February 2014 Issue 4 WEA London News

WEA London Region

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February 2014 Issue 4

WEA London News

There’s plenty going
on in London WEA!

You will probably have

heard the outcome of the

December Ofsted

inspection, here’s the link to

the report: http://

www.wea.org.uk/ofsted I’d

encourage you to read it; it’s

very positive, rates us ‘good’

on all counts and there are

some really pleasing

comments about WEA

tutors and volunteers.

London played a big part in

the inspection so credit is

due to many of our tutors,

students and staff. Pictured left to right: Cllr Helal Uddin, Tower Hamlets. Sue Nicholas, WEA

London. Jim Fitzpatrick, MP, Poplar & Limehouse. Nita Karia, WEA London.

We also had a visit from a Joanne Rowlands, Poplar HARCA. Danny Hassell, Labour Party Candidate,

London MP who came, along Tower Hamlets.

with two local councillors, to

look at some of our work in Tower Hamlets. Subsequently he wrote a most complimentary letter to

Ruth Spellman thanking the Organisers and the tutor concerned. The visit was facilitated by one of

our WEA Ambassadors, Paul Simpson, and is part of our efforts to raise our profile in the London

political and policy community.

I’m looking forward to the next meeting of the WEA Branches’ forum CONTENTS

on February 18th where, amongst other things, we’ll be discussing the

2014/15 brochure which we’re hoping to launch during Adult Training Support at MOL 2
3
Learners’ Week, beginning June 14th. The brochure will incorporate 5
the WEA’s new ‘brand guidelines’ that quite a few London staff and Community Outreach 8

volunteers have been involved in selecting. Hopefully this will help us
generate lots of interest in next year’s courses. We are also planning All Our Stories

a celebratory event with London region volunteers and there will be a Safe at work?

report on this at the forum.

Lift Off 10

Pete Caldwell Venue hire 12
WEA Regional Director, London Book Launch event 13

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Training Support for Educational Visits at the Museum of London

Julie Carr, Museum of London introduces ob‐
ject handling to learners. 

Exploring the London’s Burning exhibition.   Learners had an opportunity to handle and 
discuss objects from the museum. 
Nita Karia from WEA London teamed up with Julie Carr 
from the Museum of London to present a training day  Nita Karia (centre) summing up the day 
to a group of parents and school support staff around 
accompanying learners on educational visits to the  Model of Thomas 
Museum of London.  Farriner’s bakery 
  where the Great 
The aim of the day was to introduce parents and school  Fire of 1666  began. 
support staff to the museum and to help them develop  The London’s 
an expressive vocabulary when visiting and talking  Burning exhibition  
about the exhibits in the museum.  © Museum of 
  London 
The session was themed around the Great Fire of 
London and discussion focused on various ways of 
using museum displays to support ESOL learners 
(English for Speakers of Other Languages) and their 
families in understanding London’s history. 
 
Attendees had an opportunity to visit the London’s 
Burning exhibition in the War, Plague & Fire gallery and 
to handle and discuss museum objects from the time of 
the Great Fire. 

‘Everyone really enjoyed the session today. 
The Museum of London is an invaluable 
asset to London and equally important to 
people who want to know more about the 
history of the city where they live.’ 

Nita Karia 

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Community Outreach with an American Flavour

Pictured left to right: Leah Held (Intern), Audrey Stewart (London REM), Benedicke Morley (Regional Organiser & Volunteer
Coordinator), Kayla Laprise (Intern), Anita Bernstein (Golders Green branch volunteer), Eileen Ramberan (Ruislip &
Uxbridge branch volunteer), Viola Brisolin (Tutor Organiser), Ann Hayes, (Community Outreach Coordinator).

During the 2013 Autumn term studying theoretical models, US They researched local
demographics and compiled
the WEA London Region piloted students also experience first-hand detailed databases of local
organizations and community
a successful community community work abroad, in groups. In the second stage
they made contact with these
outreach project thanks to a London’s diverse cultural and social organizations via email or
telephone, and whenever
collaboration with the University landscape. possible they set up meetings
with them to illustrate the
of Connecticut (UConn) in WEA work in the local area
and discuss potential
London and three WEA London The University of collaborations.

