The information below may be of interest to residents of Wing village.

 

WEA IVINGHOE - SPRING COURSES

 

POUNDS, SHILLINGS AND SENSE. Tutor: Colin Smart.

A course for everyone who wants to understand the world of finance, covering investments in the Post Office, Building Societies, Insurance Companies, Stock Market, ISAs etc. Pensions, the housing market and the accumulation of funds against a "Rainy Day" are also included. Colin Smart is now retired, but spent his working life in banking and stock broking, and making sense of the financial maze is his aim.

6 Meetings from 7.30pm - 9pm on Wednesdays starting 18.01.06 Venue: The Meeting Room, Pitstone Memorial Hall. Fee: £21.

 

LITERATURE - THE OUTSIDERS. Tutor: Ann Severn.

Our theme continues with more books which examines the way an outsider entering a community can affect it in different ways, and the sometimes devastating consequences for both the community and the newcomer. We start with The Shipping News by Annie Proulx, followed by Atonement by lan McEwan, Brick Lane by Monica Ali, Small Island by Anthea Levy, and The Plot Against America by Philip Roth.

10 Meetings from 10am to noon on Fridays starting 20.01.06

Venue: Ivinghoe Library, High St, Ivinghoe. Fee: £45

 

EGYPT - ARMCHAIR VOYAGE UP THE NILE

Tutor: Rosalind Janssen

Travel up the Nile from the comfort of your armchair, visiting some of the

major archaeological sites in the vicinity of Cairo, Luxor, and Aswan. Temples, tombs, Pharaohs, and hieroglyphs revealed.

5 Meetings from 7.30pm - 9.00pm on Tuesdays starting on 25.04.06 Venue: The meeting Room, Pitstone Memorial Hall. Fee: £21

 

For further information. or to reaister for a course. contact M. Connollevon 01296 668719. or Rosemary Dav on 01296 662981

 

Are you a budding author? If so, Ivinghoe WEA may be able to help you. The BENEATH THE BEACON FUND is administered by the Committee to help finance "the publication of material of sufficient quality and merit, either by an individual or a group living locally". This could be in the form of a loan or a grant at the discretion of the Committee.

For further information please contact John Wallis on 01296 661997

Issued by David Hammond 01296 662328 on behalf of the Ivinghoe Branch of the WEA.

 

About the WEA.

The WEA is a national voluntary organisation, founded in 1903 to provide working people with a chance to take their education further. Each year over 10,000 courses are provided nationally for more than 150,000 students. The WEA has no party political or religious ties, and welcomes all students, especially people who have missed out on education in the past. The WEA is a charity, non-profit making, and is recognized and supported by central and local government.

The IVINGHOE BRANCH was established in 1950, and so has been providing courses locally for 55 years on a wide variety of subjects. We hope that this year's Programme will interest you and you will come along and enjoy the courses we have organised for you.

Tuition on all WEA Courses is free to people who receive a means-tested benefit, or Job-Seekers Allowance, and to their unwaged dependants, although a registration fee of £2 per course will be charged.