Educational School Visits

Educational visits with a difference

If you’re an educator looking for a unique learning experience, you’ve come to the right place! Spark your students’ imaginations with a range of educational workshops led by Global Goals Centre, winner of the Okayama Global Education for Sustainable Development Award 2024.

Explore our workshops

We offer a wide range of educational workshops designed to bring the UN Sustainable Development Goals to life and inspire the changemakers of tomorrow! These workshops will ignite your students’ creativity, develop their analytical skills, and expand their understanding of today’s most pressing environmental and social challenges.

Ready to dive in? Scroll down to explore our workshop offerings or download our handy guide to get started!

What's on offer

What to expect

Curriculum Links

Our workshops align with key curriculum objectives, connecting the UN Sustainable Development Goals to a range of subjects, including science, geography, and citizenship.

Download our workshop curriculum guide below to see how our sessions support your lesson plans.

FAQs

Workshops are available Monday-Friday at times that suit your school.

The cost of a workshop is £5 per child for a half day workshop.

Each workshop must have a minimum of 12 students and a maximum of 90 students.

Sparks is right in the centre of Broadmead so is easy to reach by bus, or coaches can drop off students at the Horsefair entrance. 

You can also travel to Sparks by train! Platform Rail offer free return train trips for rail education purposes and additional in-school workshops. To find out more please visit platformrail.org or contact Platform Rail on info@raileducation.org.uk.

If there are barriers that would make it difficult for your school group to come into Sparks, we are happy to also consider off-site workshops and talks by request. Please email us at workshops@sparksbristol.co.uk to find out more.

To book a workshop or for more information, please email us at workshops@sparksbristol.co.uk.

Are you an educator and would like to help deliver our workshops at Sparks? We’d love to hear from you! please email us at workshops@sparksbristol.co.uk.

 

hOW TO BOOK

Booking is simple! Just email us at workshops@sparksbristol.co.uk to book your workshop today or for more information or assistance. Spaces fill up quickly, so book early to secure your preferred date!

HIRE THE SPACE

You can also hire out the Global Goals Centre workshop space in the Department of Discovery and host your own educational workshop, talk or event centred around the Sustainable Development Goals.

FAQS

The Global Goals Centre events space can be used for educational workshops, events and talks on any SDG-related subject.

A projector, speaker and microphone are available in the room.

The space can hold a maximum of 70 people including all students, staff, teachers, parents and supervisors.

The space is available to hire for £30 per hour or £20 per hour for non-profit organisations.

To hire our education workshop space please complete this form, or for more information email us at bookings@sparksbristol.co.uk.

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