Useful Contacts

Search the resources database from any page of the Global Dimension website. From climate change to poverty, water to fair trade, you can find teaching resources for all age groups and subject areas.

Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) campaigns with the people of Southern Africa as they strive to build a better future. Working for peace, democracy and development across the region, ACTSA is the successor organisation to the Anti-Apartheid Movement.

The Golden Tapestry is a project for up to 1,800 primary and special schools across the whole Commonwealth, and aims to help foster understanding and friendship among different communities and between all peoples in the world. Schools in different countries are encouraged to work in pairs, comparing notes and having their canvases displayed next to each other in exhibitions.

People & Planet supports sixth form students to campaign on issues of poverty, human rights and the environment. They are working in partnership with Oxfam to offer schools interactive workshops on Fairtrade, global issues resources and national events. They can also provide full support for sixth formers to form People & Planet Action Groups in their school. All resources are free.

The DFID Global School Partnerships programme provide advice, guidance, professional development opportunities and grants to schools that are using school partnerships as a means for developing a global dimension within their curriculum.