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Save the Children Fund (UK) |
Save the Children works in more than 60 countries running emergency relief alongside long-term development and prevention work to help children, especially those who are marginalised or vulnerable, their families and communities to be self-sufficient. Drawing on this experience, Save the Children seeks to influence policy and practice to achieve lasting benefits for children and endeavours to make children's rights a reality. The Education Unit disseminates the work of Save the Children through publications and communications, partnerships, support for specialist speakers, research and pilot projects, and outreach work involving curriculum development and youth training. The website includes teaching resources, educational publications and ideas for working with children and young people. |
Scottish Development Education Centre |
The Scottish Development Education Centre aims to bring a development education focus into the Scottish school curriculum in order to increase pupils' global understanding and enable them to become active in shaping a fairer world. It aims to be effective through the promotion and dissemination of development education ideas and materials and by offering support services to teachers and other educationalists. In addition to its resources service, Scottish DEC offers in-service training for teachers and works on long-term projects to produce classroom and in-service training materials designed especially for the Scottish curriculum. |
Skillshare International |
Skillshare International works for social and sustainable development in partnership with people and communities in Africa and Asia. It does this by sharing and developing skills, facilitating organisational effectiveness and supporting organisational growth. In the UK, Skillshare International works with schools, universities to build understanding of international development issues. Its returned development workers and health trainers have strong links with local organisations in Africa and Asia and are a key resource for its development education activities in the UK and Europe. |
Somerset SCITT |
Involved in a DFID Poverty Reduction Project through initial teacher training (primary) PGCE course. Module leader for a cross-curricular module using the global dimension as a vehicle. |
SOS Children's Villages |
SOS Children is the world's largest orphan charity. It cares for children who have lost their parents through war, famine, disease, poverty and natural disaster. Over 60,000 children are cared for in family homes and half a million more are provided with medical care, schooling, vocational training, AIDS outreach support and emergency aid. Working in 130 countries, SOS offers UK schools a truly global dimension to the school curriculum by providing a wealth of information and resources on specific countries and global issues. It offers schools the opportunity to link with SOS children's villages across the world. |
SoundAffects |
SoundAffects works to enhance existing school twinning links through the use of high quality recorded audio material. Children work with professional radio broadcasters to tell their stories, ask and respond to each other’s questions, and contribute to joint curriculum projects. Audio material is heard at linked schools, and also issued on compact disc as a development education tool for any interested schools in the UK and in the developing world. Eventually recordings will also be made available via the project’s website. In addition, SoundAffects provides training for developing world journalists, and supports them as they take over the in-country recording operation, thus making the audio links sustainable. |
Specialist Schools and Academies Trust |
The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust is the leading national body for secondary education in England, part funded by Department for Education and Skills, delivering the government's specialist schools and academies programme. The Trust aims to give more young people access to a good secondary education by building networks, sharing practice and supporting schools. |