Charities

These weblinks have a range of information and resources to support children and their families so support the startup of fundraising projects, raise awareness of issues and delivery of the curriulum. Please email any recommended links.

Amnesty International - AI have two main ways of working to achieve human rights for everyone:
Promoting general awareness of human rights; and
Opposing specific abuses of human rights.
Information about how you can help is clear and helpful.

Comic Relief - Red Nose Day this year was on 14 March 2003. As increasing numbers of teachers will testify, Comic Relief is much more than fun and fundraising. It's a vibrant expression of active global citizenship involving the whole school community. This year, teachers have been bringing the excitement into their classrooms and exploring the inclusive values behind the day with Everybody Inc, the Red Nose Day 2003 teaching pack.

Christian Aid - Amongst other resources and information there is an online resources for teachers, offering practical classroom materials and assembly ideas for primary and secondary schools.

Fairtrade - Fairtrade does what it says on the label; it guarantees a better deal to producers in the developing world. This means a stable price which covers their production costs, along with a premium that their organisation will be able to reinvest either in the business or social and environmental schemes among the wider community.

Friends of the Earth - Friends of the Earth inspires solutions to environmental problems which make life better for people.

Greenpeace - Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action.

Health Education Trust - (HET) is a UK registered charity, formed to promote the development of health education for young people in the UK. HET is dedicated to initiating and supporting work to encourage the growth of healthy lifestyles, such as HET's School Nutrition Action Groups concept. Information and resources, news, support and further links all related to young people's health issues, principally school food and drink, managing medicines,

Help the Aged- The Help the Aged schools programme has extensive resources, including lesson plans and curriculum grids. Among other things, the material on offer helps children learn the importance of a healthy lifestyle while they are young, if they are to enjoy their old age too.

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) - With its Kids Zone, the NSPCC gives children the chance to learn how the charity works to protect others their own age. There's the latest on the Full Stop campaign, as well as information on coping with bullying at school. This site links to Citizenship and PSHE, Key Stages 1 to 4.

Oxfam - One of the best known charities, Oxfam has the sole aim of ridding the world of poverty. Its in-depth educational material helps children understand why some countries are poorer than others and provides extensive support for teachers.

Save the Children - Save the Children runs many practical projects helping millions of children around the world in terrible conditions. There are downloadable lesson plans and structured activities for schools in a special education section.

Sport Relief - Inspires the whole of the UK to get active, raise money and do a bit of good during the summer sport season. Their website emphasises not just the links to national curriculum Physical Education and Citizenship, but the involvement of the whole school as well.

Unicef - The UNICEF Education Department has years of experience in helping schools teach about development issues and introducing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as part of the national curriculum.