News & Events

Our sister organisation, Sustainability Sphere CIC, obtained funding from Newport City Council to support two primary schools in Newport with promoting community cohesion. A book reading and interactive session was followed by a teddy bears' picnic! 

We are working with Simon Rees, Roots Girls' Club, the Gwent Levels, and local artist, Andy O'Rourke, on a Story Quest for Gwent Levels, based at the Wetlands in Newport: Storytelling Meets Nature - a Community project for the National Literacy Trust.  

The launch of Educating for Community Cohesion provided an overview of the book and its key concepts by a Q&A session. Available at  Educating for Community Cohesion: Promoting Tolerance and Ethnocultural Empathy | Springer Nature Link 

 We undertook an evaluation of a community-based family support project in South Wales, exploring service delivery and the experiences of staff and service users. We identified strengths and weaknesses to inform future provision.

We visited Tadweer Art Exhibition in Doha, Qatar and were impressed by the variety of exhibitions on display. We discussed the popularity of art across the region, and the mix of traditional and new forms.   

An amazing day at Grange Pavilion as we (TEEMA & Sustainability Sphere CIC) launched our book, Harmony Haven. An interactive author reading was followed by a bear hunt and a teddy bears' picnic.  

We conducted interviews with academics in the UK for the British Council in Algeria to support the research conducted by Itri Insights, which included the production of a report for government ministers. 

 Climate Conversations: The Muslim Perspective Interactive workshops, with female representatives from the Muslim community in Newport. The event explored climate change and the impact on local Muslim communities.. 

We attended COP28 in Dubai where we networked with academics and policy makers, sharing ideas and expertise at a variety of workshops and cultural events.  

Our visit to Riyadh in 2022, and the Sustainable Partnerships Conference hosted by the Ministry of Education, provided an excellent opportunity and led to several education consultancy opportunities. 

We conducted research on Greening Universities in Algeria, in partnership with Itri Insights, for the British Council. This involved producing an in-depth report for government ministers to inform a COP26 discussion.  

We visited Coral International School in Jeddah and conducted focus groups with teachers and pupils to explore the social psychology for teaching tolerance and mutual acceptance. The responses were highly positive.