The Reach Out project aimed to support individuals in enhancing their literacy and numeracy skills, alleviating social isolation, improving mental and physical health, developing IT skills, and boosting employability prospects. The project catered to both males and females aged 16 and above.
This was all done through facilitating various classes/courses. The project was student-led/student centred and the courses were facilitated through student input, ideas and help.
Reach Out was a genuinely non-discriminatory project, which valued its learners equally. It worked with particularly marginalised and vulnerable people. It was underpinned by WEA values, reflecting equality, and the fundamental importance of using a genuinely student-centred learning approach as a means to raise confidence levels and increase self-esteem - and ultimately change lives.
The project’s target groups, which included those with long-term substance misuse issues, mental health issues, those going through the criminal justice system, and those with learning difficulties/disabilities, were frequently defined by their ‘issue’ – and offered ‘specialist’ interventions/service provision.
The program was conducted in English, with translations available in Arabic, Pashto, Vietnamese, and Kurdish Sorani.
The Reach Out project finished in 2024 but our Reach Out brochure is still available at the bottom of the page.
