The list below offers a flavour of the stuff that we get involved in here at Lifeworlds. We've organised it into different types of activity. It should be noted that we have not included our core ongoing activity here. You'll find that on our what we do page.
International collaborations
Learning Through Values - professional development for educators in international schools in the Shanghai region, China.
Philosophy for Children - professional development for educators in schools in Middle East and China.
Emirates Environment Group - youth workshops on sustainability and youth action delivered in Dubai, UAE.
BRAVE Arts Festival - learning and support around intercultural learning for festival volunteers in Wroclaw, Poland.
Dialogue Works - professional development for educators in schools in Saudi Arabia.
Visegrad Group - professional development for educators in V4 (Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic).
What is Learning For? - professional enquiry with community and education partners between UK and Kerala (India).
Organisational learning and change
Peak Park Conservation Volunteers - strategic consultation and planning to create self-sustaining volunteer programme.
Peak District National Park - formation of a new education offer with the Learning and Discovery Team.
The Springhead Trust - strategic partnership and business planning for development of learning offer.
National Literacy Trust - devising and launching a national literacy consultants network
Midlands Educators Learning Association (MELA) - supporting regional organisations through transition.
British Red Cross - design and facilitation of educators to formulate Humanitarian Education framework and programme.
Four Hills Education Trust - supporting academy trust on a transformational values-led development pathway.
Schools-based learning
Fairtrade Foundation - design and delivery of World Beneath Our Feet* mapping workshops to primary schools.
Fairtrade Foundation - design and delivery of a Build-a-Book* workshop to primary schools.
Severn Trent Water - design and delivery of a Build-a-Book* workshop to primary schools.
Global Learning Programme-England - approved provider of teacher training to support the national programme.
Thoughtful (formerly SAPERE) - approved partner providing training, support and assessment for P4C.
Send a Cow - delivery partner for school gardening workshops to build African keyhole garden on school grounds.
Leicestershire County Council - design and delivery of World Beneath Our Feet* Morocco workshops to primary schools.
Peak District National Park - design and delivery of drama-based workshop to primary schools in Peak District.
*World Beneath Our Feet and Build-a-Book are both projects of Lifeworlds that were co-opted for specific delivery
Event planning and facilitation
Northumbria University - design and facilitation of Summer Development School for UG/PG students.
Values in Education symposium - co-design and facilitation of a two-day national symposium for key UK stakeholders.
Midlands Educators Learning Association (MELA) - convening of regional events for Midlands based educators.
Action Research
De/colonising Educational Relations - learning support for a project with Exeter and Regina (Canada) universities.
Taking Up Space - convened and facilitated community artists exploring art for social impact/change (2012).
Leading Through Values - designed and delivered a national pilot project for Values in Schools Alliance comprising Oxfam, British Red Cross, Practical Action, National Children's Bureau and Think Global (2011-12).
Resource development and support
PositiveNegatives - design and delivery of resources to support animations/comics through Animated Learning project.
CIS - editorial consultancy, design and publishing of Creating Inspirational Schools international publication (2021).
Peacemakers - editorial consultancy, design and publishing of Learning for Peace guide and toolkit.
Big Brum Theatre in Education - editorial consultancy, design and publishing of various publications.
The Linking Network - production of a resource bank to support schools in community cohesion learning.
British Red Cross - production of resources to support Humanitarian Education programme.
British Red Cross - production of 'Newsthink' resources to support schools responding to global news events.
Refugee Week - collaborating with British Red Cross to produce education resources for annual Refugee Week in UK.
UNEP/UNESCO - co-authoring and design of YouthXChange Lifestyles and Climate Change Guide (2011).
Global Education Derby - production of web-based resources for the Time to Think project.
Xiehe Education Organisation (Shanghai) - education consultancy and design of 'Developing Global Schools in China' (2014).
National Literacy Trust - creation of resources to support The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon.
Oxfam Education - production of resources to support schools working with International NGOs.
University collaborations
Sheffield Hallam University - values sessions for BEd teacher training degree course.
Derby University - contribution to sessions for PGCE students on Global Learning and Community Cohesion.
Leicester University - joint planning and facilitation of inter-university Sustainability workshop in London.
SOAS University of London - support for development of workshop on Anthropology and Mental Health for NHS settings.
Coventry University - development of student workshops to support I Couldn't Stand By project on youth action and peace.
Northumbria University - design and facilitation of Global Development Summer School.
University of Exeter - design and facilitation of learning inputs for de/colonising seminar series with staff.
University of Regina (Canada) - design and facilitation of learning inputs for de/colonising seminar series with staff.
University of Sussex - design and facilitation of workshops based on Inclusive Urban Infrastructure project.
Adult learning
National Parks Association - leading values sessions for representatives from the UK's National Parks.
Buxton Civic Association - values session for staff and volunteers.
National Trust - facilitation of philosophy sessions for volunteers/staff in partnership with Thoughtful
Schools Linking Network - co-delivery of teacher training for delivering effective UK-based school links.
Link Community Development - professional development for teachers thinking about forming school links.
Eco-Schools - professional development input to Eco-Schools network events
Conference presentations/workshops
Geographical Association, TEESNet, SEEd, SAPERE/Thoughtful, Schools Linking Network, Eco-Schools, Learning for Sustainability-Scotland, Institute of Education - London, Royal Geographic Society, East Midlands Network for Global Perspectives in Schools (EMNGPS), Xiehe Education Group (Shanghai), Co-operative Society, Link Community Development, Central Co-operative Learning Trust, Four Hills Education Trust, National Parks Network, General Teaching Council - Scotland, Cumbria Outdoor Learning.