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Workers Educational Association

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  1. WEA offers a wide range of courses and activities for adults across the Kirklees communities. These may include:

    • English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses and City & Guilds Qualifications from Entry 1 to Level 2
    • Community Interpreters, CERTA Level 1 & 2
    • Helping in Schools – Support Work in Schools CACHE Award Level 2
    • Helping with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Primary School Certa Level 2
    • Practical Parent Helpers – Introduction to volunteering in a school
    • Skills for Volunteers
    • Arts and crafts for families
    • Dressmaking
    • Exploring local heritage and history
    • Health and wellbeing
    • Confidence building
    • Healthy cooking on a budget
    • Everyday digital skills for life and work

    WEA offers supported or possible free courses to people on low incomes.

    Please see our website for more details.

Contacts

WEA Course Enquiries and Enrolment
0300 303 3464

Organisation last updated

  1. 05 September 2023

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History

  1. The WEA, formed in 1903, is the largest voluntary sector provider of adult education in the UK. We are committed to offering educational opportunities to adults from all backgrounds and particularly those who missed out on education first time round. The WEA creates and delivers courses to meet local need, working in partnership local schools, community groups and other organisations.

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