Development Awareness Fund

Organisation

Summary of project

Amount awarded

Period of funding

Age Concern England (ACE)

Engaging Older People in the Development Debate: The main aim of this project is to increase the involvement of older people in the development debate. This project will work with local Age Concern organisations in 5 regions of England and will increase opportunities for older people in the UK to be actively engaged in development.

£254,371

3 years

Asian Foundation for Philanthropy (AFP)

The Sudarshan Project: This project aims to increase understanding about the relationship between global interdependence and poverty amongst Asian businesses in the East Midlands and London. It will engage Asian owners of small and medium sized enterprises with trade links with India. The project will use socio-cultural events, learning activities and guidelines to encourage and support them to develop their own socially responsible business practices.

£149,416

3 years

Centre for Global Education

Building Development Education Capacity in the Black and Minority Ethnic Sector in Northern Ireland: A project to create capacity and knowledge in development education practice within the Black and Minority Ethnic sector in Nortern Ireland by delivering an accredited training programme, provision of post-course mentoring, sharing good practice and on-line resource support.

£209,264

3 years

Children in Crossfire

8 Good Reasons: This project aims to raise awareness of the Millennium Development Goals and poverty reduction agenda in schools and the wider community in Northern Ireland. This will be achieved by building the capacity and confidence of teachers in 20 schools through accredited training. Theatre will be used to highlight issues of social justice and global equality and to raise awareness in the wider community.

£197,630

3 years

Development Education Centre (South Yorkshire)

SEAL and the Global Dimension - Values for Global Thinking: This project will embed consideration of the Global Dimension within the Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) programme in Yorkshire and Humberside. SEAL is being rolled out to 2,500 primary and secondary schools. Activities will include developing appropriate materials, story writing, gathering good case studies from across the region, filming critical enquiry among pupils and providing training and dissemination of learning.

£271,408

3 years

Devon Development Education (DDE)

French, Mali and Tourism - using French within the KS2 Framework for Languages to explore whether tourism could lift people out of poverty in Mali, West Africa: The project aims to work with Key Stage 2 Modern Foreign Language teachers. Advanced skills teachers and local education authorities will develop a training package focusing on Mali and the role of tourism in relation to poverty reduction and the achievement of the MDGs. It will link to studies in Geography and Citizenship. The training wil be delivered in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay in year two and rolled out nationally in year three. 

£217,762

3 years

Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC)

Further and Higher Education Procurement and Poverty - changing procurement behaviour and procurement systems by raising awareness and understanding: To work with 16 UK universities and colleges and the agencies responsible for collective procurement arrangements with them, to increase awareness of the impact of their decisions on poverty, change purchasing practice and share learning across the higher education sector.

£114,704

2 years

Global Education Derby

Enabling Effective Support for the Youth Sector in the East Midlands: A project to bring about and expansion in the scope and quality of global youth work in the East Midlands. Training youth workers within statutory, voluntary and higher education organisations and showcasing successful examples of global youth work.

£251,830

3 years

Hampshire Development Education Centre

Whole School Global Citizenship: The project aims to improve the capacity of Hampshire schools to respond to the challenges of global citizenship. It will develop and deliver a sustainable whole school staff training programme in global citizenship aimed at primary and secondary schools throughout Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. 21 schools and 420 teachers/support staff will participate.

£85,773

3 years

International Centre for Reconciliation, Coventry Cathedral

Youth for Fair Trade: This project aims to enable young people (aged 16-25) to become advocates for fairly traded products. Supported by the Coventry Fairtrade Steering Group, the project will train 180 youth advocates who will then go on to lead outreach projects in partnership with schools, colleges and civil society groups. Approaches used will include three 'Unity Cup' football tournaments, an international youth conference, toolkit/manuals and a dedicated electronic youth network website designed by the youth advocates.

£295,290

3 year

Leeds Development Education Centre

Making the Most of the New Curriculum: This project will deliver training and support programmes across seven regions of England. It will develop knowledge and expertise for development awareness-raising among lead professionals, development educators and non-government organisations. These educators will then support 300 secondary schools to embed the global dimension into the teaching of the new curriculum, particularly in 'hard to reach' schools.

£214,776

3 years

Mercy Corps Scotland (MCS)

Global Citizen Leadership Programme: This is a youth-led, peer education project to build the capacity of 180 young leaders aged 12-17 to mobilise their peers in Edinburgh to respond to issues of global poverty. Each year 60 Global Citizen Leaders will be trained and then engage in activities including global action days, case study discussions facilitated by Mercy Corps and delivering Global Action Projects benefiting youth in developing countries. 

£293,482

3 years

MUNDI

Approaches for Global Education and Development Awareness in S.E.N. schools: This project will enhance global education teaching in special educational needs schools in Nottinghamshire catering for people with mild to severe learning difficulties and those with emotional and behavioural difficulties. The project will establish a learning community of special needs practitioners at 10 special schools.

