EIL UK - bringing people together for over 70 years

Thanks to a funding grant received from the EU's Lifelong Learning 'Grundtvig' programme we were able to run a wonderful workshop titled "European Art History for Beginners" in March.

Our talented volunteer camera man, Filipe Roldao, has just finished putting together a video of the event (thank you Filipe!) so copy and paste the following link into your browser and take a look:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNMqf3-qlFM

This workshop brought together 17 participants from 11 countries, including the UK, to look at art from across Europe, to have a go at creating art together and to learn about each other's cultures. Needless to say that a fantastic time was had by all. Our learners were friendly, warm and fun-loving people and it was a pleasure to spend the week with them.

A special thanks go to our artist-in-residence, Jane Taylor, and to our coordinator and intercultural trainer, Basia Ligas. Well done team for your hard work!

We give a warm welcome to a group of Chilean students who have come to spend 6 weeks in the UK. The group arrived last week, just before the cold weather, and we hope they are now enjoying the snow! They spent their first week with host families in Surrey, near London and can be seen here at Mercedes Benz World. Their next stop is Worcester for 3 weeks, where they will go to a local school and meet British young people, before they travel to Southport for a Victorian seaside experience.