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The benefits to learners and teachers alike are plentiful and will last a lifetime. In line with the Curriculum for Wales, the local, national and international contexts provide key perspectives for learners and are of particular importance in supporting learners to realise the four purposes. They can introduce learners to less familiar environments, broadening their horizons, increasing awareness of different perspectives from their own and help learners appreciate wider challenges and issues.
A life-changing experience
Ferndale Community School in Rhondda Cynon Taff visited Singapore on a Taith-funded mobility. It was a STEM based project with a focus on engineering and aquaculture. For a school where more than a third of pupils have never been abroad, the opportunity to travel to Singapore for a group of Year 9 learners really was a life-changing experience.
Here’s what one of the teachers had to say about the trip:
“We cannot put a value on what these pupils got from this trip, particularly in the community that we serve. To offer opportunities like this to some of these children is something they would never be able to access without this funding.”
You can read the full story here and others on the Taith website.
How can you seek funding for an international exchange?
Taith is Wales’ international learning exchange programme, creating life-changing opportunities to learn, study and volunteer all over the world. Taith mobilities and projects seek to inspire learners and raise aspirations.
Pathway 1 funding supports international exchange of learning through the outward (participants going from Wales) and inward (participants coming to Wales) mobility of either groups or individual participants. For 2025, organisations can apply for up to £60,000 through a new Small Grants Scheme. The scheme features a simpler application form with fewer questions and reduced project management requirements for successful applicants.
Funding calls for Pathway 1 will be open until 27 March. All applicants will be informed of their application outcome within four months of the application deadline. Taith will hold a number of webinars where they will share details of the eligibility criteria, eligible activities and guidance on how to prepare for your application.
The Turing Scheme also offers education providers the opportunity to apply for funding to support their students with study and work placements around the world. Schools in Wales are able to apply for funding.