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About the workshop:

Come follow the journey of cotton – from plant to t-shirt. Explore who made your clothes through a visit to our Fashion Department. Consider where garments are made and from what materials. Learn about the impact of fast fashion on people and planet and engage in practical sewing activities to extend the life of a loved piece of clothing.

Curriculum links:

This workshop is designed for students 7 years old to Higher Education and has curriculum links including:

• Geography (trade links, economic activity, distribution of natural resources, biodiversity, human impact, climate change, sustainability, biomes),
• Science (plants, pollution, properties of materials, climate change),
• PSHE/Citizenship (roles of a citizen, ethics, morals, social and environmental justice, community improvement) and art and design (textiles).

Your hosts:

This workshop has been designed by Manu Maunganidze and Verity Jones from the education charity, Global Goals Centre.

How to book:

Workshops are available Monday to Friday in term-time, we can host a maximum 35 students per workshop, and require a minimum of 20 students. For prices and to book your workshop, please email us at info@globalgoalscentre.org.

About the workshop:

Why are plants so important? Come and discover how and why plants are used throughout our sustainable department store. Choose whether you want to focus on palm oil or psychoactive plants that have changed the world and the challenges of using them that are good for people and planet. Make your own seed bomb and take away practical solutions to restore and improve biodiversity in your local area.

Curriculum links:

This workshop is designed for students 7 years old to Higher Education and has curriculum links including:

• Geography (contextual knowledge of local and global places, biodiversity, biomes, vegetation belts, trade, human impact, rainforests, deforestation, change over time, sustainability, climate change, weather), 
• Science (plants, pollution, properties of materials, climate change),
• PSHE/Citizenship (roles of a citizen, ethics, morals, social and environmental justice, community improvement).

Your hosts:

This workshop has been designed by Manu Maunganidze and Verity Jones from the education charity, Global Goals Centre. 

How to book:

Workshops are available Monday to Friday in term-time, we can host a maximum 35 students per workshop, and require a minimum of 20 students. For prices and to book your workshop, please email us at info@globalgoalscentre.org.

About the workshop:

Come and join us on the Sparks Bus to explore how sustainable transport can help mitigate climate change and keep us healthy. Hop on the Sparks bike and show us how much pedal power you can generate. Clip on a Sparks heart monitor and find out how much exercise you get from walking. Leave with an action plan to support a shift to greener, healthier travel to your school.

Curriculum links:

This workshop is designed for students 7 years old to Higher Education and has curriculum links including:

• Geography (transport, biodiversity, human impact, pollution, cities, planning), science (the human body, heart, properties of materials, plants, climate change),
• History (chronology, technology, cause and consequence, making connections, analysing trends, framing historically valid questions and changes in Britain and beyond), 
• PSHE/citizenship (roles of a citizen, ethics, morals, social and environmental justice, community improvement).

Your hosts:

This workshop has been designed by Manu Maunganidze and Verity Jones from the education charity, Global Goals Centre.

How to book:

Workshops are available Wednesday to Friday in term-time, we can host a maximum 35 children per workshop, a require a minimum of 20 children. For prices and to book your workshop, please email us at info@globalgoalscentre.org.

About the workshop:

Have you ever thought of having less meat, shifting to plant based diets or trying edible insects? Come and savour some tasty insights into what sustainable diets might look like. Complete your visit with a mock discussion at the House of Parliments and share your visions for the future of food.

Curriculum links:

This workshop is designed for students 7 years old to Higher Education and has curriculum links including:

• Geography (contextual knowledge of local and global places, biodiversity, biomes, vegetation belts, trade, human impact, rainforests, deforestation, sustainability and climate change), 
• Science (plants, pollution, properties of materials, climate change),
• PSHE/citizenship (roles of a citizen, ethics, morals, social and environmental justice, community improvement).

Your hosts:

This workshop has been designed by Manu Maunganidze and Verity Jones from the education charity, Global Goals Centre.

How to book:

Workshops are available Monday to Friday in term-time, we can host a maximum 35 students per workshop, and require a minimum of 20 students. For prices and to book your workshop, please email us at info@globalgoalscentre.org.

About the workshop:

Come and discover the world of migration through the lives and art of artists who have migrated here. Listen to inspiring stories of refugees and migrants who found refuge in creative practices. Create your own art. Deepen your understanding of how all of humanity is connected and how migration has changed the way we speak, eat, create the beauty around us, relate to each other. Students will leave inspired to find the role that art can play in their own wellbeing as well as with a deeper empathy for those who leave their homes to find refuge.

Curriculum links:

This workshop is versatile and suitable for all students at KS2 level and above. It has specific curriculum links to:

• Geography (contextual knowledge of local and global places, human impact, sustainability, climate change),
• PSHE/Citizenship (roles of a citizen, ethics, morals, social and environmental justice, community improvement),
• Art.

Your hosts: 

This workshop has been designed by Manu Maunganidze and Verity Jones from the education charity, Global Goals Centre.

How to book:

Workshops are available Monday to Friday in term-time, we can host a maximum 35 students per workshop, and require a minimum of 20 students. For prices and to book your workshop, please email us at info@globalgoalscentre.org.

