Here are a selection of organisations to help you establish your school twinning listed by continent.
Service provided - each offers a different service, from finding you a partner school, expert guidance, a structured programme, and the DIY approach.
Cost - some are free, others charge for their services.
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WORLDWIDE
The Global Gateway
A website open to schools in the UK and all around the world - select yourself a partner school using the "Find A Partner" database.
The website also provides support for twinning projects and advice on twinning activities.
Read more about the Global Gateway.
DFID Global School Partnerships
Advice and guidance, professional development opportunities and grants to schools in the UK and in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America that use partnerships to develop a global dimension in the curriculum.
Contact globalschools@britishcouncil.org
British Council
The British Council runs programmes to support school twinning projects between the UK and the rest of the world. All schools in the UK can apply. For example read about their schemes for China or the Middle East.
Find out more about the British Council.
Oxfordshire LEA
LEA schools in Oxfordshire: contact Ike Garson at Oxfordshire Education Authority for international school partnerships.
Email: Ike.Garson@Oxfordshire.gov.uk
Universities
Universities can also form international partnerships. Find out more from the British Council.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/
AFRICA
Aduna
Twin in French with Aduna who arrange school twinning in UK and French-speaking Mali and Senegal. Aduna also provide curriculum support and cultural workshops. info@aduna.org.uk
Africa Experience
Help developing links with schools in Uganda.
www.africaexperienceuk.com Link Community Development
Find a partner school in Ghana, Malawi, South Africa, and Uganda via education NGO. Support for schools and teachers in the UK and Africa. Read more about LCD here.
African Revival
Find a partner school in Northern Uganda. African Revival provides ongoing support for schools and teachers in both the UK and Uganda, facilitating successful and sustainable partnerships that will benefit teachers and pupils in both countries.
Contact: Sarah on 020 8939 3190 or sarah.robinson@africanrevival.org
Afri Twin
Organisation supporting twinning projects with schools in South Africa [charges apply].
Connecting Classrooms
Find out about the new UK-Africa schools partnership scheme from the British Council, launching later this year. Read more about Connecting Classrooms.
Dolen Cymru
For Welsh Schools: Dolen Cymru twins schools in Wales and Lesotho.
Read more about Dolen Cymru here.
The Ghana-UK Schools Partnership Project
For East Anglian schools: twin with schools in northern Ghana via education NGOs.
www.camfed.org/gsp
Glade
Schools in the South West: Development Education Centre offering teaching resources as well as support to twin with a school in Zambia and Ghana as well as India.
Inter Diocesan West Africa Links (IDWAL)
Chichester and Portsmouth schools: twin with schools in Sierra Leone via Church of England West Africa partnership with DFID global citizenship support.
Contact: Revd Mark Payne (01444) 831265 IDWAL@diochi.org.uk
"Just Like You" with developmentdirect
Schools in the North East: twin with a school in the developing world. Special focus on citizenship and PHSE projects. (Charges apply)
Contact: enquiries@developmentdirect.org.uk
http://www.developmentdirect.org.uk
Link Community Development
Find a partner school in Ghana, Malawi, South Africa, and Uganda via education NGO. Support for schools and teachers in the UK and Africa. Read more about LCD here.
Link Ethiopia
Links schools in the UK and Ethiopia. For more information contact Chris@gondarlink.org.uk.
Mida-International
UK-Africa twinning: working with partners in Africa, Mida-International is developing school-based twinning projects which extend into the community.
One World Link (Warwick, UK - Bo, Sierra Leone)
Warwickshire schools: link with a school in Bo, Sierra Leone. Contact education@oneworldlink.org.uk
Plan Ed School Linking
Plan-ed is the development education arm of plan international. It provides accurate, comprehensive lesson plans and resources on development issues for teachers and students. All resources are free and designed to help further the understanding of development in young people and promote global citizenship.
They link with primary and secondary schools in Sierra Leone, Kenya and Malawi and provide support, teacher training and workshops, a helpline and a secure web portal.
Read more about Plan-Ed school linking
For more information about Plan UK visit www.plan-uk.org
Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT)
SSAT organises partnerships with schools around the world, especially South Africa. Find out more.
Starfish Malawi
Primary Schools in the South East: link with schools in Malawi.
Full resource pack for use as part of the National Curriculum.
Contact Chris Knott on 01580 850251 email chrisknott@starfish-malawi.org.uk
World Food Programme
20 schools across Africa from the WFP school feeding programme want to twin. Register with the Global Gateway and tell them you are interested in the WFP schools.
ASIA
ASL Twins
Twins UK schools with schools in Sri Lanka. Local field officers on the ground provide advice and support to over 200 schools in the UK and Sri Lanka. FULL TO CAPACITY at present.
For more information visit: www.twins-srilanka.org and www.adoptsrilanka.com
Japan 21
Twins schools in the UK and Japan and provides translation online.
Save the Children – School Link
The Pahar Trust
Twin with a school in Nepal through the Friendship Scheme. Contact Tom Allen: al@mhs.tlfe.org.
AMERICA
Estrela
For schools in the North East: Estrela organise and support school links to Brazil with workshops and art sessions. [charges apply]
For more information email estrela@fish.co.uk
EUROPE
Comenius
Opportunities for curriculum projects for 3 or more schools across Europe with EU funding
e-Twinning
For schools in the EU to work together via a simple ICT programme on curriculum projects.
UK-German Connection - bringing young people together
A service dedicated to increasing contacts and understanding between young people in the UK and Germany. Contact: Madeleine.Cords@the-voyage.com
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