Coleg Harlech

Coleg Harlech is a further education college for mature students in Harlech, Gwynedd. It is Wales' only long-term, mature students education college and was established in 1927 by Thomas Jones (T. J.), Cabinet Secretary to both David Lloyd George and Stanley Baldwin, to continue the work of Workers' Educational Association in a residential environment. It has become well known as a "second chance" college, often for people who for economic or social reasons never had a first chance. It always had a close association with the WEA and merged with WEA (North Wales) in 2001 to become Coleg Harlech Workers' Educational Association (North Wales), a registered charity. Its stated aims are: "To enable adults to enhance their life chances and...