Telford Study Centre
Madeley People's Centre
High Street
Madeley
Telford
TF7 5AU
Tel 01952 583 886
Fax 01952 583 886
Email telfordcentre@wea.org.uk
Shropshire
Submitted by webadmin on Tue, 2006-12-19 12:21.
Shropshire
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Much of the work we do in Shropshire is organised by the team in the Study Centre in Madeley, Telford. The Programme Area Manager, Sheila Brégeon, and the Study Centre Organiser, Sue Blair, work hard to develop a varied range of courses in venues across Telford. If you want to download our brochure for programmes starting from January 2008, please click here . |
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The Study Centre has an IT suite, so is mainly used for computer courses. These have included making Cards and Calendars and Digital Photography alongside general IT courses for beginners and those wanting something a bit more advanced. One of our special and popular programmes is Active Retirement, for which we receive funding from Telford & Wrekin Council. This allows us to offer free courses for those over 50 years of age. Courses have included art, visits to local English Heritage sites, walks focussing on local history and botany and Computers for the Terrified. |
This region is lucky to have a large team of volunteers to help with the delivery of these programmes. They are often WEA students, who have felt the benefits of learning with the WEA and are investing some of their time and effort to help new learners make that same journey. If you want to know more about volunteering for the WEA, you can contact the team in Shropshire by choosing 'Shropshire' on our contact form.
News
The majority of our work is publicly funded, by the Learning & Skills Council. This means that we receive funding to organise learning opportunities that go towards fulfilling the government's adult education priorities. However, we try and offer a programme that is wider and more varied to meet the needs of all the communities we work with. To finance these kinds of programmes, we try and get project funding from the various organisations that allow us to bid for project work. Examples include the Big Lottery Fund and charitable trusts.
One of these bids paid off in Telford, where we were awarded a grant by the Arts Council (West Midlands) to design and deliver a range of multi-media programmes around the theme of Telford's Industrial Heritage. It looks like the local press and even television are interested in documenting this programme, but please keep an eye on this website for regular updates.
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