North West Region Learning Circles

The North West Region of the WEA stretches from Cheshire in the South to the Scottish boarders in the North; whilst the Pennines and the West Coast complete the geographical boundaries of the region. The region is incredibly diverse in terms of its geography, population and challenges to the provision of adult education.

We have three colleagues working on delivering the learning revolutionaries project spread throughout the region. Julie Ballantyne and Anne Wilson will be developing learning circles in Cumbria, Sue Cullen is working with family and community centers on Merseyside whilst Phil O’Brien is working in other parts of the region with partners.  Our educational offer includes a significant community programme where we deliver in some form of partnership or other with organisations grounded in many of the local communities across the North West.

Our approach to developing learning circles in the region is to build on the foundations built by these partnerships and add value to the work of our partners by developing the people they engage with presently to build their knowledge and skills to set up and lead learning circles that fit with the context of their community.