eduSOIL

Our Objectives

eduSOIL is an award-winning international arts, wellbeing and education social enterprise addressing the global mental health crisis through trauma-informed, intercultural community arts, youth leadership, and yoga and mindfulness programmes since 2011.
🔗 https://www.edusoil.com

We deliver safeguarding-informed, wellbeing-centred programmes that support youth leadership, belonging and access to education across Northern Ireland, South Africa, Sudan and India, working globally through long-standing partnerships.

Our key international partner is the globally recognised Design for Change (DFC) movement, which has empowered over 2 million young people to lead social action by designing and implementing solutions to real-world challenges in 70+ countries.
🔗 https://www.dfcworld.org

eduSOIL previously led the DFC Philippines chapter (2010–2018) and currently leads Design for Change delivery in:

• South Africa (since 2015): https://dfcsouthafrica.com

• Sudan (since 2018): https://designforchangesudan.com

• Northern Ireland (since 2022): https://designforchangeni.com

Since 2011, eduSOIL has supported 16,000+ participants, primarily from Black, Asian and other underserved communities, across 12 countries, nurturing creativity, compassion and resilience and enabling people to approach challenges with optimism and agency.

Our Activities

eduSOIL contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing by supporting schools, families, organisations and individuals through:

• Culturally responsive, trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness classes, courses and retreats

• Intercultural, interdisciplinary community arts workshops, courses and public events

• Youth leadership and Design Thinking workshops, courses and international education trips for schools

• Employee volunteerism programmes, providing mentoring and skills-sharing with youth leaders

• Bespoke wellbeing programmes for individuals, families, schools and businesses

Through our social impact model, programme income and grant funding directly support access to wellbeing and education programmes for underserved communities.