Edina Trust supports Native Scientists to reach over 150 children

The Edina Trust will support Native Scientists’ Same Migrant Community (SMC) programme workshops for the Arabic and Portuguese languages in the United Kingdom.

The Same Migrant Community programme brings together migrant children and scientists sharing a common heritage, with science outreach workshops in their native languages. Operating in multiple countries, the programme spans a wide variety of heritage languages spoken across Europe. Portuguese and Arabic are the main languages of the workshops held  in the United Kingdom (UK). To further promote Native’s work with those communities, the Edina Trust will help the SMC programme to reach children who speak these languages.

The Edina Trust is a UK-based charity whose primary mission is to provide opportunities for underserved children, focusing on projects that improve educational outcomes and community engagement. To deliver programmes that promote educational access and equity, the Edina Trust offers grants to organisations that fund these activities, primarily in primary schools.

Native Scientists recently received a 13700£ grant from them to support workshops in the UK, bringing science to more than 150 children. “The Edina Trust grant will allow us to expand our work in the UK in both our core languages, Arabic and Portuguese. We share similar  goals, focusing on equitable science education and bridging the STEM gap,” says Hania Tayara, SMC programme lead.

If you're interested in the SMC programme, please reach out via email at hania.tayara at nativescientists.org. To get involved in upcoming Arabic or Portuguese workshops, you can register to volunteer here.

About Native Scientists

Founded in 2013, Native Scientists is a pan-European non-profit organisation connecting underserved children and scientists. It exists to broaden children's horizons, promote scientific literacy, and reduce inequalities through science outreach educational programmes.

About Edina Trust

The Edina Trust is a charity founded in the UK in 2002, by Professor Sir Edwin M. Southern, most known for his invention of the Southern blot, a technique that transformed molecular biology, remains in use today, and led to the development of western blot and northern blot methods. The primary focus of the Edina Trust is enhancing the teaching and learning of science in primary and nursery schools. While most of its grants support UK schools, the Trust also funds some international projects. Committed to integrity, the Edina Trust supports initiatives that improve educational outcomes, particularly for children from underserved backgrounds, often collaborating with other organisations to promote educational access and equity.