About the workshop:

Come follow the journey of cotton – from plant to t-shirt. Explore who made your clothes through a visit to our Fashion Department. Consider where garments are made and from what materials. Learn about the impact of fast fashion on people and planet and engage in practical sewing activities to extend the life of a loved piece of clothing.

Curriculum links:

This workshop is designed for students 7 years old to Higher Education and has curriculum links including:

• Geography (trade links, economic activity, distribution of natural resources, biodiversity, human impact, climate change, sustainability, biomes),
• Science (plants, pollution, properties of materials, climate change),
• PSHE/Citizenship (roles of a citizen, ethics, morals, social and environmental justice, community improvement) and art and design (textiles).

Your hosts:

This workshop has been designed by Manu Maunganidze and Verity Jones from the education charity, Global Goals Centre.

How to book:

Workshops are available Monday to Friday in term-time, we can host a maximum 35 students per workshop, and require a minimum of 20 students. For prices and to book your workshop, please email us at info@globalgoalscentre.org.

About the workshop:

Why are plants so important? Come and discover how and why plants are used throughout our sustainable department store. Choose whether you want to focus on palm oil or psychoactive plants that have changed the world and the challenges of using them that are good for people and planet. Make your own seed bomb and take away practical solutions to restore and improve biodiversity in your local area.

Curriculum links:

This workshop is designed for students 7 years old to Higher Education and has curriculum links including:

• Geography (contextual knowledge of local and global places, biodiversity, biomes, vegetation belts, trade, human impact, rainforests, deforestation, change over time, sustainability, climate change, weather), 
• Science (plants, pollution, properties of materials, climate change),
• PSHE/Citizenship (roles of a citizen, ethics, morals, social and environmental justice, community improvement).

Your hosts:

This workshop has been designed by Manu Maunganidze and Verity Jones from the education charity, Global Goals Centre. 

How to book:

Workshops are available Monday to Friday in term-time, we can host a maximum 35 students per workshop, and require a minimum of 20 students. For prices and to book your workshop, please email us at info@globalgoalscentre.org.

About the workshop:

Come and join us on the Sparks Bus to explore how sustainable transport can help mitigate climate change and keep us healthy. Hop on the Sparks bike and show us how much pedal power you can generate. Clip on a Sparks heart monitor and find out how much exercise you get from walking. Leave with an action plan to support a shift to greener, healthier travel to your school.

Curriculum links:

This workshop is designed for students 7 years old to Higher Education and has curriculum links including:

• Geography (transport, biodiversity, human impact, pollution, cities, planning), science (the human body, heart, properties of materials, plants, climate change),
• History (chronology, technology, cause and consequence, making connections, analysing trends, framing historically valid questions and changes in Britain and beyond), 
• PSHE/citizenship (roles of a citizen, ethics, morals, social and environmental justice, community improvement).

Your hosts:

This workshop has been designed by Manu Maunganidze and Verity Jones from the education charity, Global Goals Centre.

How to book:

Workshops are available Wednesday to Friday in term-time, we can host a maximum 35 children per workshop, a require a minimum of 20 children. For prices and to book your workshop, please email us at info@globalgoalscentre.org.

About the workshop:

Have you ever thought of having less meat, shifting to plant based diets or trying edible insects? Come and savour some tasty insights into what sustainable diets might look like. Complete your visit with a mock discussion at the House of Parliments and share your visions for the future of food.

Curriculum links:

This workshop is designed for students 7 years old to Higher Education and has curriculum links including:

• Geography (contextual knowledge of local and global places, biodiversity, biomes, vegetation belts, trade, human impact, rainforests, deforestation, sustainability and climate change), 
• Science (plants, pollution, properties of materials, climate change),
• PSHE/citizenship (roles of a citizen, ethics, morals, social and environmental justice, community improvement).

Your hosts:

This workshop has been designed by Manu Maunganidze and Verity Jones from the education charity, Global Goals Centre.

How to book:

Workshops are available Monday to Friday in term-time, we can host a maximum 35 students per workshop, and require a minimum of 20 students. For prices and to book your workshop, please email us at info@globalgoalscentre.org.

About the workshop:

Come and discover the world of migration through the lives and art of artists who have migrated here. Listen to inspiring stories of refugees and migrants who found refuge in creative practices. Create your own art. Deepen your understanding of how all of humanity is connected and how migration has changed the way we speak, eat, create the beauty around us, relate to each other. Students will leave inspired to find the role that art can play in their own wellbeing as well as with a deeper empathy for those who leave their homes to find refuge.

Curriculum links:

This workshop is versatile and suitable for all students at KS2 level and above. It has specific curriculum links to:

• Geography (contextual knowledge of local and global places, human impact, sustainability, climate change),
• PSHE/Citizenship (roles of a citizen, ethics, morals, social and environmental justice, community improvement),
• Art.

Your hosts: 

This workshop has been designed by Manu Maunganidze and Verity Jones from the education charity, Global Goals Centre.

How to book:

Workshops are available Monday to Friday in term-time, we can host a maximum 35 students per workshop, and require a minimum of 20 students. For prices and to book your workshop, please email us at info@globalgoalscentre.org.