The WEA in the Yorkshire and Humber Region is based on a series of partnerships within and beyond the Association. Our most important internal partnerships are between students, voluntary members and staff.

The lists below are illustrate some of our current and recent partnerships but are not exhaustive as we are constantly working with new partner organisations.

Partners who provide funding for our activities include:

• Academy for Community Leadership
• Big Lottery
• EsméeFairbairn Foundation
• European Regional Development Fund
• Learning & Skill Council (London East)
• Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities Fund
• NIACE (National Institute of Adult and Continuing Education)
• Objective 1
• Single Regeneration Budget
• UK Online
• West Yorkshire Grants
• William Alderson Memorial Trust
• Local Authorities across the Yorkshire and Humber Region

Partners who campaign with us for adult education and lifelong learning at a national level include:

• Association of Colleges
• Association of College Managers
• Association of Teachers and Lecturers
• CRISIS
• Local Education Authorities’ Forum for the Education of Adults
• National Federation of Women’s Institutes
• National Open College Networks
• National Union of Students
• National Institute of Adult and Continuing Education
• Northern College
• University and College Union
• UNISON

Current partners and a sample of those who have worked with us recently at a regional or local level include:

A

• Academy for Community Leadership, South Yorkshire
• Action 243 in Hull
• Age Concern
• Active Learning for Active Citizenship (ALAC)
• Arabic Integration Group, Rotherham
• Arts at the Turret, Hebden Bridge
• Askham Bryan College, York

B

• Barnsley Learning Partnership
• Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
• Barnsley Neighbourhood Learning Net
• Blackburn Community Partnership, Rotherham
• Bradford Bereavement Counselling Service
• Bharat Integration Group, Rotherham
• Bishop Burton College, Beverley
• Boothferry Community Education
• Boroughbridge Community Education
• Bradford Central Library
• Bradford Metropolitan District Council
• Bradford YMCA
• Bransholme Women’s Centre, Hull
• Bridlington Community Resource Centre
• Brinsworth & Catcliffe Community Partnership
• Brinsworth St Andrews Community Centre
• Brunswick Organic Society, Calderdale

C

• Calderdale Learning Partnership
• Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
• Calderdale Library Service
• Canterbury Children’s Centre, Bradford
• Caring for Carers, Grimsby
• Cellar Project Bradford & Keighley
• Centre 88, Hull
• Centre for Lifelong Learning
• Charles Brotherton Trust
• Christian Salvesen, Doncaster
• Citizens’ Advice Bureaux
• City Learning
• City of York Council
• City & Guilds
• Clifton Community Partnership, Rotherham
• Community North Forum, Sheffield
• Councils for Voluntary Services (across the region)
• Crossroads
• Craven Voluntary Action

D

• Darlington College at Catterick
• DEFRA - Rural Development Service -Yorkshire & Humber
• Doncaster College
• Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

E

• Early Years Development & Childcare Partnership
• EASA (Education Advice for Adults)
• East Riding Information, Advice and Guidance
• East Riding of Yorkshire Council
• East Riding Learning Partnership
• Education Bradford
• Employment Services
• European Social Fund

F

• Fastlane SRB, Kirklees
• FEFA (Flower Estate Family Action), Sheffield
• Filey Community Advice Centre
• Foyer Project, Bradford
• Franklin College, Grimsby
• Friendz Women’s Group, Rotherham
• Frizinghall Community Association
• Future Prospects, York

G

• Ginger Ale, Bradford
• Gingerbread, Bradford
• Government Office for Yorkshire & the Humber
• Grimsby College

H

• Halifax Learning Zone
• Hambleton & Richmondshire Carers’ Association
• Harrogate CVS
• Harrogate College
• Harrogate Health Trust
• Harrogate MIND
• Harrogate Volunteer Bureau
• Harthill Parish Council, Rotherham
• Supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund (www.hlf.org.uk)
• HFI - Hill Farming Initiative
• HVFC Community Centre, Rotherham
• Home-Start
• Horncastle College, Lincolnshire
• Huddersfield Technical College
• Hull City Vision
• Hull City Council
• Hull College
• Hull CVS
• Hull & East Riding Community Health
• Hull & East Yorkshire MIND
• Hull DOC, (Community Development Company)
• Hull Information, Advice and Guidance
• Hull Women’s Centre
• Humber Learning Consortium
• Humberside Partnership

I

• In My Backyard
• Iranian Integration Association, Rotherham

J

• Joseph Rowntree Foundation

K

• Keighley Access to Training
• Keighley Asian Women’s Centre
• Keighley Disabled People’s Association
• Keighley SRB
• Kimberworth Park Forum
• Kirkgate Studio & Workshops, Shipley
• Kirklees Learning Partnership
• Kirklees Metropolitan Council
• Kurt’s Club (day centre for adults with mental health problems), Easingwold

