The EWE Centre A Regional Partnership Learning Today For Tomorrow

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The EWE Centre (A Regional Partnership)
Learning Today For Tomorrow
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Why?

• School Improvement through ESD
• Improving environment for learning.
• Learning about sustainability.
• Delivering the DfES Action Plan.

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What Have We Done?

• Established a regional training base for
  sustainability education refurbishing redundant
  space in a primary school
• Creating a good practise school grounds being
  used for training of teachers/ school support
  staff and as a testbed for new ideas.
• Created sub regional and regional partnerships
  delivering direct support in schools
• Developing a regional strategic partnership for
  sustainability education in the north east

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Partnerships

• Groundwork
• Local Authorities
• NECLEA
• Growing Schools
• One World Network North East
• Learning through Landscapes
• North East Environment Network
• Local Agenda 21 Partnership

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Resourcing

• Local Authorities
• Groundwork
• Local Charitable trusts
• School Contracts
• DFID
• DFES
• Consultancy/ earned income

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Programmes from the EWE Centre

• School Grounds development
• Waste Recycling
• Global dimension
• Growing Schools
• Forest Schools
• Outdoor learning
• Eco-Schools
• Get Out More

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Regional Partnership Programmes

• Global Dimension (OWNNE)
• Forest Schools
• Eco-Schools
• School Grounds
• Growing Schools
• Get Out More

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Outcomes

• Schools benefitting from in-school support
  (regionally and sub-regionally)
• INSET and training for NGOs, HTs and LEA
  Advisory staff delivered in partnership with many
  of the LAs in the region.
• Collation and creation of resources for use by
  schools
• New projects being developed
• Funds available in some cases for schools
• Regional ESD Conference on 2nd November for
  senior managers.

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Lessons Learnt

• Partnerships take time to develop
• Try to be as inclusive as possible
• Be willing to take a lead
• Be flexible, creative
• Communication is key, often difficult to maintain
• Know your own argument

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The Future

• Fully implement the thinking
• Get all LEAs/Childrens Services on board
• Make the partnership effective for schools across
  the region
• Fully engage with the ECM and BSF agendas
• Ensure financial sustainability

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• For more information visit
• www.ewecentre.org.uk