley East and Central, Rawthorpe, Dewsbury Moor, Chickenley & Earlsheaton, Savile Town

• Workplace providers and Trade unions • Museums and Libraries

Priorities

• Below level 2 qualifications• Disadvantaged post code areas• In receipt of means tested benefits• Mental health/ disability issues• BME communities• Progress to lit/ num/ accreditation• Building profile of social purpose education• Developing volunteers and learning champions

WEA deliver a wide variety of adult education engagement courses in Y&H region, usually short and unaccredited:

• Family learning e.g., Practical Parent Helpers, Crafts for

Families, Helping in Schools NCFE L2• Arts & crafts e.g. Mehndi, sewing, banner making• Health & wellbeing e.g. Aromatherapy, Personal Well Being,

Reflexology

Skills for Life in WEAOffer free courses to eligible learners:• Literacy• Numeracy• ESOL All accredited:• Entry 1 to 3 City & Guilds• Level 1 & 2 OCRCourse length usually 20 – 40 hours

per term

Skills for Life in WEACourses currently offered in Kirklees at:Staincliffe Children’s Centre, Batley:

LiteracyBatley Children’s Centre: Literacy &

NumeracyRavensthorpe Community Centre,

Dewsbury: Literacy & NumeracySupport to Recovery, Dewsbury: Literacy Crosland Moor Community Centre, Hudd:

LiteracyBirkby Infants, Hudd: Numeracy

Skills for Life in WEA

ESOL courses currently offered in Kirklees at:• Hillhouse Community Resource Centre, Birkby• Reinwood Infants, Huddersfield• Cawley Lane Junior School, Heckmondwike• Taleem Centre, Dewsbury• Crossland Moor Children’s Centre (January)• Soothilll Coomunity Centre (November)• Batley Central Children’s Centre (November)

‘ACTION for ESOL’ PROTESTParkinson Lane School, Halifax

They say cut back, we say

FIGHT BACK!!!

What Learners DidOrganised a protest against the ESOLFunding Cuts:

• Learnt about the issues• Wrote to their MP• Organised a Protest

Benefits for Learners• ‘real life’ opportunity to practise English• chance for collaborative group learning• autonomy• independence• CONFIDENCE• knowledge that they can make a difference

(Government U-turn)

‘ACTION for ESOL’ PROTESTParkinson Lane School, Halifax

They say cut back, we say

FIGHT BACK!!!

Contacts

• Dory Glynn Organiser (Skills for Life) & South Kirklees T: 01422 884 018 M: 07966 254 324 E: dglynn@wea.org.uk

• Rose Farrar Organiser (Family Learning) & North Kirklees M: 07880 565 459 E: rfarrar@wea.org.uk