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Why
are we needed?
The
demand for Cultural Champions comes from the bottom and
the top. Devon people are eager to hear about the county's
diversity direct from the Cultural Champions themselves.
But there is also a legislative climate that is working
our way.
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By
the age of seven, all young people will have
had opportunities to:
.....interact
with members of the local and global community,
including people from a different cultural background
from their own, both within school and through
supervised visits outside school
The
Devon Promise, from Changing our Futures (Learning
for Sustainability in Devon) DCC 2007
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By
the age of fourteen all young people will have
had opportunities to:
.....explore
views of economic and social development and
social justice with members of the local and
global community from different cultural backgrounds
The
Devon Promise, from Changing our Futures (Learning
for Sustainability in Devon) DCC 2007
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Enables
pupils to develop respect and sensitivity
to others, in particular those with faiths
and beliefs different from their own
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Helps
to combat prejudice, racism and discrimination
Every Child Matters
in RE (page 9)
The Devon, Plymouth and Torbay Agreed
Syllabus 20
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"in
a single morning [the pupils'] previous ideas
about people who seek asylum have been challenged….
Very few kids have hard and fast views that
can't be shifted if they're faced with new
facts"
Guardian 29/5/07
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"The
British are not a single tribe, or a single
religion, and we don't come from a single
place. But we are building a home where we
are all able to be who we want to be, yet
still be British. That is what we do: we take,
we adapt and we move forward…
Young
people can help to keep Britain a place where
everyone is accepted, all cultural identities
are respected, and where we delight in the
diversity of our nation… The future of
Britain relies on people understanding each
other"
Benjamin Zephaniah
(in the foreword to 'We all came here
from somewhere' Diversity identities and citizenship,
published by Foreign & Commonwealth Office/QIA)
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Global
Centre Devon, Exeter Community Centre, 17 St David's Hill, Exeter, EX4
3RG
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