Education For All

"Only the educated are free" Epicetus

The Education for All Trust

The Education for All Trust moved swiftly from concept to reality, being conferred charity status, and has now moved into a site in Corby where EfA has a 20,000 sq ft depot in which to store and sort furniture and equipment.

Advancing Education:

EfA was established to assist in the advancement of education in developing countries. To date, we have sent 32 x 40 foot containers over seas, each one catering for over 500 pupils. Through the charity Education for All Trust, we have also successfully established school partnerships between donor schools here in the UK and receiving schools abroad.

Project delivery:

In the initial three months of operation, EfA were engaged with the largest schools PFI project in the country in Bassetlaw, North Nottinghamshire, thanks to the support of Transform Schools the specific delivery vehicle for education of Balfour Beatty. This project has been to successfully handle the first phase of a major new school build. We can measure the success of projects like this in simple facts:

• Four schools involved clearing 6,669 items (115.7Tonnes).
• Diverted 109.26T from landfill (94.4%).
• Re-distributed 4,072 good quality items (61.1%) for re-use overseas.
• Dismantled and recycled 2,594 items (42T) through UK Environment Agency registered waste brokers and carriers to recycle: 23.2T of wood (into compost or energy recovery) 17.3T of mild steel metal 1.5T of polypropylene plastic.
• EfA has also facilitated its first school partnership and teacher exchange set up between UK and South Africa.
• 4 containers with over 2900 items have arrived at Cape College Education Office, Fort Beaufort Eastern Cape South Africa.