WEA Education Blog: The Raymond Williams Foundation

03/19/2009

The Raymond Williams Foundation

I've written a number of times on Raymond Williams and whether his influence on the WEA has application in the 21st Century. The Raymond Williams Foundation is a new initiative that will be of interest to anyone wanting to explore this further. The Raymond Williams Foundation (RWF) was launched in November 2008, following 20 years as the much smaller Raymond Williams Memorial Fund (RWMF). RWMF helped organise annual WEA Raymond Williams residential courses at the Wedgwood Memorial College. This year's course in May on Keywords will again fill the College.

The RWF has substantial funds and a growing membership committed to adult education, especially WEA social and political education.

For more information on the Foundation click here

19 Mar 2009 16:11:55 | Direction of WEA

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