Nurturing hope and challenging injustice through education.
Who We Are
WOSDEC has been a trusted third sector provider of professional learning in Global Citizenship to educators in the West of Scotland for over two decades.
Based in Glasgow, we are dedicated to empowering educators across the Western region of Scotland, equipping them with expertise in Global Citizenship, Learning for Sustainability, and Rights-based Learning through an anti-racist lens.
What We Do
We offer expert, accredited Professional Learning opportunities in Global Citizenship, Learning for Sustainability and Rights-based Learning.
All our Professional Learning includes practical, active and participatory methodologies, sharing best practice with colleagues, as well as facilitated professional reflection.
Professional Learning
We offer a programme of after-school courses for teachers across our twelve authorities. Professional learning opportunities for 2025 funded by the Scottish Government open to educators across Scotland.
Free Resources
Our practical, active and participatory education resources have been produced with a variety of partners and are free to download and use in educational settings.
Community Work
Our community work involves bespoke projects with community partners. We work with participants to identify the skills and knowledge they want to gain through active and arts-based approaches.
Projects and Partnerships
We have extensive experience of leading and partnering with other organisations in a wide range of projects which promote Global Citizenship.
Global Citizenship
Conflict, climate breakdown, systemic racism, increasing inequality – if we are to respond to the urgent issues we face today, we need to transform the systems which perpetuate harm and injustice.
Global Citizenship Education empowers learners to understand these systems and to act for a peaceful, just and sustainable future, based on human rights, anti-racism and global solidarity.
Global Citizenship Education is an empowering and transformative process which enables educators and learners to:
critically question the causes and effects of social and environmental issues;
explore the connections between our own lives and those of others;
understand the impact of historical injustices such as colonialism on real world issues today;
develop the confidence and skills to disrupt traditional power structures and take action for human rights and global justice.
I just wanted to say a huge thank you for delivering such a fantastic collegiate session last night. It was clear you had taken real time to get to know our work and connect everything together, which made the messages so clear and meaningful…
Your delivery was so warm and open and you shared great ideas for how we can take this further. Your enthusiasm and passion for this area really shines through when you speak and it is just brilliant to work with someone so committed to making a difference, thank you!
- Hazel Campbell, Deputy Head Teacher, Carleith Primary and ELCC
