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Who it is

About the organisation The academy’s origin, beliefs and purpose.
Why this work exists The conditions the work is built to change.
How the work is funded The sources that pay for the work, and what the model aims to become.
What it runs

The DreamSpace Lifecycle How a changemaker goes from a local problem to an impact venture, and the support along the way.
Venture pathway The Lifecycle for changemakers who take the venture route.
Labs & research Capabilities and communities of practice that run in many places.
Ventures & incubation How a tested solution becomes a venture.
How it checks

Theory of change How the work is meant to produce the result.
Impact & the global goals The Sustainable Development Goals the work carries.
Measurement How the model finds out whether it works.
Start here Theory of change How the work is expected to lead to change, where the evidence is strongest, and a grade on every claim. Read more

Who DreamSpace Academy is, why the work exists and how it is meant to change things.
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What it teaches

Programmes and domains What the academy teaches, then the domains of the STEAM programmes and the levels of a course.
Innovation & enterprise The enterprise strand inside the STEAM programmes, from the first stage.
How the STEAM programmes work

Learning by making How the STEAM programmes connect knowledge, making, reflection and action.
Facilitation How teaching is sequenced, and what a trainer and facilitator do.
The Changemaker Journey How a learner in the STEAM programmes moves from exploring to changing their community.
Assessment Completed work, explanation and reflection, judged against one standard.
Start here More than the STEAM programmes The STEAM programmes are one part of what the academy teaches. It also runs business and entrepreneurship, digital security and teacher training. Read more

The STEAM programmes are one part of what DreamSpace Academy teaches. Most pages here describe the STEAM programmes.
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The product

The model A community makerspace built to be replicated.
Replication How one working makerspace becomes many.
In short Who provides what The local partner provides the space and pays for the unit. DreamSpace Academy provides the design, the standard and a licence to run its programmes. Read more

A replicable makerspace that local partners set up as a social franchise, with a licence to run the academy’s programmes.
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Read

Articles Short explanations, and reviews of the terms the work is built on.
Questions Answers for parents, learners, schools, donors and partners.
Look up

Site overview Every page of this reference, with what each one covers.
Glossary Every term used in a specific sense, and what it excludes.
References The published works and statistics behind the system.
Records

Activities Every recorded activity, dated, one page each.
The record Activities since 2018 Every activity DreamSpace Academy has recorded, dated, with one page each. Read more

Questions, activity records, articles, terms and the sources behind them.
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Programme, 2026

In-school programme reaches Nuwara Eliya and Kantale

Empowerment Inside School extends into the central estate sector and into Trincomalee district.

When: During 2026
Where: Nuwara Eliya and Kantale
Format: In-school programme
Who was there: 114 learners in Nuwara Eliya and five schools in Kantale, as recorded

Empowerment Inside School reached Nuwara Eliya, with 114 learners in robotics, and Kantale, across five schools.

With Batticaloa and Hatton in 2025, the programme now runs in three districts: Batticaloa and Trincomalee in the East, and Nuwara Eliya, where the Hatton hub works, in the central hill country. DreamSpace Academy delivers it inside government schools with written zonal approval.

The academy’s work in Nuwara Eliya began before the programme: a mobile journalism workshop ran there with Grow Education learners in October 2023.

The figures above are enrolments as recorded, not evidence of learning gained. The two-to-five-year window, where the effects are supposed to show up, is the weakest part of the academy’s measurement.

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In-school programme reaches Nuwara Eliya and Kantale, Nuwara Eliya and Kantale.

In-school programme reaches Nuwara Eliya and Kantale, Nuwara Eliya and Kantale.

In-school programme reaches Nuwara Eliya and Kantale, Nuwara Eliya and Kantale.

In-school programme reaches Nuwara Eliya and Kantale, Nuwara Eliya and Kantale.