EduSpots is a global collaboration for community-led change through education.
We believe everyone has the capacity to shape their communities through education, building from Giroux’s philosophy that ‘all citizens, old and young, are equally entitled, if not equally empowered, to shape the society in which they live.’
Perhaps over 500 people have been involved in creating and sustaining EduSpots – every person involved brings a different story and this is why we haven’t offered one version of the history of EduSpots on this website. Simply get in touch with any of our team or volunteers, and they can tell you their EduSpots story!
Every community Spot has its own narrative of its creation, and you can read more about all our projects here. You can also get the strongest sense of our volunteers and their activity through following us on Twitter and Facebook where we share live updates directly from community volunteers and registered volunteers can engage with our activities via our multiple WhatsApp platforms. Click here to read more about our vision and strategy.
We would like to say a particular thank you for the role the following people took in the early stages of EduSpots’ foundation: Paul Wilson, Sarah Wilson, Joseph Addae, Gloria Addae, Janet Addae, Vida Addae, Elizabeth Cody, Suzie Sturgeon, Steve Marshall-Taylor, Dennis Wellings, Oliver Champness, Ed Warren, Seth Follen, Ali Hudspeth, Ella Dobson, Thomas Linsdell and Helen Denyer. The founding trustees of EduSpots Ghana are Cat Davison and Francis Yeboah who still work in close partnership.
Our Name
The idea for the name for the charity ‘Reading Spots’ was born from the common labelling of bars in Ghana as ‘spots’: for example ‘Best Friends’ Spot’, and ‘Best Place in the World Spot’. The Ghanaian team thought that originally naming the charity ‘Reading Spots’ (later becoming ‘EduSpots’ to allow for a wider breadth of educational activities) would emphasise the importance of education being ‘alive’ and at the heart of community life
Join us!
Together, we believe we have developed a model for educational development in low-resource settings that could be replicated. We are so excited about the future of EduSpots, and would encourage anyone to get in touch who is able to support us in developing #OurCollectiveFuture in any way at all.
For all enquiries email info@eduspots.org