BETA Education
About BETA
- Registered Charity established to improve Literacy and the love of learning.
- Committed to researching local history and recording local people’s memories for the future.
- Works with the local community, taking part in local heritage events, thus furthering education and access to local history.
- Basic Education & Training for Adults was established September,1991.
- Researches local history working with and for the benefit of the local community.
- Organises community events and presentations. These activities are funded through small grants and fundraising and are run by volunteers.
- Seven regular volunteers and can call on more when needed. These volunteers cover a wide range of ages and ability.
- Does not have any paid staff.
- BETA is a registered education charity and is well established in Wigan and known for research into local history, working with a diverse group of local people of all ages and abilities.
Below are some great publications that are freely available to view or download. Enjoy
Holocaust Memorial Day - The Dreyfus Family
BETA Visit to the National Memorial Arboretum
Lest We Forget - WW2
Events, facts and memories of World War II
A Window on 2,000 years of Wigan history
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Wigan & the English Civil Wars
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When We Were Young
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Then & Now Wigan
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Local Wigan Memories of World War 1
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80th Anniversary of the May Blitz on Liverpool - 1941
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Operation Barbarossa - 1941
Hitler's invasion of Russia
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