TedTanic™: Remembering the Past, Unlocking the Future

TedTanic™ is more than just a teddy bear — it’s a key to education and opportunity. Sold by the Marion Centre of Excellence, each bear funds access to the PETAL learning platform, supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by reducing inequality, promoting quality education, and empowering individuals to thrive.

Every TedTanic™ bear is personalised with the name of a passenger who perished on the Titanic — people who dreamed of a better future but whose lives were cut short. Today, through PETAL, each bear ensures that history does not repeat itself. Instead of dreams being lost, they are unlocked.

When you purchase a TedTanic™ bear, you also unlock a course on the PETAL platform. You can keep this course for yourself or donate it to someone in need, breaking down barriers to education. Courses cover a wide range of topics — from practical skills in employability, digital literacy, and entrepreneurship, to wellbeing and resilience, all the way through to fun and creative learning such as, animation, film making, art, interior design and creative writing.

In this way, every bear carries a legacy: remembrance of the past, and empowerment for the future. Together, we can ensure that no one is left to “sink” without support, and that every learner has the chance to rise.