WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION 

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Workers' Educational Association
£63,165	04/05/2023	Routes of Social Change
Greater London Authority - The WEA
£108,000	29/06/2022	The community outreach programme aims to engage and reach diverse communities across London to raise awareness about the Mayor’s skills offer, and to provide referral routes for Londoners to access ....more The community outreach programme aims to engage and reach diverse communities across London to raise awareness about the Mayor’s skills offer, and to provide referral routes for Londoners to access the range of learning opportunities available. It is being delivered in partnership with the WEA. Grant award amount does not include administrative or evaluation costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - WEA Reach Out Project
£150,000	17/03/2022 24	The group will continue their ‘Reach Out’ programme in Aberdeen for a further two-years. Reach out deliver activities for vulnerable and socially isolated people living in Aberdeen. Activities ....more The group will continue their ‘Reach Out’ programme in Aberdeen for a further two-years. Reach out deliver activities for vulnerable and socially isolated people living in Aberdeen. Activities will vary but will focus on the outdoors and environmental activities. At least 180 people will engage with the service over two years.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Workers' Educational Association Yorkshire and Humber Region
£97,500	24/06/2021	Women on the Land: The Land Girls and LumberJills in South Yorkshire
Sport England - Families get active
£375,077	06/11/2018 35	Funding under Sport England's Families Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Families get active. This project lists its main activity as Multi-Skill Coaching
National Lottery Community Fund - Men's Health Lounge
£9,928	13/09/2018 12	The group will deliver a men's health project which will be led by a group of men to develop skills and confidence and provide coping strategies. The project aims to provide a supported environment ....more The group will deliver a men's health project which will be led by a group of men to develop skills and confidence and provide coping strategies. The project aims to provide a supported environment with activities to increase life skills and health and wellbeing.
Sport England - Tackling Inactivity in Adults
£74,807	20/08/2018 23	Funding under Sport England's Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage funding programme for a Revenue project titled Tackling Inactivity in Adults. This project lists its main activity as ....more Funding under Sport England's Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage funding programme for a Revenue project titled Tackling Inactivity in Adults. This project lists its main activity as Exercise & Fitness
Comic Relief - Active voices
£76,750	24/01/2018 24	The project will support older people so that they are better equipped to identify and address local issues and engage in the development of strategies, services and facilities for older people. In ....more The project will support older people so that they are better equipped to identify and address local issues and engage in the development of strategies, services and facilities for older people. In Newcastle, North Tyneside, Durham and Sunderland older people will be engaged in community conversations, training and information sessions. They will then be supported to address issues that matter to them. The grant will pay for staff, venue hire and activities. Older people will be involved in new activities and gain an enhanced sense of purpose, whilst the wider community will benefit from the actions and changes the older people deliver.
National Lottery Community Fund - Lancs/3/4 - ReachIT
£1,199,938	05/06/2017 36	The project aims to increase digital inclusion by providing targeted, personalised digital skills training and volunteering to unemployed or economically inactive residents of Lancashire.
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - Workers' Educational Association
£35,640	01/05/2017	The project is an integrated programme aimed at tackling the two main barriers to accessing pre-retirement support for people living in the Scottish Highlands:geography and employer engagement.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Newcastle Elders, WEA and University project to train community advocates
£3,545	19/04/2017	Newcastle Elders, WEA and University project to train community advocates
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Workers' Educational Association Yorkshire and Humber Region
£98,400	12/04/2017	The Story of Painted Fabrics
National Lottery Community Fund - Cum/2/2 - Working Well in Carlisle & Eden Project
£366,644	03/02/2017 23	This project will support 258 people who face multiple barriers and have complex needs, helping them to move closer to a learning or work destination or successfully into work.
National Lottery Community Fund - TVB/1/1 - Building Family Bridges
£568,712	09/11/2016 36	This project will target families with complex needs living in Berkshire and aims to address the multiple barriers preventing them from entering and sustaining employment with Key Worker support and ....more This project will target families with complex needs living in Berkshire and aims to address the multiple barriers preventing them from entering and sustaining employment with Key Worker support and personalised action plans.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Workers Education Association (North East)
£70,500	27/10/2016	Educational campaigning within the WEA and affiliated organisations in the North East 1918 - 1928
National Lottery Community Fund - Lancs/3/4 ReachIT
£50,000	22/09/2016 12	This grant will be used to develop plans for a project that will improve the digital skills of people across the Lancashire area. The project will recruit 300 Digital Champions and 450 Digital ....more This grant will be used to develop plans for a project that will improve the digital skills of people across the Lancashire area. The project will recruit 300 Digital Champions and 450 Digital Buddies from local communities and community organisations. These volunteers will be tasked with engaging, persuading and supporting participants into locally delivered ICT and support. The development grant will fund business development, partnership activity and specialist advice.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Workers' Educational Association
