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Global Citizen SW has 7 years experience in delivering high quality educational workshops. We use  a mixture of drama, physical theatre, forum theatre, film/photography and discussion to deliver our workshops in a fun, memorable and effective way. Please see below for some of our achievements.

We offer the following workshops:

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HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION WORKSHOPS

  1. Asylum and refugee Issues  - International Focus
  2. Conflict resolution using Forum Theatre techniques-local/global focuss
  3. Child labour and Education  - Focus on India
  4. Fair Trade and Global Trade - Focus on Ghana and Ethiopia

EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY WORKSHOPS

1.Sustainable garden design,practical gardening skills and  permaculture training -        local to global focus

NOTES ON WORKSHOPS

  • -All workshops can be adapted for key stage 1- 4
  • -All workshops are designed in relation to the current citizenship curriculum , usually in 40-60minute sessions
  • -Assembly presentations also suggested for whole year groups as an introduction to the issue before the workshop
  • -All workshops are adaptable for any year group, ability and timescale and follow-up teachers notes are available.
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  • -All workshops aim to empower students to realise the positive contribution they can make to society, both locally and globally.-Each workshop topic is available as a one off session or as an entire programme of 5 workshops. This allows students to benefit from a thorough understanding of the issues and empowers them to initiate or complete a campaign/project.
  • KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
  • The empowerment of young people to become aware and understand key global issues and realise their responsibilities as global citizens through the implementation of local awareness raising projects
  • -Examples of awareness raising projects include the creation of a school mural about child labour, school play performed to parents about asylum seekers, collecting signitures supporting fair trade and the abolition of child labour
  • -Providing a valuable insight into other cultures and therefore promoting cultural tolerance and good race relations in rural communities inthe SW of England.
  • -Increased awareness of human rights and sustainable development issues within the local communities- (as information and press releases about the young peoples campaigns and activities influences families and general public)
  • -The establishment of productive gardens and the development of a practical understanding of the basic natural world and food production
  • -Young peoples' local campaigning has led to many more shops district councils and even some schools, supplying fair trade goods in Cornwall
  • -As a result of the projects working along side local schools and their students- vegetable plots have been renovated, beaches cleaned and trees planted
  • -Friendship Links between young people in Penzance and Addis Ababa Ethiopia / Torpoint and Bangalore, India- have been firmly established- serving as an invaluable global insight for all involved.