Projects

In addition to producing publications and offering courses and membership services, CDEC does a large amount of project work, supported by grant funding from a variety of sources, including the Department for International Development, Oxfam, and various local sources such as Excellence Clusters and the LEA.

Current Activities

Going Global in the Outdoor is a major project working towards bringing the global dimension into the outdoors. It is made up of 2 strands:

A key stage 1 project in which a team of teachers are producing a big book called ‘Meet Zogg’ and accompanying resources.

A three year project in which CDEC are working with outdoor providers throughout Britain to produce an Internet based database of good practice, to share and learn from.

If you want to know more click on ‘The big idea’.

Outside the box conference Rydal Hall April 27th 2007 Download a brochure

Outside the Box is a national conference for those interested in global education in the outdoors with a particular focus on sustainability. CDEC have been working with outdoor educators nationally to share and develop good practice. This is an excellent opportunity to meet like minded professionals in the field and gain from the wealth of experience shared by the presenters.

Recent work

Recent projects include Keeping Diversity on Track, which worked with schools along the Settle-Carlisle train line using Philosophy for Children to explore issues of diversity and social justice and Going Global in the Outdoors, which extended previous work in Grizedale forest, bringing a global dimension into outdoor education. CDEC is also currently working on 'toolkits' for both School Linking and for Philosophy for Global Citizenship which will be available in the near future.

West Cumbria

We also work at a more local level through our outreach bases. In West Cumbria, we have been working with West Cumbria Excellence Cluster to develop a programme of support for Cluster schools in delivering Global Citizenship Education.

East Cumbria

Project Aim: to introduce the concept of diversity in Early Years provision Key outcome: for children to understand that diversity is intrinsic to the world around them and to develop the confidence to interact positively within such a diverse environment.

Six practitioners from six Early Years settings in East Cumbria are trying out a variety of activities with 3 - 5 year olds, to encourage an appreciation of diversity. They will pair up to swap work and experiences - with a trip for the children to a partner setting in the summer term, and share best practice as a group (meeting with CDEC). CDEC hope to find further funding to develop this work further (across Cumbria) after this pilot project (funded by SureStart) ends in July 07. For more information, contact CDEC on 015394 30231 or email liz@cdec.org.uk