branches who agreed to be part Connecticut in London The outcomes of this project
were very positive. Kayla and
of this adventure and provided runs a Global Citizenship Leah and staff from the
their unfailing support: Finchley programme which provides London office attended
and Golders Green, Ruislip & volunteering opportunities meetings with organisations
Uxbridge, and Bexley. Central such as the Uxbridge
community centre, Relate in
to the success of this project for exchange students Ruislip, Advocacy for All in
Bexley, and Community in
was the extraordinary from the Unites States. Barnet. Additional meetings
enthusiasm and hard work of with other organisations are
scheduled for the near future
two remarkable US exchange The WEA hosted Kayla and Leah and several other
students, Kayla Laprise and from September to December 2013. organisations, as a result of
Leah Head, pictured left & centre They worked on a community Kayla and Leah’s first contact,
above. outreach project in collaboration have requested to be kept
informed about the WEA’s
The University of Connecticut in with three WEA branches. The local activities…continued

London runs a Global project, aimed at increasing the

Citizenship programme which WEA branches visibility in the local

provides volunteering areas and at developing links with

opportunities for exchange local organisations and community

students from the Unites States. groups, consisted in two main

Students apply to live and study phases. During the first stage Kayla

in London for a full academic and Leah, who were based in our

term and they commit to London offices, devoted themselves

volunteering for up to two full to desktop research and profiled the

days a week alongside their three London boroughs in which the

studies. This is ‘global participating branches are located.

citizenship’ in practice: whilst

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...continued from page 3 has benefited Ruislip & was that they could work with an
Uxbridge Branch by opening organisation like ours.
Kayla and Leah up communication with other
brought a breath service providers in the area. Eileen Ramberan of Bexley
of fresh air to WEA Meeting Kayla and Leah has branch said: ‘We now have
London Region. been a great pleasure.' several leads to follow up and
Their enthusiasm are hopeful that there will be
was infectious and Anita Bernstein of the Finchley some good outcomes. I would
their fresh thinking and Golders Green branch definitely encourage other
inspirational. pointed out that Kayla and branches to take part in any
Leah future repetition of this project. It
Before their departure in does not involve branch
December, Kayla and Leah ‘worked hard and discovered members in a huge amount of
handed over all the information organisations whose members extra work and could benefit the
gathered in the previous months might be interested in branch greatly which can only
to the branch volunteers and the attending WEA classes’. She win - it certainly will not lose. A
relevant regional staff. In this also highlighted that, as a great advantage is that the
way, the sustainability of this result of their networking, ‘a students are young and
project was guaranteed: the stall for WEA was set up in enthusiastic, fresh to the
contacts they made will be conjunction with a big event at challenge and coming with a
nurtured and developed by local a local Library’. This was a fresh perspective on the task
WEA volunteers and regional baking competition held at the ahead. This must come over
organisers, further steps may be North Finchley Library. Thanks during their conversations with
taken, and the benefits of this to the US volunteers’ first the contacts they make.’
project can be reaped over the contact, the WEA was able not
long term. only to be present at the event, Given the success of this pilot,
but also to judge the we hope to repeat the project
The branches involved were competition and act as a again in the near future. The
pleased with the outcomes. ‘sponsor’ by offering a prize to WEA could host US global
Caroline Field of Uxbridge & the competition winner! volunteers again from
Ruislip branch commented: ‘The September. We encourage the
UConn experiment, ably led by Kayla and Leah brought a London branches who are
Regional Organiser Viola breath of fresh air to the WEA interested in this project to come
Brisolin, has been most London Region. Their forward and have a preliminary
successful. The lively and enthusiasm was infectious and discussion with us.
thorough research conducted by their fresh thinking
the two interns, Kayla and Leah, inspirational. They espoused If you are interested in
the WEA’s values with a
passion and were participating in a similar
extraordinary ambassadors for
our work. From their program or for more information
perspective, it was a very
rewarding experience: they about this project, please
pointed out how important it
contact Viola Brisolin, WEA

London, Tutor Coordinator:

[email protected]

We’re on Facebook!

www.facebook.com/wealondon

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All Our Stories: A collaborative project with St Mungo’s,

London Transport Museum and the WEA

The ‘All Our Stories’ project engaged
people who have experienced
homelessness to visit six London
museums and develop tours of the
London Transport Museum. The
project was run in partnership with
St Mungo’s charity, London
Transport Museum and the WEA.

Through the visits participants were encouraged to be inspired by museums, and perceived
barriers to access were challenged. Drawing on the different strengths of each partner, the
project facilitated skills development and confidence building through training for tour devel-
opment and delivery.

