WEA Vision

Our 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.

WEA 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.

WEA Aims

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

• Influencing and campaigning on behalf of adult learners

• 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

WEA 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

WEA's Commitment to Equality and Diversity and Inclusive Learning

The WEA has for over 100 years worked to redress inequality and challenge discrimination on the grounds of social class, race, disability, gender, age, faith/religious belief, and sexual orientation.

Through the WEA’s Single Equality Scheme (SES) we are making a renewed commitment to ensuring equality of opportunity and positive promotion of equality and diversity through our educational provision, our employment practices and in the democracy and governance of the Association.

More information on WEA's commitment to Equality and Diversity