We are The Learning Institute (TLI) at Callington Community College in Cornwall and Somerset School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) based in Taunton.

What is Every Child Matters – The Global Dimension about?

What is the Global Dimension Project?

Two strands of the Every Child Matters Agenda are ‘Making a Positive Contribution’ and ‘Economic Well-being’. We believe supporting young people’s understanding of their global connectedness and raising awareness of issues related to development and poverty, is an integral part of this agenda. Through this project we are building greater awareness and understanding of international development issues in schools in the South West. We are doing this through supporting initial teacher training trainees and experienced teachers in their delivery of development and poverty reduction projects.

• knowledge and understanding of major challenges and prospects for development focusing on poverty reduction;
• understanding of our global interdependence;
• understanding of international efforts to reduce poverty;
• understanding that they have a role to play in poverty reduction as an individual.

We will also extend teachers’ understanding of the Every Child Matters agenda to include global issues of poverty reduction.

At the moment the project involves the SCITT students at The Learning Institute and Somerset SCITT and their placement schools in the South West. However we intend to open this involvement to other schools and communities across the UK. If you are interested in attending training sessions, or linking up with us in some way, or you would like us to visit you to provide training please get in touch via the details below.

DfID are funding the project from its start in 2006 through to completion in 2009. However we intend to ensure that the project becomes sustainable by this stage so that we can continue the valuable work.