Participants benefited enormously from
the range of museum visits. Many re-
flected that they would not have known
some of the museums existed, or would
not have chosen to visit them, but were
extremely glad that they had. Several
said that their attitudes to museums had
changed, and they were actively visiting
more museums as a result of the pro-
ject.

Attendees who had been on previous
museum projects said that some of-
fered tokenistic outcomes, which they
felt was patronising. In this case they
appreciated the opportunity to work on something which was valued by the museum
and was designed to be part of the public offer.

Delivering a guided tour at the end of the project was a strong motivator for engage-
ment, and many participants clearly put in a great deal of effort both during the sessions
and in their own time.

A video of this project can be viewed in the
News area of the WEA London Region website

www.london.wea.org.uk/news

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West Green Learning Centre Community Open Day: 2013

'It was very encouraging to
see so many people
wanting to learn or improve
a practical skill that is also
a useful life skill.'

Nearly all of the people who attended decided
they would like to enrol on either a knitting or
sewing course in the future.

Judith said 'It was very encouraging to see so
many people wanting to learn or improve a
practical skill that is also a useful life skill.'

Elaine (centre) with open day attendees at the West
Green learning centre

Elaine Taylor and Judith Turnbull from WEA A young visitor tries his hand at knitting at the open day
London spent a busy Saturday morning over
at the West Green Learning Centre Anyone wishing to know more about our
Community Open Day in Haringey. knitting & sewing courses can contact Elaine
Taylor: [email protected] or Judith Turnbull
Over 30 people from the local community
attended our knitting and sewing workshops
which covered topics such as: an introduction
to knitting and how to use an electric sewing
machine.

Attendees were shown how to use the
sewing machines safely and then practiced
on paper. When they perfected straight and
curved lines, they progressed to selecting a
fabric and were shown how to prepare it and
machine stitch a small holdall bag with lace
handles.

There was a wide range of machine sewing
experience exhibited by the participants and
for some it was their very first time. By the
end of the session everyone had created at
least one bag with some able to produce
more.

Those wanting to learn to knit selected their
yarn and, using a pair of knitting needles,
were shown how to cast on, cast off and knit
a variety of different stitches.

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Latest from Twitter

Join the conversation; follow us

@wealondon

Jim Fitzpatrick, Labour MP for Poplar and Limehouse, visited www.twitter.com/wealondon
our Dressmaking & Soft Furnishings class on 24th Jan in
Poplar. Jim was so impressed with Mona Nashed and her
course that he sent this message via Twitter:

The message was ‘Re-Tweeted’ (re-sent) by Tower Hamlets Labour Party and had an instant reach
of over 5,000 people. This
shows the potential that
social media has for reaching
many people within a very
short space of time.

Jim later posted this on his
website:

‘I was delighted to meet Tweet from Jim Fitzpatrick MP showing Mona (right) and her class.
Mona and her sewing class
last Friday on the Lincoln
Estate. The class is
organised by the fantastic
Workers’ Educational
Association and it was really
inspiring to talk with the
students and hear how much
they're learning.

Mona and her students have big plans for the future and I hope this great community project goes
from strength to strength.’

Other Tweets
The recent Ofstead inspection generated quite a bit of buzz on our social media sites, if you
didn’t hear the ‘good’ outcome you can find out more on the WEA website: www.wea.org.uk/
ofstead

Website Statistics www.london.wea.org.uk

Last year the WEA London Region website
appeared in internet search results
2,056,443 times and from that it received
68,635 visits with 43,518 unique visits. A
unique visit in this context means different
persons or computers.

The graph shows a steady increase in
unique visits year-on-year since 2009 and
last year, due to work that we’ve done with
Search Engine Optimisation, the number of
unique visits very nearly doubled over the
previous year.

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Safe at Work?

Following the success of the Book Launch event at WEA London, Dave Putson, former WEA learner,
talks to us about the inspiration behind his recent book ‘Safe at Work?’

