Partnerships support meaningful engagement with our community

Dundee Science Centre launched our Home Learning Digital Programme in collaboration with the University of Dundee (dentistry, forensic science and life sciences) and others in response to a national need for STEM Learning resources for parents and children who suddenly found themselves homeschooling. We were approached to support tackling equity and wellbeing in some of the most disadvantaged areas of our region. Our Science@Home kits provided the same activities, with the necessary equipment and guides, but without the need for digital resource. For 10 weeks, 350 children received kits alongside their foodbank deliveries, giving families a real boost and some science learning in the process. We will share this story through the voices of the people involved. The viewer will discover the positive, meaningful impacts from these initiatives for our partner’s and local community and families. Importantly, we now have a model to sustain our engagement beyond a direct response to COVID-19.

Project partners include Dundee Science Centre (initiative leads), University of Dundee (Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science, Dundee Dental School, School of Life Sciences, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research) Gate Church Wellbeing Project, Dundee City Council, Dundee Bairns, ChildSmile.