RISC is Reading's Development Education Centre; working with schools, community organisations and the general public, raising the profile of international issues and promoting action for sustainable development, equality and social justice.

 

What is Development Education?

Development Education is a process which aims to:

• Enable people to understand links between their lives and those of people throughout the world.
• Increase awareness of the economic, political, social and environmental forces which shape all our lives
• Develop the skill, attitudes and values which enable people to bring about change and take control of their own lives, and to work towards a more just world, where power and resources are equally shared.
  

RISC has long-standing and far-reaching connections to the education and voluntary sectors in the S.E. region of the UK and the majority world.

RISC's areas of work can be generalised into the following areas:

 

Arts
Promoting Global Citizenship through arts and activism.

 

Events
Various events take place in RISC on a wide range of subjects and formats, all with the aim to raise awareness and understanding of development education issues.

 

 

Volunteers
RISC provides many work opportunities to volunteers coming from a wide background. Volunteers are at the foundation of RISC, without their work we simply could not function as we do.

 

 

Education
RISC has an education team who work with teachers and schools to promote Global Citizenship in the curriculum.  Their work ranges from training courses to RISC's own publications and more.

 

 

Room Hire
RISC houses several function rooms including a large conference hall, available for the public to hire.

 

World Shop

RISC is home to one of the UK's largest Fair Trade shops. A member of BAFTS (British Association of Fair Trade Shops), it raises awareness of fair trade through the products it sells as well as encouraging the use of eco friendly household products.  A large section of the shop is devoted to a resource centre selling teaching packs on global citizenship, and non-fiction on various global issues, as well as fiction from majority world authors, and a large selection of children's books further promoting global citizenship at an early age.

 

Gardens
RISC also works on various other projects with a focus on sustainable development and food security.  This work begins on our edible roof garden and continues with projects that work with local community groups and schools.

 

Global Cafe
The Global Cafe is a fully licensed venue providing daytime and evening drinks to Reading using fairly traded and local products where possible.  Live music and events often take place in the cafe.  The cafe is also home to Tutu's Ethiopian Table who provides food in the cafe from lunchtime through to the evening.

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