My first ever WEA course was the Stage 1 H&S could quite easily have
with Phil Hood this was clear, cogent and precise wandered in and out of all
tuition, inspirational and the beginning for me. sorts of subjects that
always touch on H&S but
Then Stage 2 H&S with Monica and on to Stage 3 are not quite what the
H&S Diploma course, once again with Monica. (I focus should be if you are
thought Phil was excellent and Monica carried that specifically writing H&S
WEA tradition forward with many nuggets of History as a subject.
inspiring comment and observation, truly superb!)
I can't remember who it
Trades Union reps Stages 1 & 2 with Chris Ford. was who suggested that I
(This was deep and yet once again clear, cogent submit it to publishers to see if it was either a
and thorough. It was also Chris's encouragement pamphlet or a book or even remotely suitable for
for me to (successfully it appears) ask Mark publishing at all (possibly my brother). I do recall
Serwotka to do a foreword for the book to offer it that many publishers were keen to publish, if I
a nationally recognised TU person to gain a profile) parted with £x or £xx. I didn't want this to be a
vanity publication so I kept on, driven by a little
The influence for writing the book was from Stage bit of annoyance that some might believe that
3 H&S when Monica through discussions with the H&S was a vanity subject!! Then a friend sent me
group presented a throwaway line of "with all of a gift of a book called "Bad News" which was a
this information we are discussing somebody personal insight into Trades Unionists experience
should write a book about it". I thought it was a of the print dispute of the 1980's. I contacted the
great idea. But I was only planning to write a publisher, Spokesman books, as a general enquiry
pamphlet to assist my H&S committee members of as to whether they would be interested in "My
my branch know some of the beginnings of H&S Tome".
rather than just thinking that it had "appeared" out
of the ether !! From start to finish it has been a pleasure working
with Spokesman books, the publishing arm of the
After completing the Diploma course I started Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation. This in itself is
looking for information on these H&S histories to enough to be proud of having been published by
inspire my H&S reps. I started by drawing up a list such an august organisation! They have been
of appropriate legislation. I kept writing down little nothing but honest and clear with all of their
snippets of stories to remind myself of what and comments and guidance. They have been as good
where this was meant to be going. It was almost and supportive as I have always found the WEA.
as though I had to keep on adding as every time I Indeed my point of contact, Tony Simpson, has
saw or read a story I felt that it was very travelled to London on more than one occasion to
important and couldn't be left out. Before I knew provide support at events linked with the book. He
where I was I had more of a book than a worked with Monica on the book launch. Although
pamphlet. When I went to the excellent London I doubt that anyone could match the sheer hard
Hazards Centre to do a bit of research Margaret work and endeavour of Monica in the promotion of
Sharkey was very supportive and offered a book that event which proved to be a massive success.
(“Hazards At Work : How to Fight Them” : Patrick I was right up until the night completely unsure
Kinnersley) it provided two things, a formal what was really required at a book launch. But I
structure that I could work to by means of a time now have an excellent model to work from were I
line. And secondly the introduction to Ramazzini to have the good fortune to have another book
which gave me my obvious starting point. Before considered. Although the amount of work on the
which I had research starting with some Anglo book launch alone is equivalent to writing one
Saxon legal applications which were vaguely itself! On the night I sold out of the copies I
relevant but not as specific as the old boy brought to the event and took a substantial
Ramazzini himself. Without the Kinnersley book I number of orders!
think the book as an introduction to H&S history

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WEA Student’s Work Strikes a Chord with Composer Son

British composer James Erber

recently contacted WEA London to

let us know that he was planning to

use an artwork created by his mother

for the cover of his latest work ‘The
Traces cycle and other works’.

The artwork, a painting entitled

‘Green Garden’ made by Margaret in

response to a WEA Art History

course in Finchley in 2008, is a

beautifully painted representation of

her own garden in acrylic on board,

measuring 48” x 36”. ‘Green Garden’ Acrylic on

Full details of James’ CD can be Margaret also wrote an essay to ac- board 48" x 36"
viewed online here: http:// company the painting which, if you Margaret Erber 2008
conviviumrecords.co.uk/c/releases/
james-erber-the-traces-cycle-matteo- are viewing this on an internet con-
cesari-flutepiccolo/
nected device, can be viewed by following this link:

http://www.online.wea.org.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=1544

Extracts of James’ work can be heard online at Soundcloud.com at the following location:
https://soundcloud.com/james-erber

WEA Students Exhibit Excellent
Writing at the Museum of London

For the second year running students’ work from
the WEA’s Writing London course at the Museum
of London has been compiled into a booklet and
made available to view online.

The Writing London course under the tutelage of
Elizabeth Sarkany uses collections and special
exhibitions at the museum as sources of inspiration
for creative writing.

