Projects

As holders of a number of quality assurance standards the WEA in the North East is well placed to tender for and manage work funded by such major external funding organisations such as the European Social Fund (ESF), the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and The Big Lottery Fund. Our experience in working with disadvantaged learners is well documented and, with our professional team of project workers, we are able to successfully apply for and deliver innovative and exciting projects at regional, sub regional and local level.

Our most recent projects include:

Working Together Tyne & Wear for the VCS, funded by ESF and the LSC as lead contractor delivering capacity building skills so VCS organisations to seek funding for and delivery of training programmes.

Developing Education Progression: funded by ESF and the LSC to work with hard to reach beneficiaries and work with them to progress to a full level 2 qualification across Tyne & Wear

1:1 – Skills for Life contracts funded by ESF and the LSC to deliver Skills for Life tuition across South Tyneside. We have also received a further grant to deliver 1:1 Skills for Life at local level in Sunderland.

Learn to Engage – funded by ESF and the LSC

BIG – a grant from The Big Lottery to work with mental health VCS organisations to build capacity to deliver innovative training programmes for service users and carers.

For further information about our project work please contact the Regional Projects Manager, Yvonne Ritchie, on 0191 212 6100 or e-mail yritchie@wea.org.uk

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