This summer, Manchester Development Education Project, an educational charity based at the MMU School of Education in Didsbury, celebrates its first 25 years with a twilight event of videos, exhibitions and presentations, including the launch of its new website and of a new video resource for teachers: Games We Play.
Global and development education work in schools was started in Manchester in the '70s by a number of individuals, one of whom was local activist Dr. Nora Davis. Nora had gathered together a collection of resources on development issues and began a programme of work with schools and youth groups, applying themselves to the question of what young people could do about the perceived wrongs of the world. Nora came to realise that this work needed coordination and expansion. Funding was sought from the then Ministry for Overseas Development, and with guidance from representatives of Christian Aid, Oxfam, Shanti Third World Centre, WDM, UNA and others, a resource centre was officially launched in 1979 with one full time worker.
Over the years, DEP has continued its work in schools, with a number of ground breaking projects leading to nationally and internationally popular teaching resources such as Teaching Development Issues (later updated and republished as Southern Perspectives on Development), Values and Visions and the award winning Global Express series. Innovative work continues with projects on Sustainable Cities and peer education.
A silver anniversary event is being held on Wednesday 7 July.
Jane Angel, Manchester DEP (0161 445 2495, depman@gn.apc.org)
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