For over 100 years we have worked to redress inequality and challenge discrimination on the grounds of social class, race, disability, gender, age, faith/religious belief, and sexual orientation.
Through our Single Equality Scheme we are making a renewed commitment to ensuring equality of opportunity and positive promotion of equality and diversity through our educational provision, our employment practices and in the democracy and governance of the WEA.
The Single Equality Scheme is the WEA document we use to describe the areas in which we think we do well and also where we need to make improvements.
A longer version is available on request as well as our action plan. Our action plan shows how we are trying to improve our practice at all levels of the WEA; nationally, regionally, locally. We will measure its impact and seek feedback on our activities and consult with our students, volunteers, staff, members and partners on how we are doing.
The trustees and senior managers of the WEA are committed to ensuring that equality and diversity are embedded in everything we do through a WEA Equality and Diversity Scrutiny Panel. This panel is attended by trustees and senior managers. The job of the panel is to champion and review our practice against the actions we have set out in the Single Equality Scheme.
Practically, a WEA Equality and Diversity Forum takes forward the work outlined in our plan. The Forum is chaired by the WEA’s Deputy President and is made up of operational managers and practitioners from across the Association.
Click here to see the report on the WEA's equality and diversity outcomes from 2009 to 2011.
You can also download the WEA Equality Strategy and Action Plan for 2011 - 2012.