Development

Global Xchange Volunteer Internship with Brighton Peace and Environment Centre

Global Xchange (GX) is a volunteer exchange programme mainly managed by British council and Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) and is funded by the British Airports Authority (BAA) and V, a charity aimed to inspire a million young volunteers.

In a day full of fun pupils of Varndean School learned to play Bhangra and other rhythms with Johnny Kalsi, the lead drummer of the mighty Dhol Foundation.

Brighton Peace and Environment Centre's 25th birthday celebrations got off to a thunderous start with the Dhol Foundation at Varndean School on Thursday 18th April.

A very successful day of workshops was held at Coombe Road Primary School in Brighton on Wednesday 22nd March, linking in with the children's work on Fairtrade.

An assembly for the whole school highlighted the problems faced by producers in the developing world who have to contend with unfair trading practices. A display of fair trade products and a 'shopping bag' gave the children an idea of the choices they could make when shopping.

BPEC has recently become a Development Education Centre and we invite all member teachers and schools to use our exciting new resources!

The library is conveniently categorised into curriculum subject and key stage sections. We loan resources on issues such as conflict resolution, diversity, race equality, human rights and peace in the form of teaching packs, activities and books. As well as topics such as poetry, no-nonsense guides and biographies, there are also books in dual languages (such as English and Urdu) and some contemporary British Asian short story collections. A new literacy section has been developed with lots of books for all key stages featuring fiction and non-fiction subject matter. There are numerous Big Books which can be borrowed too.