Why does Link Community Development twin?
LCD runs projects to improve the quality of education in rural African communities. Schools are provided with training, support in leadership, management, and teaching practice.
The Link Schools Programme is run hand-in-hand with education development initiatives for the benefit of both schools promoting global citizenship.
A link with an African school can teach UK children about the wider world, offers staff opportunites for professional development, and makes the curriculum more interesting and immediate.
What kind of schools do you twin with?
Link Community Development links with Primary, Middle, Secondary and special schools, and can also find links for FE colleges and Local Authorities.
What region of the UK do you twin?
Link Community Development facilitaes twinning with schools across the UK.
What part of the world do you twin with?
Link Community Development facilitates links between UK schools and schools in Africa, in particular South Africa, Ghana, Uganda and Malawi. LCD also supports some links with schools in America, Australia and elsewhere in Europe. LCD currently supports 400 partnerships.
What support do you offer to LCD twinned schools in the UK?
Dedicated staff both in the UK and in Africa, support and facilitate links. Local staff regularly visit the schools in South Africa, Uganda, Ghana and Malawi to deliver correspondence, resolve communication issues and provide advice. In-depth resource pack including information on linked school, country, classroom resources and guidance materials. Twice termly mail service between schools. Professional and practical support for teachers' reciprocal visits. Regular reports on partner school to deepen UK school's understanding of its priorities and context.What support do you offer to twinned LCD schools overseas?
LCD runs long-term school development projects in Africa through which schools receive grants, training and ongoing support.
Complementing this LCD's support for linking, includes:
- Linking workshops
- Collecting/delivering correspondence
- Resolving communication issues
- Arranging visits
- 'Special Projects' enable UK schools to donate gifts in a way which ensures money feeds into the partner school's Development Plan, empowering the school to drive the project themselves.
Do you charge for your services?
£500 per year (discounts can sometimes be negotiated for small primary schools).
Get in touch
Website address: www.lcd.org.uk
Phone number: 020 7691 1818
E-mail address: link@lcd.org.uk
Read more about Link Community Development twinning at http://www.lcd.org.uk/uk/casestudies/
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