£96,300	25/07/2016	Bringing to life the meaning of conscientious objection across Scotland
National Lottery Community Fund - TVB/1/1 - Building Family Bridges
£49,700	26/04/2016 12	The funding will be used to develop a project supporting people and families in disadvantaged communities to overcome personal barriers and improve their long-term job prospects. The grant will fund ....more The funding will be used to develop a project supporting people and families in disadvantaged communities to overcome personal barriers and improve their long-term job prospects. The grant will fund bid development, partner costs, meetings, user panel consultation, research consultation and analysis, partnership development activities, consultancy advice and communications work.
National Lottery Community Fund - Cum/2/2 - The Working Well Partnership - Carlisle & Eden
£50,000	26/04/2016 12	This grant will be used to develop plans for a project that will support those furthest from the labour market in isolated and rural locations. Participants will include people with disabilities or ....more This grant will be used to develop plans for a project that will support those furthest from the labour market in isolated and rural locations. Participants will include people with disabilities or experiencing mental health or physical health conditions, those unemployed for over three years, lone parents, carers, older people and ex-offenders. The development funding will be used for staff costs, research, partnership development activities and technical advice.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Workers' Educational Association (WEA)
£10,000	03/03/2016	Cinema to Synagogue
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Hear Our Voice
£10,800	31/03/2015 8	To document and amplify the voices of Zambrano carers, who are parents who are the primary carers of British citizen children, but who undocumented migrants themselves
Oxford City Council - Grant to WEA - Oxford Community Branch
£4,939	12/02/2015	Funding was awarded to run a community arts project in Blackbird Leys and Littlemore.
National Lottery Community Fund - ASPIRE
£117,431	26/01/2015 36	Not Available
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Workers Education Association (North East)
£60,300	24/11/2014	The WEA in WW1 in the North East
National Lottery Community Fund - New Links
£116,419	11/09/2014 36	Not Available
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Workers' Educational Association (WEA)
£75,700	06/11/2013	The heritage of learning: the Workers' Educational Association story in the South West
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Workers' Educational Association (Highland)
£94,500	28/10/2013	Breaking the Mould: Celebrating 100 years of women's history and experiences in Scotland
National Lottery Community Fund - WEA Greening Wingrove Project
£978,147	16/08/2012 60	This project will use funding to support the people of Wingrove, Newcastle upon Tyne, to live in a sustainable way that meets the social, environmental and economic needs of the community now without ....more This project will use funding to support the people of Wingrove, Newcastle upon Tyne, to live in a sustainable way that meets the social, environmental and economic needs of the community now without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Tandrusti
£174,470	13/06/2012 73	This is a development and expansion of an existing project delivered by the Workers' Educational Association in the borough of Dudley. The overall aim of the project is to improve the health and ....more This is a development and expansion of an existing project delivered by the Workers' Educational Association in the borough of Dudley. The overall aim of the project is to improve the health and wellbeing of disadvantaged adults living in deprived communities, through the delivery of educational and physical activity programmes.
National Lottery Community Fund - Workers' Educational Association
£10,000	23/02/2012 12	This is one of 30 communities across England receiving development funding through the Communities Living Sustainably programme to help jump start detailed planning for more sustainable living. They ....more This is one of 30 communities across England receiving development funding through the Communities Living Sustainably programme to help jump start detailed planning for more sustainable living. They will work in partnership with local people, councils, schools, businesses, and voluntary groups to draw up detailed plans for how their community can become greener. In summer 2012 ten of the communities will receive up to £1 million to deliver their ideas and help share the learning with other communities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Health Education in Stoke-on-Trent (CHEST).
£488,080	12/10/2011 72	This project will continue and develop work to improve the health and well-being of adults in Stoke through educational programmes. It will improve health and fitness levels through a range of ....more This project will continue and develop work to improve the health and well-being of adults in Stoke through educational programmes. It will improve health and fitness levels through a range of physical activity programmes, healthy eating and healthy lifestyle courses. Health-related basic literacy and numeracy programmes will be delivered to help people understand their own health problems and concerns. Training and support will be provided around the use of the internet and social networking.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Learning for Healthy Living (Birmingham)
£299,452	10/02/2010 48	The project will develop sustainable community based health education programmes and activities to promote the benefits of physical activity and therefore improve the health of disadvantaged adults ....more The project will develop sustainable community based health education programmes and activities to promote the benefits of physical activity and therefore improve the health of disadvantaged adults in inner city Birmingham._x000B_