The booklet also contains photographs taken at the
museum. The work from Elizabeth’s course can be
viewed at Galleryonline: www.online.wea.org.uk/
galleryonline

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Lift A brilliant collection of work from the creative writing course at Mind in
Off Tower Hamlets and Newham's evening community learning programme

WEA tutor Elizabeth Sarkany

Lift Off is an exciting collection of work from the creative writing course at Mind (the National Associa-
tion for Mental Health) in Tower Hamlets and Newham’s evening community learning programme. The
course is run in partnership between the WEA and Mind and delivered by WEA tutor Eliza-
beth Sarkany.
Here’s the introduction to the work by WEA tutor Elizabeth Sarkany:
The pieces in this booklet speak very clearly for themselves. The writers describe and explore all sorts
of experience in poetry, memoir and fiction. What we find is that writing is a way of making connec-
tions, both between people in a world that can feel very lonely, and also within ourselves. It is also a
way of clearly communicating experience that may have been unvoiced or unheard in the past, or else
dismissed as unimportant or untrue or even ‘deluded’.
We place no restrictions on what we talk and write about. In fact, there’s only one rule when we get to-
gether: that everyone in the room treats everyone else’s writing with absolute respect. We listen very
carefully when a writer is reading his of her own work. We think very carefully about the way that per-
son sees their own story.
I hope this small selection of pieces, chosen by each of the writers themselves, gives some idea of wh-
at we do on a Thursday between 5 and 7.30 and of how very important it is to all of us there.

Lift off can be viewed online at Galleryonline: www.online.wea.org.uk/galleryonline

In partnership with

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WEA London AGM - A good turnout at the AGM in November with
50 people in attendance

The elections in accordance with the existing Statement of Representation
(SoR) were as follows:

Chair: David Lanch was elected unopposed.

Vice-Chairs:
Eileen Ramberan was re-elected unopposed
(Volunteers & Training)
Caryle Webb-Ingall was re-elected unopposed
(Education)

Treasurer: Alistair Milliken was elected unopposed.

Branch representatives on Regional Committee

Christine Pountney (Ilford) was re-elected Martin Sundram is presented with a bouquet by
Moira Eagle (Mill Hill & Edgware) was re-elected Audrey Stewart as he steps down as Chair.

Dennis Rose (Pinner and Hatch End) was re-elected

Christopher Kershaw (Harrow, Stanmore & Kenton) was re-elected

Margaret Clarke (Barnets) was re-elected

A further nomination was received at the meeting for Carol Veitch (Richmond) and she was duly
elected.

As only six branch representatives are currently elected from a maximum of ten. It was agreed that the
Regional Committee could co-opt members throughout the year and anyone interested should contact
the Chair.

Non Branch representatives on Regional Committee:
David Freeman was re-elected
Theophilus Toweh was re-elected
Martin Sundram was elected

Staff and Tutor Reps on Regional Committee

The meeting was advised that Monica Gort has been elected unopposed as staff representative and
Chris Ford elected unopposed as tutor representative.

WEA Council Representative
Martin Sundram was nominated by Regional Committee to serve as the WEA Council
Representative alongside the Chair.

Although there was no planned speaker at the AGM this year, Mike Bradley, (Pinner & Hatch End
branch) took the floor and gave a heart felt talk about the value of learning circles as a way to draw
in new people to the WEA.

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Venue and Room Hire

Planning a conference or need meeting or
training rooms near Central London?

The WEA London Region Training Centre is located near to Shoreditch and
Hoxton at the edge of the City of London. It is within a short walking distance to
the excellent transport links at Liverpool Street, Moorgate and Old Street
stations.

Our range of rooms are ideal for meetings or for training purposes and can be laid out to
your preference. The rooms can accommodate between 4 and 75 people.

Wireless internet runs throughout the building and the rooms come with data projectors and
Smartboards or Whiteboards.

