Normally our courses are made up of 10 x 1½ hourly sessions.  We cover a wide range of subjects, with the choices of subject for the year chosen in the Spring from a list provided by the Cambridgeshire Secretary vacant.

For all enquiries please e-mail info@lintonwea.org.uk

Welcome to the WEA Nationally!

We are the Workers’ Educational Association - also known as the WEA - and we're the UK’s largest voluntary-sector provider of adult education.

We were founded in 1903, in order to support the educational needs of working men and women who could not afford to access further or higher education. Today we provide courses for all kinds of adults but we maintain our special mission to provide educational opportunities to adults facing social and economic disadvantage.

We run over 10,000 part-time adult education courses each year. Our 110,000 students reflect all ages and interests, and come to us from all walks of life. We are one of the UK’s biggest charities, and operate at local, regional and national levels through our regional offices and volunteer-led branches. Our courses are created and delivered in response to local need, often in partnership with local community groups and organisations.

In this section you can find out all about the WEA, what we stand for and what we do. You can also read about the type of people who join our courses to become WEA students, and read their comments about adult education and how it has helped them.

If you want to see what courses we are currently running you can visit our online course search. If you have any questions you can contact your local WEA office to find out more.

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The Vision

The National WEA vision is to be the recognised voice of adult learners, and the leading provider of adult and community learning in the UK by any standard.

The Mission

The WEA is a 21st Century, democratic, voluntary adult education movement, committed to widening participation and to enabling people to realise their full potential through learning.

Aims

To involve learners, volunteers, members and other partners in:

• Influencing and campaigning on behalf of adult learners of all age groups
• Removing barriers to learning
• Being responsive in the heart of communities
• Making the most effective use of all our resources
• Promoting learning for life
• Changing and enriching lives through learning – at individual and community levels
• Promoting adult education worldwide

Values

• Creating equality and opportunity, and challenging discrimination
• Believing in people, communities and their potential to change through Education
• Putting the learner at the centre of everything we do
• Challenging and questioning ourselves

The Workers' Educational Association (WEA) is the UK's largest voluntary provider of adult education. Ever since it was founded in 1903, in order to support the educational needs of working men and women, the WEA has maintained its commitment to provide access to education and learning for adults from all backgrounds, and in particular those who have previously missed out on education.