Essex Federation Events
The Essex Federation organise two Saturday events in the Autumn and Spring at the Feering Community Centre (click here for a map). Three courses run throughout the day on a variety of topics. In addition we have arrranged a "one-off" event in Basildon in September 2010.

Whether you want a convenient introduction to the WEA or just want to meet up with old friends in a convivial atmosphere, these events are ideal for you.

Branch: ESSEX FEDERATION
Course Title: ONE DAY COURSE - Gardens of Essex and WEA Gardeners' Question Time!
Course Description: Morning session - an illustrated talk about the origins, development, content and layout of some of magnificent gardens of Essex by a leading horticulturalist and television personality.  Afternoon session - GQT - a chance to ask her questions and seek advice about your own garden.  
Tutor: Christine Walkden
Venue: St. George's Suite, The Basildon Centre, St. Martin's Square, Basildon, SS14 1DL
Date: 25-Sep-10  Start Time: 11:00 AM  Finish Time: 3.30 PM  
Lunch Arrangement: Local eating places
Fee: £10 Contact Name: Joan Black Telephone:
Click here for a booking form.

Essex Federation Autumn 2010 One Day School on an 'all-American' theme:

Booking will be by post and will open early in September, when leaflets and booking forms will be distributed and a pdf version will be available for downloading from this website. 

Branch: ESSEX FEDERATION
Course Title: ONE DAY COURSE - America on the Move 1860-1960: The Pony Express to the Space Age
Course Description: 150 years after the establishment of The Pony Express, we travel through a century in the history of the United States, its development and expansion.
Tutor: Anne Greenslade
Venue: Feering Community Centre, Coggeshall Road, Feering, CO5 9QB
Date: 20-Nov-10  Start Time: 11:00 AM  Finish Time: 3.30 PM  
Lunch Arrangement: Bring your own lunch / local hostelries
Fee: £10 Contact Name: Jane Dougan Telephone: 01245 476583

Branch: ESSEX FEDERATION
Course Title: ONE DAY COURSE - American Art - An Independent Tradition
Course Description: A fascinating exploration of developments that yielded a unique art with the realism as challenging as the abstraction.
Tutor: Graham Slimming
Venue: Feering Community Centre, Coggeshall Road, Feering, CO5 9QB
Date: 20-Nov-10  Start Time: 11:00 AM  Finish Time: 3.30 PM  
Lunch Arrangement: Bring your own lunch / local hostelries
Fee: £10 Contact Name: Jane Dougan Telephone: 01245 476583

Branch: ESSEX FEDERATION
Course Title: ONE DAY COURSE - Great American Literature: Mark Twain and Walt Whitman
Course Description: 100 years after the death of Mark Twain, Ron Marks explores some of his work, in particular the irony, social criticism and pioneering narrative techniques of Huckleberry Finn.  Tina Nay introduces and discusses some of the poetry of Walt Whitman and one or two other significant 19th Century Americans.
Tutors: Ron Marks and Tina Nay
Venue: Feering Community Centre, Coggeshall Road, Feering, CO5 9QB
Date: 20-Nov-10  Start Time: 11:00 AM  Finish Time: 3.30 PM  
Lunch Arrangement: Bring your own lunch / local hostelries
Fee: £10 Contact Name: Jane Dougan Telephone: 01245 476583

Essex Federation Spring 2011 One Day School

Booking will be by post and will open early in February, when leaflets and booking forms will be distributed and a pdf version will be available for downloading from this website. 

Branch: ESSEX FEDERATION
Course Title: ONE DAY COURSE - The King James Bible
Course Description: 2011 celebrates the 400th anniversary of this monumental landmark in the history and culture of the English-speaking world, and we shall explore its significance. 
Tutor: Rosemary Williams
Venue: Feering Community Centre, Coggeshall Road, Feering, CO5 9QB
Date: 16-Apr-11 Start Time: 11:00 AM  Finish Time: 3.30 PM  
Lunch Arrangement: Bring your own lunch / local hostelries
Fee: £10 Contact Name: Jane Dougan Telephone: 01245 476583

Branch: ESSEX FEDERATION
Course Title: ONE DAY COURSE - René Lalique
Course Description: An exploration of the work of this designer-in-glass par excellence. 
Tutor: Suzanne Bode
Venue: Feering Community Centre, Coggeshall Road, Feering, CO5 9QB
Date: 16-Apr-11 Start Time: 11:00 AM  Finish Time: 3.30 PM  
Lunch Arrangement: Bring your own lunch / local hostelries
Fee: £10 Contact Name: Jane Dougan Telephone: 01245 476583

Branch: ESSEX FEDERATION
Course Title: ONE DAY COURSE - A Fresh Look at the Anglo-Saxons
Course Description: This study day will include discussion of the latest on the Staffordshire Hoard and its implications, setting it in its context, as well as some examination in detail of its metalwork, technology of manufacture and dating. There may also be some examination of attitudes to metal-detecting and the way such finds are treated in the media.
Tutor: Pat Brown
Venue: Feering Community Centre, Coggeshall Road, Feering, CO5 9QB
Date: 16-Apr-11 Start Time: 11:00 AM  Finish Time: 3.30 PM  
Lunch Arrangement: Bring your own lunch / local hostelries
Fee: £10 Contact Name: Jane Dougan Telephone: 01245 476583