Nigel Evans, Member of Parliament for the Ribble Valley, has joined forces with over 200 charities and schools to support a Global Learning Charter set to launch next month. The Charter has over 200 signatory organisations, including; Amnesty International, British Red Cross, UNICEF UK, Oxfam, Royal Geographical Society, Eden Project, WWF as well as many schools. The Charter, organised by the Education Charity DEA, supports the idea that learning can help tackle some of the global issues that we collectively face such as climate change, intolerance and poverty. A cross-party group of MPs have shown their support for Charter by signing an Early Day Motion (EDM) in Parliament. Mr Evans said: “Together we can make strides to better address global challenges like poverty, climate change and racial or religious intolerance but we need to learn more about these issues. “I am concerned that 93 percent* of school-age children feel it is important to learn about these issues at school yet 63 percent* feel they do not learn enough about the wider world. I am delighted to sign the Early Day Motion to encourage more people to learn more about the big global issues so they have the means to thrive in our increasingly globalised, interdependent world.” |