Our aims are:-

· To provide opportunities for schools to raise standards through curriculum enrichments and giving young people a voice.

· To promote a global perspective and understanding of sustainable development in the context of an interdependent system of lands and people.

· To engender an appreciation and celebration of the richness of cultural diversity in our, and other communities.

· To maintain and develop the resources to support curriculum development and provide in-service training and advice to teachers.

· To raise awareness among young people of the causes of injustice and inequality in a local, national and international context and to instil an understanding and empathy for oppressed people.

Development education encompasses the following principles:-

· Enabling people to understand the links between their own lives and those of people throughout the world;

· Increasing understanding of the economic, social, political and environmental forces which shape our lives;

· Developing the skills, attitudes and values which enable people to work together to bring about change and take control of their own lives;

· Working towards achieving a more just and sustainable world in which power and resources are more equitably shared.