By 1929, the policy of overseas emigration was under severe pressure. High unemployment in the Dominions led to a sharp decline in demand for freshly trained British workers, and the collapse of mining and heavy manufacturing at home had produced new pressures. Weeting Hall was redesignated as an Instructional Centre, taking in young long-term unemployed men from the depressed areas and giving them a three-month exposure to heavy manual work.
By 1929, the policy of sending British workers overseas for work faced significant challenges due to high unemployment in the British Dominions and the decline of industries like mining and heavy manufacturing in Britain. Weeting Hall was transformed into an instructional center to provide training to unemployed men from depressed areas for a three-month period focused on manual labor.