Get in Touch: To arrange an informal visit or to discuss what we can offer, please contact

our Centre Manager, Paul Blackwell on 020 7426 1968 E-mail: [email protected]

The rooms are available at the following competitive rates:

Room Name Charity Rate Non-Charity Rate

  Half Day   Full Day   Half Day   Full Day  
9am - 1pm  9am - 5pm 9am - 1pm  9am - 5pm
Room layouts can be
configured to your 1- 5pm 1 - 5pm
preference

Clerkenwell  £100 £150 £130 £200
£100 £150 £130 £200
Capacity 10 - 40 £70 £100 £70 £100
£70 £100 £70 £100
Hoxton/  £130 £200 £200 £300
Shoreditch  £100 £150 £130 £200
£100 £150 £130 £200
Capacity 10 - 40

Hoxton Only 

Capacity - 10

Shoreditch Only 

Capacity - 10

Barbican/ 
Whitechapel 

Capacity 30 - 75

Barbican Only 

Capacity 10 - 30

Broadgate ‐ (IT Suite)

Capacity 17

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PLUNDERING LONDON UNDERGROUND : BOOK LAUNCH EVENT

Date: 19th Feb 2014 Location: WEA London Region, 96-100 Clifton Street, London EC2A 4TP

Time: 6.00pm to 8.00pm

RMT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WEA INVITES YOU TO
THE LAUNCH OF A NEW BOOK PLUNDERING LONDON
UNDERGROUND PUBLISHED BY MERLIN AND WRITTEN
BY JANINE BOOTH.

This book tells a story of privatisation on the London Un-
derground. The 'Public - Private Partnership' was an-
nounced by New Labour in 1998, imposed in 2003, and
by 2010 had failed. What went wrong?

Published during London Underground’s 150th birthday
year, the book draws extensively on interviews with
managers and Tube workers. It both sketches the his-
tory of the Underground and looks to the future.

The speakers at the event will be Bob Crow - General For more information about our
Secretary RMT and Janine Booth - Author of the book trade union programme, see our
'Plundering London Underground'. website: www.london.wea.org.uk/
Signed copies of the book will be available on the night. trade-union-courses or contact
Monica Gort, TU Course Organ-
Free refreshments courtesy of the RMT. iser
Further information: Please let Monica Gort know if you will
be attending on [email protected] or 0207 426 1976 Email: [email protected]

If viewing this online click here for the flyer Tel: 020 7426 1976

Teach for the WEA

Sessional Tutors sought with expertise in a wide range of subjects for the WEA Lon
don Region. We need tutors who can teach their subjects; build the skills, confi-
dence and knowledge of adults to help change lives and communities; build diver-
sity and inclusion in adult learning; have a teaching qualification.

The WEA provide educational opportunities for all adults through workplaces and community organisa-
tions, building our provision around the needs, interests and experiences of adults. Further details and
application form on our website: www.london.wea.org.uk/jobs
or call 01634 298 600 to request a printed version of the Application Pack.

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WEA London to Present Workshop at Goldsmiths Community
Development Conference

’Communities surviving, striving, thriving? A day of dialogue and action’

Thursday 20th February 2014 from 09.30am to 4.30pm

The new Department of Social, Therapeutic and Community Studies at Goldsmiths is hosting a
community development conference on the theme of ’Communities surviving, striving, thriving? A day of
dialogue and action’. It will take place at Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross on Thursday,
February 20th, 2014, 09.30 am to 4.30 pm.

The conference aims to enhance the capacity of people to work effectively across a broad range of
community issues by promoting critical edge thinking and discussion, with practical applications for
community-based solutions.

It will provide a conceptual base for community activists, academics, and community organisations and
groups to further develop their skills and the knowledge necessary to successfully bring people and
communities together around common issues.

Workshops

The WEA London Region will be presenting a workshop on adult education and community engagement
and other planned workshops include: Participatory community music and arts; Local Authorities and
communities; Faith and social action; Forum theatre; Communities and dispossession; Building
community assets; Community-Student research projects; Food banks and community activism;
Community organising.

Following the event participants will be invited to attend the launch of new book co-edited by Marjorie

Mayo, Emeritus Professor at Goldsmiths with colleagues Zoraida Mendiwelso-Bendek and Carol

Packham: Community Research for Community Useful Links
Development, published by Palgrave, Macmillan.

If you have any questions please contact Jennifer WEA National website: www.wea.org.uk
Mayo-Deman [email protected]

 Delegate Rate £35.00 WEA London website: www.london.wea.org.uk

 Concession Rate £25.00 (limited places Facebook: www.facebook.com/wealondon
available)
Twitter: www.twitter.com/wealondon
If you would like to reserve a place please complete
the Registration Form available from: Galleryonline:
www.online.wea.org.uk/galleryonline
http://www.london.wea.org.uk/news#signup

and email to [email protected]

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