Yearly Archives: 2016

In recent years, one of EFA’s most requested class topics has been housing. Many of us are suffering from precarious housing situations and experiencing the London housing crisis first hand. EFA has responded by collaborating with groups like Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth, where students attend regular meetings to discuss housing problems and who have run housing […]

Jess Walker On Monday 15th February, EFA held an ESOL celebration event organised by learners at Surrey Square School.   Children designed an attractive banner Guests included ESOL learners, teachers from other local ESOL classes, students’ friends and families, the Learning and Work Institute and the local MP, Neil Coyle. The English For Action […]

EFA is teaming up with students from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) to organise a language exchange. Do you speak Farsi/Dari, Arabic, Urdu, Bengali or Amharic? We need you to participate! You teach your language and you learn English, all through conversation. Free of charge, refreshments and […]

Congratulations to EFA student Kavita who choreographed a flash mob in central London last weekend. She teaches Bollywood dance and other Indian dances too if you want to learn…..  

Happy International Women’s Day and solidarity to women around the world! The vast majority of ESOL students are women, in our case around 85%, working hard to learn English alongside work, caring for kids and other relatives. We salute you. The cuts to ESOL are sexist cuts. They hit women […]

Yesterday we kicked off a brand new course particularly aimed at helping Syrian refugees in west London where there is a growing Syrian community. There were 15 students and seven people from the local community who have set up a mentoring programme. The mentors all migrated to the UK many […]