A message to MPs and parliamentary candidates!
If you would like to join us in campaigning for the value of lifelong learning click here to view our campaign pack, which gives you guidance on how you can get involved.
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 In the run up to the election many of us at the WEA – members, volunteers, students and tutors – will be highlighting to you the importance and value of lifelong learning and adult education. Some of our partner organisations will be doing the same.
We believe that lifelong learning changes and enriches lives for individuals and communities.
It is about more than qualifications and skills. Learning develops self-confidence, health and well-being. It is a powerful aid in rehabilitation for people living at the edges of society and a catalyst in the development of local communities.
Adult education brings about thousands of personal transformations every year and delivers benefits across the agendas of many government departments – affecting health, communities and culture as well as business.
We support the proposals of the recent Learning Through Life report and would like to see our politicians do the same - by recognising the importance of lifelong learning and supporting the report’s proposals to distribute existing resources more equitably across all age groups.
Please come with us on a new learning experience into and beyond the general election. Support the proposals outlined in the report and work with us to build a national lifelong strategy that serves the citizens of the UK as well as its economy.
Download the summary of the report here or email Maria Chica at mchica@wea.org.uk for a hard copy.
You can read the latest news on the Learning Through Life report at the NIACE website:
http://www.niace.org.uk/lifelonglearninginquiry/news.htm
To purchase the full report visit:
http://shop.niace.org.uk/ifll-learningthroughlife.html
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