SEAD (Scottish Education and Action for Development)

Where did we start from?

SEAD’s official launch took place at the Netherbow Centre in Edinburgh’s Royal Mile in 1978. By November, SEAD held its first conference – ‘Scotland, Multinationals and the Third World‘. This conference began our practice of bringing people from different backgrounds together, with delegates including politicians, trade unionists, academics, and representatives from churches, businesses and the community.

Click on a decade to find out what SEAD has been doing since then:

• 1980s
• 1990s
• 2000s

You can also read articles by some of the people who were key to shaping SEAD’s unique approach through the years.

• A Radical Agenda by Joyce McMillan
• War Without Bullets by Cathy McCormack
• Mutual Solidarity by Linda Dunion