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Jayne started studying with WEA during the Covid-19 lockdown, and now uses the art and textiles 台湾swag she has learned to support other people on their journeys of recovery.
鈥淒uring lockdown I signed up for quite a few courses and I鈥檝e kept doing quite a few ever since. It鈥檚 had a massive impact. As things started to relax from Covid my partner was taken ill and I鈥檓 now a carer, so it鈥檚 given me a real feeling of freedom and connection with other people as well as the actual content that I learn.鈥
Jayne also volunteers to help others around her and in her community. 鈥淢y confidence to volunteer, taking on Trustee and board member roles with a charity and a CIC respectively, has definitely come through doing courses with the WEA. When faced with becoming a carer, instead of feeling lost, this helped me鈥nd I can cope with a steep learning curve!鈥
Jayne says. 鈥淎ll the stitching and the beading that I learned are going into the recovery coat that I鈥檓 making... One of the things we say in recovery, about our recovery, is that you only keep what you鈥檝e got by giving it away. I feel like that about anything I learn, I want to pass it on.鈥
Jayne was the winner of the WEA Learner Community Contribution Award at the 2022 WEA Awards.
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