• Adult Courses
• Counselling And Mentoring
• Educational Opportunities For Adults

Business Profile

The Workers' Educational Association (WEA) is the largest voluntary sector provider of adult education courses in the UK. Founded in 1903 to support the educational needs of working men and women, today's WEA now runs over 10,000 courses each year.

About Us

The WEA North West Region provides stimulating and diverse learning opportunities for adults targeted at some of the most deprived communities in the UK. Our courses dramatically improve confidence as we re-introduce people to study and move people towards active engagement with their own needs and those of their community. We encourage an active response, promoting change at a personal and community level through challenging tuition using democratic adult-centred learning methods.• Skills for life, including literacy, numeracy and English for speakers of other languages
• Helping in schools - helping to prepare and train class room assistants.
• Community interpreting - to help informal interpreters in the community develop their skills and underpinning knowledge
• Counselling and mentoring.
• Courses for Trade Union members based around their trade union activist role or around their progression needs
• Courses providing an introduction to teaching adults.