News and Updates

News and Updates

Aug 22, 2018

Barrow’s young future leaders use their holidays to campaign for the oceans
For the fourth year, Year 5 children from over 20 Furness Peninsula schools took part in the Furness Future Leaders Academy. CDEC and the local primary schools acted as facilitators as the children decided to run an impressive campaign to rid the oceans of plastic and so help the fish and animals living in the seas survive.


Jul 12, 2018

Hidden Stories community exhibition and workshop comes to Whitehaven and Millom
The popular and fascinating Hidden Stories exhibition is coming to Whitehaven Library and Archive Centre between 16 and 20 July, and then is heading to Millom Discovery Centre from 23 to 27 July.


Jun 5, 2018

CDEC celebrates a year of global citizenship success
In June, supporters of CDEC came together to celebrate the organisation’s successes and look forward to the year ahead.


May 28, 2018

Membership Renewals
If you are already a member of CDEC, you are in good company – nearly half of all Cumbria’s primary schools are also members! We hope that you value your membership and that the benefits are of use for both teachers’ training and in the classroom.


May 26, 2018

Changes to data protection regulation
On 25 May, new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force.


May 10, 2018

Did you know that CDEC also works with communities and businesses?
As well as our core work with Cumbrian schools, CDEC is also passionate about helping Cumbria’s communities and businesses become fairer and more sustainable entities.