DECSY promotes Global Learning: an approach to education that increases understanding of complex global issues, such as world poverty, conflict, climate change, migration and thinking about how to create a better world.

Training courses

On-line CPD courses now available. We can also help with specific training or resources.

Training courses

Our work

During this challenging period of COVID-19 we are pleased to say we are keeping our key projects going.

Our work

Philosophy for children (P4C)

Developing critical and creative thinking skills through real dialogue about issues that matter to children.

Philosophy for children

Global Learning Resources

Home-schooling ideas (updated) and teaching packs including ‘Colonialism, Slavery & the Industrial Revolution’.

Resources

Projects

DECSY carries out a wide range of project work. These are three of our current projects.

Philosophy for Communities zoom session

Philosophy for Communities

Philosophy for Communities is a progression from P4C in schools; realising that adults can benefit from this methodology as much as children. DECSY has been running Philosophy for Communities groups since January 2020, both face-to-face and virtually. 

Philosophy for Communities

Coping with Covid

Coping with Covid, on-line Sessions, Fully Funded

Coping with Covid  is a set of fully-funded one hour sessions on Friday afternoons this term, where teachers and school leaders in Sheffield can meet for mutual support and reflection about the pandemic, facilitated by DECSY, an independent educational charity that runs P4C courses and wrote the British Council’s new, Learning from a Pandemic teaching resource.

Coping with Covid, on-line Sessions, Fully Funded

Gender Action

Gender Action is an award programme which promotes and supports a whole-school approach to challenging stereotypes. Tiered progression levels put gender equality at the heart of policy and practice, recognising those striving to ensure there are no limits on young people reaching their full potential. Register your nursery, school or college as a Gender Action supporter...

Gender Action

Our current funders are:

Funded by the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme of the European Union

The Fore
Nineveh Charitable Trust
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust

Co-funded by the Erasmus + programme of the European Union

The Linking Network