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International development charity websites and their education sites |
| www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet | Site designed for school students and teachers, with lots of facts and information. |
| www.comicrelief.org.uk | Comic Relief site Teachers and schools section, plus fairtrade information relating to the comic relief 'dubble' chocolate bar. |
| www.harvesthelp.org | Harvest Help site- Shropshire based international development charity |
www.actionaid.org.uk www.globallinks.org.uk | ActionAid site Global links is their education site, with a particular focus on India. |
www.savethechildren.org.uk www.savethechildren.org.uk/eyetoeye | Save the children site Eye to eye is their education site, with a particular focus on life for Palestinian refugee children. |
www.christian-aid.org.uk www.globalgang.org.uk www.globalgang.org.uk/planetteacher | Christian Aid site Global gang is the Christian aid kids site, planet teacher is the teacher's site |
| www.builditinternational.org | Shropshire based charity with the aim of improving the quality and sustainability of construction work in less developed countries. |
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Other useful development education sites |
| http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/index.asp |
Index of all countries, with statistics about each one. |
| www.bized.ac.uk/virtual/dc/ |
Zambia case study as a 'virtual developing country. Business studies set, but with good virtual fieldtrip. |
| www.britkid.org |
Brit Kid site. A site about 'race, racism and life' with some useful facts and information about ethnic groups in Britain. |
| www.globaldimension.org.uk |
Global Dimension (DfID) Useful searchable database of resources (by subject) Curriculum guidance |
| www.oneworld.net |
Global news updates |
| www.taw.org.uk/bsp/support/smds.htm | Details of how to contact the Telford based Schools Multicultural Development service (SMDS) |
| www.taw.org.uk/demo/geography/index.htm |
Telford and Wrekin learning Grid, Geography home page. Includes schemes links and schemes of work for development topics. |
| www.tidec.org |
TIDE - a network of teachers and educators coming together to respond to the educational challenges of global dimensions, development perspectives and human rights principles. |
| Fair trade Websites |
| www.fairtrade.org.uk | Fairtrade website. Information about producers, products and fairtrade recipes. |
| www.traidcraft.co.uk | Food, clothes and gifts |
| www.peopletree.co.uk | Clothes |
| www.greenandblacks.com | Chocolate |
| www.dubble.co.uk | Chocolate, education resources on the site |
| Shropshire Based Organisations |
| www.rln-westmidlands.com | Regional Language Network West Midlands. Supports the learning and celebration of different languages in the West Midlands. |
| www.wellingtonla21.org.uk | Wellington LA21. Local group supporting local environmental and social issues. |
| www.shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk |
Shropshire Wildlife Trust Site |