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The three year national WEA project called Learning for Community Involvement (LfCI) came to a close in April 2012. The LfCI project which was funded by the Department for Communities and Local Government started in April 2009. The project was set up to increase awareness of opportunities for social and public participation, and build the confidence and skills for active citizenship.

Key achievements

The Voice Newspaper and the Birmingham Mail both recently reported on a CRBH Health and Well-being course in Kings Heath Birmingham as helping to improve the mental and spiritual wellbeing of the older African Caribbean learners.

As part of the Bishop of Birmingham’s new Social Inclusion Process for the city, BBC Midlands Today visited Amina Women’s Group (AWG) in Saltley on 12th of March. AWG is one of the many community partners the WEA works collaboratively with to deliver adult education programmes. The feature looked at how community organisations were contributing to changing the quality of life of some of our most disadvantaged communities.

The work of WEA learners from Telford has been celebreted through an online gallery which produces a fortnightly edition of learners' creative art work on the regional website. Hundreds of visitors are viewing the online gallery every month according to the website analytics, and this has given learners a sense of personal accomplishment and pride in their learning and achievements.