About us

Our Vision is Learning for a Better World.
Our Mission is to bring about personal, local and global change for a fairer, greener, more sustainable world.
Our Approach is Connect, Challenge, Change.

Global Education Derby (GED) is a registered charity based in Derby, established in 1991.

As a Development Education Centre we are an independent, affiliated member of the Consortium of Development Education Centres (CoDEC) www.codec.org.uk/.

We support schools and communities, locally and internationally, to nurture values and critical thinking skills needed to promote personal, local and global change. 
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We have over 30 years of experience collaborating with organisations, teachers, youth workers and community educators to make sense of a complex and rapidly changing world.

Global Education Derby projects are distinctive in that they create awareness of the possibility of change and give people the skills to bring about change at personal, local and global levels.

• Participants gain self-esteem and a sense of place and belonging as well as teamwork, communication and problem-solving skills. 
• The local community gains from a reduction in negative stereotyping and improved cohesion.
• Global learning produces greater awareness of the wider world and active support for the fight against global poverty.

The learning methodologies that lie at the centre of our approach always:

• Produce a more outward looking mindset through exposure to global contexts and multiple perspectives.
• Develop creative and critical thinking. 
• Increase self-awareness through reflexive questioning of values and ideas.
• Give the confidence and skills to take positive action.