The WEA's work in the Yorkshire & Humber Region is based on a partnership between:

learners
voluntary members and workers
potential learners and their communities
partner organisations, including funders
tutors
other paid, professional staff

Volunteers work hard to organise WEA Branches running part-time courses and educational activities across the region. Each branch is different. We have some large city branches, including those in Sheffield, Leeds and York, who offer lots of courses and some small, rural branches that offer one or two courses per term. All are important to their local communities.

More than 30,000 learners enrol on WEA courses across the region every year through our branches and through other courses and activities organised by staff who work closely with partner organisations and local communities.

As well as running 'traditional adult education' courses, we have a strong emphasis on community development through education.

We have a long history of working with people so that they can learn in ways that benefit their families and communities as well as themselves. We also work with trade unions and employers to develop and deliver courses in workplaces, including settings as varied as schools, factories and farms.

Working at local levels within the Yorkshire & Humber Region

Working closely with partners, supporters and funding organisations, we have staff and volunteers working in all of the following areas:

Humberside
      East Riding
      Hull
      North Lincolnshire
      North East Lincolnshire
North Yorkshire
      Harrogate & Craven
      Richmondshire & Hambleton
      Scarborough & Ryedale
      York & Selby
South Yorkshire
      Barnsley
      Doncaster
      Rotherham
      Sheffield
West Yorkshire
      Bradford
      Calderdale & Kirklees
      Leeds
      Wakefield

Details for key staff contacts in each area can be found by following the links in the Regional Map section of this website.

Funding

Our main funding comes from the Learning & Skills Council, and we are grateful for funding from a range of sources. In recent years we have received financial support from sources including:

Academy for Community Learning
Arts Council
Big Lottery
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
European Regional Development Fund
Learning & Skill Council (London East)
Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities Fund
NIACE (National Institute of Adult & Continuing Education)
Objective 1
Single Regeneration Budget
UK Online
West Yorkshire Grants
William Alderson Memorial Trust

We have also received generous support from local authorities across the Region and 'funding in kind' from partner organisations.