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Trustees (15)

Legal constitution

• Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/01/2006, number: 1112775
• Registered at Companies House on 05/04/1993, number: 02806910

Gift Aid

• Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

• Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Filing Record

Main office

WEA CORPORATE SERVICES
4 LUKE STREET
LONDON
EC2A 4XW

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION IS TO PROMOTE ADULT AND GENERAL EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY REGIONALLY, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY BASED ON DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES IN ITS ORGANISATION AND PRACTICE, THROUGH THE PARTICIPATION OF ITS VOLUNTARY MEMBERS.3.1 STIMULATING AND RESPONDING TO THE DEMAND FOR LIBERAL EDUCATION, THROUGH THE DIRECT PROVISION OF COURSES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES;3.2 RELIEVING POVERTY AND PROVIDING FOR THE NEEDS OF WORKING CLASS PEOPLE AND OF THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY OR EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED AND IN PARTICULAR ( BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TEACHING SKILLS FOR EMPLOYMENT, VOLUNTARY WORK AND SOCIAL INCLUSION ( DEFINED AS PROMOTING EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, MULTI-CULTURAL AWARENESS, HUMAN RIGHTS AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS, PARTICIPATION IN CIVIL SOCIETY INCLUDING VOLUNTEERING, SELF-DEVELOPMENT AMONG THE DISADVANTAGED, LITERACY, NUMERACY AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS FOR THE UNEMPLOYED AND THOSE AT RISK OF UNEMPLOYMENT, ALL TOWARDS SUPPORTING THE DISADVANTAGED OF ALL AGES AND ENABLING IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR EDUCATION STANDARDS, LEVELS OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT AND GENERAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING);3.3 PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES FOR APPROPRIATE ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED WITH COLLECTIVE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE WORKPLACE;3.4 GENERALLY FURTHERING THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION TO THE END THAT ALL PEOPLE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD MAY HAVE FULL ACCESS TO THE EDUCATION NEEDED FOR THEIR COMPLETE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;3.5 PROMOTING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES WITH SIMILAR PURPOSES AND THE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF RESOURCES FOR SUCH PURPOSES, IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING AND DISSEMINATING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND MODELS OF ACTIVITY, PROJECTS OR GOOD PRACTICE DEVELOPED OR CARRIED OUT BY THE ASSOCIATION NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY IN ANY APPROPRIATE FORM OR FORMAT, AND BY THE DELIVERY OF SUPPORT SERVICES GENERALLY TO SUCH CHARITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.