Development Education Centres offer professional support to teachers and youth workers. Typically they have resource centres, provide training, and are happy to advise teachers wishing to bring a global approach to their teaching. Here, they are divided by country, then by region, and then listed in alphabetical order by town/city. You can use the links below to jump to an area of interest.

England

South West
London and South East
East Anglia
Colchester
East Midlands
West Midlands
North West
Yorkshire/Humberside
North East

Scotland

Wales

Development Education Organisations

 

England

South West

African Initiatives’ Global Resource Centre
Bristol
0117 9166452
deved@african-initiatives.org.uk
www.african-initiatives.org.uk

Devon Development Education, Global Centre Devon
Exeter
01392 438811
dde@globalcentredevon.wanadoo.co.uk
www.globalcentredevon.org.uk

Development Education Essex Ltd. (DEEL)
Colchester
01206 790677
fairdev4@surefish.co.uk

GLADE – The Centre for Global and Development Education
Ilminster, Somerset
01460 55755
glade@glade.org
www.glade.org

Cornwall Association for Development Education
Lizkeard
info@cade.org.uk
www.cade.org.uk

Wiltshire GEC, Marlborough Brandt Group
Marlborough
01672 861116
info@mbg.org
www.mbg.org

Development Education in Dorset (DEED)
Poole
01202 739422
info@deed.org.uk
www.deed.org.uk

London and South East

Aylesbury Development Education Centre
Ivinghoe
01296 662700
aylesburydec@btconnect.com
www.bucksinfo.net/adec
 
Brighton Peace and Environment Centre
Brighton
01273 766610
info@bpec.org
www.bpec.org

WEDG (World Education Development Group)
Canterbury
01227 766552
info@wedg.org.uk
www.wedg.org.uk

Kent and the Wider World
Maidstone
01622 689498
info@kww.org.uk
www.kww.org.uk

Global Education Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes
01908 324498
info@gemk.org.uk
www.gemk.org.uk

Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC)
Reading
0118 958 6692
risc@risc.org.uk
www.risc.org.uk

Pestalozzi International Village Trust
Sedlescombe, East Sussex
01424 870444
pidec@pestalozzi.org.uk
www.pestalozzi.org.uk

Humanities Education Centre
Tower Hamlets
hec@gn.apc.org
www.eastendeye.org.uk
www.eastendtalking.org.uk
www.globalfootprints.org

The Centre for Global Awareness
Winchester
01962 856106
mail@hampshiredec.org.uk
www.hampshiredec.org.uk

East Anglia

Harambee Centre
Cambridge
01223 358116
info@harambeecentre.org.uk
www.harambeecentre.org.uk

Development Education Essex Ltd (DEEL)

Colchester

01206 790677
fairdev4@surefish.co.uk.

Norfolk Education and Action for Development (NEAD)
Norwich
01603 610993
info@nead.org.uk
www.nead.org.uk
www.jusbiz.org

East Midlands

Global Education Derby
Derby
01332 298185
admin@globaleducationderby.org.uk
www.globaleducationderby.org.uk

Leicester Masaya Link Group
Leicester
0116 2232272
leicestermasaya@btconnect.com
www.leicestermasayalink.org.uk

MUNDI
Nottingham
0115 9514482
mundi@nottingham.ac.uk
www.mundi.org.uk

West Midlands

Tide~ Centre (Teachers in Development Education)
Birmingham
0121 2023290
wmc@tidec.org
www.tidec.org

Beacons DEC
Malvern
01684 541333
coordinator@beaconsdec.org.uk
www.beaconsdec.org.uk

Bridges
Telford
01952 255526
info@shropshirebridges.co.uk
www.shropshirebridges.org.uk

North West

Cumbria Development Education Centre
Ambleside
01539 430231
office@cdec.org.uk
www.cdec.org.uk

Cheshire Development Education Centre
Chester
01244 347880
info@cheshiredec.org
www.cheshiredec.org

Global Link
Lancaster
01524 36201
info@globallink.org.uk
www.globallink.org.uk

Liverpool World Centre
Liverpool
0151 7086515
info@liverpoolworldcentre.org
www.liverpoolworldcentre.org

Merseyside Global Education Resource Centre
Liverpool
0151 2913897
MGERC@hope.ac.uk
www.nwerc.hope.ac.uk

Development Education Project
Manchester
0161 921 8020
info@dep.org.uk
www.dep.org.uk

Lancashire Global Education Centre
Preston
01772 252299
lgec@lgec.org.uk
www.lgec.org.uk

One World Centre
St Johns, Isle of Man
01624 825464
cheryl@owciom.org
www.oneworldcentreiom.org

Yorkshire/Humberside

Hull Development Education Centre
Hull
01482 224019
dechull@dechull.karoo.net
www.dechull.karoo.net

Leeds Development Education Centre
Leeds
0113 3805655
info@leedsdec.org.uk
www.leedsdec.org.uk
www.globalschools.org.uk

Development Education Centre South Yorkshire
Sheffield
0114 2412750
info@decsy.org.uk
www.decsy.org.uk

Craven Development Education Centre
Skipton
01756 790737
liz@roodhouse.freeserve.co.uk

Centre for Global Education
York
01904 876839
cge@yorksj.ac.uk
www.centreforglobaleducation.org

North East

One World Network North East
The Wynds, Esh Winning,
Co. Durham
0191 3739799
averil.newsam@ownne.org
www.ownne.org

Teesside One World Centre
Middlesbrough
01642 322216
coordinator@towc2.fsnet.co.uk
www.teessideoneworldcentre.org

SCOTLAND

Montgomery Development Education Centre
Aberdeen
montgomerydec@btconnect.com
www.montgomerydec.org.uk

Global Education Centre
Coatbridge, Lanarkshire
01236 607120
globaleducation@xavs.org
www.globaleyes.org.uk

Highland One World Group
Dingwall, Ross-shire
janis.keast@highland.gov.uk
www.globaldimension.highlandschools.org.uk

One World Centre
Dundee
01382 454603
admin@oneworldcentredundee.org.uk
www.oneworldcentredundee.org.uk

Scottish Development Education Centre
Edinburgh
0131 226 1499
mail@scotdec.org.uk
www.scotdec.org.uk

Working Together For Change
West of Scotland Development Education Centre
Glasgow
0141 3339858
wtfc@btconnect.com
www.workingtogetherforchange.org.uk

WALES

World Education Centre/ Canolfan Addysg Byd
Bangor, Gwynedd
01248 383727
s.bennell@bangor.ac.uk
www.bangor.ac.uk/addysgbyd

Powys Environment and DE Centre
Llanidloes
01686 412731
info@pedec.org.uk
www.pedec.org.uk

Development Education Organisations

The following entries are umbrella organisations for development education in different countries. Their membership is not restricted to DECs, so if you are looking for other types of support in bringing a global approach to your school – or do not have a DEC close to you – they may be able to help.

Centre for Global Education
Belfast
info@centreforglobaleducation.com
www.centreforglobaleducation.com

Cyfanfyd
Cardiff
029 20668999
info@cyfanfyd.org.uk
www.cyfanfyd.org.uk

International Development Education Association of Scotland (IDEAS)
Edinburgh
0131 6560453
ideas@ideas-forum.org.uk
www.ideas-forum.org.uk

DEA
London
020 7922 7930
info@dea.org.uk

www.dea.org.uk