L

• Learning Pays, South Yorkshire (Campaign co-funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and Yorkshire Forward)
• Learn in Partnership, Bradford
• Learning & Skills Councils (London East and regional and local levels in Yorkshire and Humber)
• Learning & Skills Network
• Thomas Danby College, Leeds
• Leeds City Council
• Leeds College of Technology
• Leeds Metropolitan University
• Leeds MIND
• Leeds Network
• Leeds VOICE
• Life Planning Solutions
• Lincolnshire Local Authority

M

• Mental Health Services
• Mental Health Support in Hambleton & Richmondshire
• Mental Health Team, Harrogate
• Milan Centre, Bradford
• MIND, Acorn Centre, Harrogate

N

• National Institute of Adult Continuing Education
• National Railway Museum, York
• Newlands Childcare Project, Bradford
• National Council for Voluntary Organisations
• Next Steps, Malton
• North Anston Family Learning Centre
• North East Lincolnshire Carers’ Support Unit
• North East Lincolnshire Archaeological Society
• North East Lincolnshire Council
• Northern Refugee Council
• North Hull Vision
• North Hull Women’s Centre
• Northallerton Health Service
• North Yorkshire Careers Guidance Services
• North Yorkshire Coast Area Learning Partnership
• North Yorkshire Community Education Service
• North Yorkshire County Care
• North Yorkshire Forum for Voluntary Organisations
• North Yorkshire Information, Advice and Guidance Partnership
• North Yorkshire Learning Partnerships
• North Yorkshire County Council
• Northern College, Barnsley
• NSPCC, Scarborough

O

• Old Goole Community Project
• Open College Network
• Open University
• Owlet Family Centre, Shipley

• Planet Earth Centre, Todmorden

R

• Radio Nightingale at Rotherham General Hospital
• Richmondshire Volunteer Bureau
• Ripon Community Mental Health
• Roshni Ghar, Keighley
• Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
• Rotherham Yemeni Community Association
• Royal Hull Hospitals NH S Trust
• Rural Development Commission
• Ryedale CVS

S

• SAVTE, Sheffield
• Scarborough & North East Yorkshire Healthcare
• Scarborough & District CVS
• Scarborough Borough Council
• Scarborough Foyer
• Scarborough Primary Health Care Trust
• Scarborough Survivors
• Scarborough Women’s Aid
• Selby AVS
• Selby College
• Selby MS Society
• Selby Resource Centre
• Selby United Charities
• Sheffield City Council
• Sheffield's Traditional Heritage Museum
• Shipley & Baildon Volunteer Bureau
• South Bradford Education Action Zone
• SPELL (Supporting People into Employment and Lifelong Learning), Sheffield
• Stepping Stones, Whitby
• St. John’s Ambulance Association
• St. John’s Church, Thorpe Edge
• Strong Close Nursery, Keighley
• Sue Ryder Care Centre at Hickleton Hall near Doncaster
• Surestart Scarborough
• Surestart - West Central Halifax
• Sutton Trust Tenant Association
• Swarthmore Education Centre, Leeds

T

• Temple Row Centre, Keighley
• The Courtyard
• Treeton Community Partnership
• TUC (Trades Union Congress)

U

• UNISON
• University of Leeds
• University of York
• USDAW

V

• Valley Community Partnership
• Voluntary Action Leeds
• Voluntary Action Sheffield
• VONEF (Voluntary Organisations' Network for European Funding)

W

• Wakefield College
• Wakefield Education Action Zone
• Wakefield Learning Partnership
• Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
• Wath Community Partnership
• Warren Centre
• Waverley Project, Rotherham
• Wellholme Community Museum Group, Grimsby
• Well Women Centre, Wakefield
• West Central Community Partnership, Rotherham
• West Central Halifax Partnership Limited
• West Yorkshire Grants
• Whitby Community College
• Wilberforce Home for the Blind
• Winner Project
• Women & Girls Centre, Bradford
• Women’s Aid, Scarborough
• Women & Girls Centre, Bradford
• Womenspace, Huddersfield
• Workcraft
• Wybourn Parents and Partners, Sheffield
• Wyke Manor Education Partnership

Y

• YMCA - Ryedale and Skipton
• York City Council
• York Community Economic Dev. Trust
• York College of Further & Higher Education
• York Council for Voluntary Service
• York Health Trust
• York Learning Partnership
• York Mental Health
• York Progression Partnership
• York St. John College
• Yorkshire Coast College, Edith's Drive
• Yorkshire Forward
• Yorkshire & Humber Public Health Teaching Network
• Yorkshire & Humberside Association for Further & Higher Education
• Yorkshire & Humber Regional Forum
• Yorkshire Archaeological Society
• YWCA Womens Centre