£244,319

3 years

National Federation of Women’s Institutes

Women Reaching Women: This project aims to challenge perceptions of global interconnectedness held by Women's Institute members and communities across England and Wales. This will be achieved through educational training days and a toolkit focussing on women (in partnership with Oxfam). Educational workshops will be run with learning cascading down through the network. The project aims to directly reach 205,000 WI members.

£215,515

3 year

Norfolk Education & Action for Development (NEAD)

Developing New Audiences (DNA): This project will work in areas of West Norfolk that are experiencing a rapid increase in the population of 'New Communities' including refugees and asylum seekers, BME groups and migrant workers.This project will work with shools and a range of local stakeholders using the local context as a starting point from which the global dimension and a wider understanding of international issues can be developed.

£242,402

3 years

One World Week

Exploring Ubuntu - One World Week Across Faiths: This England-wide project aims to broaden the scope of One World Week's traditional development education work with church communities to other faiths, initially focussing on Muslim communities, and black and minority ethnic groups. This will be achieved through greater collaboration, training and organisation of faith-community or inter-faith events.

£226,996

3 years

People and Planet Limited

Planet Forum: This project aims to identify, evaluate and disseminate effective methodologies for increasing active understanding of the role that young people can play in development. It will work with students at Further Education colleges and other Higher Education institutions across the UK, but focussing mainly on the East Midlands. It will carry out activities including trialling a range of innovative methodologies to engage students and will target 20 FE and HE institutions.

£141,713

2 years

Prescap Ltd

Preston and Beyond: The aim of this project is to increase knowledge and understanding of global development and interdependence among young people. It is particularly targeted at young people in Preston disengaged with formal education, and provides training on development issues and radio broadcasting together. Community workshops will result in the making of radio programmes designed to increase listeners' knowledge about development and will be regular features on Preston FM (community radio).

£103,545

3 years

Prospect

Bargaining for International Development: This union focused project encourages Prospect members at six unionised employers in the UK to contribute to development and poverty reduction in developing countries by mainstreaming bargaining for international development into the union's core activities. This will be achieved through workplace based development awareness training, placing development on the bargaining agenda with employers and establishing a network of development champions.

£190,460

3 years

Sazani Associates Ltd

Global Learners as Educators in Wales (GLEW): In the context of the Welsh Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship strategy (ESDGC), this project will build links between formal and informal education through 'Community Focus Schools'. The project will create a community of good practice for peers in formal and informal education and it will link with an EU-funded, transnational project on Rural Education for Global Citizenship and Food Security.

£205,800

3 years

Send a Cow

Grow It Global: This project aims to provide greater understanding of global development, food issues and climate change to 10,000 children between 5-11 years old. They will learn by visiting farms where 144 farmers and young farmers from the UK and 14 from Africa will demonstrate African farming techniques on British farms.

£254,717

2 years and 9 months

The World Education Centre

Building a Sustainable Framework of ESDGC (Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship) Support Teachers: A project to build a sustainable peer support structure to enable schools in NW Wales to fully embed ESDGC. It enables experienced teachers in ESDGC to mentor and support other schools, to provide training for Welsh Baccalaureate teachers and to produce a DVD showcasing good practice.

£260,581

3 year

UK Local Government Alliance for International Development

Promoting International Development in Local Government: This project brings together the collective capacity of key local authority bodies to boost Local Authority engagement in international development. It will do this by educating councils about global poverty issues and strengthening their capacity to take action. The project will identify ten champion councils and establish communication networks for sharing case studies and good practice, and produce a guide for councils across the UK.

£296,460

3 years

Ulster People's College

Building Development Awareness in the Community Sector: This project aims to work with adults in local communities in Northern Ireland to increase understanding about the connection between local community issues and international development issues. The project will promote and encourage local action to address issues of global poverty.

£199,479

3 years

University of Strathclyde

ETHCO Your future: an ethical Scotland in a global economy: This project aims to embed global issues in the enterprise, financial education and citizenship curriculum in Scotland. An Ethco school course with lessons and teachers notes will be developed. After piloting in schools the project will work with local education authorities and other organisations to create a community of teachers who can deliver Ethco enterprise materials. It will build knowledge, skills and attitudes for active campaigning and increased awareness of ethical issues in business across Scotland's 32 local authority areas.

£295,160

3 years

Village Aid Ltd

Growing Global: This project will actively explore notions of interdependence in schools in four Peak District counties through storytelling activities as part of an innovative theatre-in-education programme. Pupils will explore notions of identity, interdependence and equality as individuals and members of global society with a focus on West Africa. Through an interractive website children in both Ghana and the UK will be able to share their own stories.

£148,000

3 years