1. Welcome to the North West Regional Tutor Conference 2016

2. Welcome Housekeeping / Who’s who SWIFT- Tutor Update
Tutor Report & Training
WEAVE - Social Purpose/PREVENT
Approach to Education and Learning
RARPA
Ofsted

3. Our Regional Structure
Regional Management Team - REMs
Education (CQT) Operations Finance Partner Engagement Business Development
Learning Managers
Curriculum & Theme Leads
Tutors
Support Workers
Partnership Development Team
Business
Development Team
Project Coordinators
Admin/compliance
Area Partnership Development Workers
Cross Cutting Teams
Quality Lead
Curriculum &
Theme Leads
Support Services Team: Course Processing, Accreditation, Health & Safety, HR, Training, Governance, Learning Support

4. What we do……
In 2014/15:
We completed over 1,300 courses and delivered approximately 16% WEA SFA contracted hours
Our courses cover the four themes:
Employability
Health and wellbeing
Community Engagement
Culture
Over 13,300 Enrolments in 2014/15

5. How we do it…… Strong partnerships 120 venues around the region
Targeted at the most excluded groups –
learning and physical disabilities
adults living in hostels or residential centres
women and ethnic minorities
those facing economic and social exclusion

6. Highlights over last year
Regional performance – over target on SFA (16%)
Mandarin courses at Manchester Airport
ALW & WEA Awards – more nominations, Health Education North West Award winner won national award
HLF project – Field to Fabric / V&A Winners
Talk English project – ESOL volunteers
Member events – women’s empowerment
Talk Shops – Housing, Immigration, Health
Funding bids – HLF, SSW, RAS, ACL, Dementia
European Citizenship courses – EU Referendum and EU study visit November 2016

7. Key regional priorities & challenges in 2016…..
Target low-paid, low skilled workers with limited access to further training
Develop a 24/7 offer
Promote equality and create ‘more just’ communities strengthen the WEA’s distinctiveness in education for social purpose and critical action learning
Increase community engagement and activity so that the impact and value of WEA education is shared and understood by students, families, partners and communities
Celebrate learning e.g. Festival of Art