Welcome to the website of WEDG

WEDG is the Global Education Centre for East Kent and provides training a resource centre and projects for educational providers including nurseries, schools and universities to promote global citizenship and sustainability. We help to embed a whole school approach to the global dimension.

New Resource -Globetrotters Club

This Handbook provides 10 easy-to-use session plans for running your own after school club.  Using successful ideas trialled over 3 years the activities will help you introduce children to global issues in a fun and active way.  Order now.  Price £25.00

'I'm very pleased that the work you did in school has resulted in such a fantastic resource.  We thoroughly enjoyed running the club and i know the children got a lot of fun and educational value from the activities'

Headteacher, All Souls CEP School, Folkestone, Kent.

Why not sign up for the training here to go with Globetrotters Club?

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WEDG & Canterbury Christ Church University(CCCU)

WEDG has always worked with a handful of like minded tutors within the Faculty of Education at CCCU, the local teacher training university, delivering student sessions as well as professional exchangeof ideas and updates.

Since October 2008, CCCU have bought in the services and expertise of WEDG to work with additional tutors to help embed a global dimension into a broader range of the 36 entry routes into teaching. The work is funded by the Department for International Development’s Enabling Effective Support initiative, via the southeast regional consortium of teachers and other educators building a learning community for the global dimension. (www.local4global.org.uk )

Supported by - Building support for development. Read more.

Teachers at the Marlowe Academy, Ramsgate

together with their partner primary schools have been working with WEDG to develop their knowledge and understanding of global issues. Teachers have been discovering ways in which connections can be made between the lives of children and young people in Thanet and the wider world.

Never too young to learn that racism is wrong

Read the full article about the WEDG Early Years project Atttude is Everything in the TES to f ind out more about how it is impacting on nurseries and preschools in East Kent.

WEDG Survey for Secondary School teachers

WEDG is planning a new project and needs your help! If you are a Secondary School teacher in East Kent (especially teachers of Citizenship) please spare a few minutes to give us your feedback on our new project about immigration and critical thinking. Click here for survey

2007-2008 WEDG Annual Report

731 teachers received training on the global dimension from WEDG last year and 5841 children and young people took part in global dimension workshops/clubs/sessions. Read more in our Annual Report.

Fairtrade Garden Competition

Well done to all of the schools that successfully created a Fairtrade Garden. See some more photos of the gardens and find out about how these schools interpreted the challenge to create a 'Fairtrade' garden. Click here.

Young Diasporas: Longing and Belonging

This book, published by WEDG, is built around the stories of young people who live in Kent, but have roots and connections with other parts of the world.  They have dreams, aspirations and difficulties - like everyone else.  They long for a normal life; they want to belong.

Supplemented by teaching notes, and website lists, it provides an engaging resource for teachers of Geography, Citizenship, PSHE, and Englishat KS2 and KS3.

60pp book in full colour with total content on accompanying CD. £10.00 plus £2.50 p&p.  Contact WEDG.

For a list of the stories, themes and curriculum links click here

For sample story (Charlie from Ethiopia) click here

Another sample story(Thandiwe from Zimbabwe)  click here

see interviews with the youngsters at www.kenttv.com