Community educator and author based in the Scottish borders, working on institutions as social models & 'dynamic theories' of social science. I can help organisations use the Apprenticeship Levy for staff to develop leadership skills in sustainability & campaigning,
Founded Democracy Matters, a UK alliance for learning practical politics, the Charter 99 for Global Democracy campaign which led to the One World Trust’s Global Accountability Project, and co-founded the Parenting Education and Support Forum. Created and ran Uniting Humanity an EU Grundtvig trainer of trainers programme in global citizenship. Publications include Practical Politics: Learning for Democracy for teaching political skills, Campaigning is OK! (2009) a guide to building capacity and resources for campaigning, Learning Power (Campaign for Learning 2007), Family Learning: foundation of effective education (Demos 1997), Citizenship Schools: a practical guide to education for citizenship and personal develop, and Unravelling Global Apartheid: An overview of world politics (Polity 1996): see: https://bit.ly/APSAglobalapartheid
