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Impact Report 2014
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Charlotte HillCEO, Step Up To Serve
Last year, HRH The Prince of Wales launched theStep Up to Serve #iwill campaign, with support from across the Westminster parties. The campaignhopes to double the number of 10-20 year-oldsinvolved in social action by 2020. To do this, we bring together the business, voluntary andeducation sectors to all play their part in achievingthis ambitious, collective goal.
We want to help the next generation of youngpeople create a society that values participationand looks outwards at the needs of others.
For the past twelve years Giving Nation hasprovided pioneering support to schools toencourage charitable giving and volunteering.Successful schools-based programmes likeGiving Nation are critical to our success, andthis report shows just what an impact theprogramme is making.
Richard JohnProgramme Director,Giving Nation
Giving Nation is unique. It gathers the keen-to-helpand the unforthcoming. Together they help a causethey can agree on. They discover what they careabout. They form a team – as peers.
So for all that young people seem increasinglyinsular, hooked up in virtual environments rather thanin the real world, this programme breaks them out.
The figures here back this up: we’ve inspired anincreased inclination for community/ civicinvolvement in nearly all participants.
Recent research by Ipsos MORI & NCH suggests thatonly 13% of 16-17yr olds would bother voting if therewas an election tomorrow. Giving Nation is tacklingthis apathy and resistance in schools throughinspirational education for active citizenship. We helpyoung people see themselves as solution-makersrather than helpless against the problems thatsurround them.
Join us to help them be part of the public service anddemocratic action that will prosper their future.
49,123 young peoplebecome communitybuilders across 415 schools.
1,887 social actionprojects supported charities and goodcauses.
£275,218 wasfundraised and209,467 volunteerhours generated.
l Employability
l Safer communities
l Better local representation
l Youth engaged with civil society
lGreater involvement in education
l Informed, connected
communities
lHigher voter turnout
l Broad and balanced curriculum
lGenerates active citizenship at KS3&4
l Teachers trained to support social action
lWhole-school SMSC support
l Peer learning and sharing professionals
l An ethos of giving
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lConfidence
lCommunica
tion skills
lTeamwork and leadersh
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lPlanning and problem-so
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lPreparing young people for th
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world beyond the school gates
lEm
powered to make positive
change
lResilie
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3. B
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2. Benefits to the School
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Our ImpactModel
We develop young people’s learningand skills in the classroom, stimulate aschool-wide ethos of civic engagementand give young people a practicalexperience of working to help others.This generates a strong impact onyoung participants through action thatis supported by school and communitybecause of its mutual benefit.
How does it work?In three years alone, Giving Nation has enabled 150,000young people to improve the lives of others.
We involve every student in a year group, not just those that arepredisposed to volunteering.
We challenge the students to take action on issues they careabout: as social entrepreneurs, fundraisers, campaigners andvolunteers. They learn the role of charity in society and strengthentheir connection to social causes.
We work through secondary schools and alternative educationsettings, adding value to their curriculum and school-wideagendas. We train, resource and fund school groups to kick-startsocial action projects that are designed and run by young people.
We inspire young people to challenge injustice and strengthencommunity connections with empathy and solidarity.
Studentsdevise aproject tosupport a socialcause
Young people inspiredand motivated tosupport social causes
Young peopledevelop skills
Voluntary and communityorganisations benefitfrom volunteering andphilanthropic donations
£50start-up
£50 is fed back in for future cycles
Our impactthis year
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• 90% understand the role of charities and social enterprises
• 85% of young people understand they can make a difference
Ü 49,123young people
Ü 1,887social action
projectsnn
• 618 unique charities benefited
• Each £50 seed fund generated £259 (average leverage 2007-14)
Ü 209,467hours ofvoluntary
work
• 4.3 hours (on average) per student outside class time
• £779,217 in volunteer hours donated at minimum wage (£3.72 per hour)
“Feeling really inspired by the opportunity thatwe have been given to learn about charities
that do not get enough publicity.”
Liz Maxey, Citizenship Coordinator,Spalding High School,
Lincolnshire
The last academic yearwas another impressiveperiod for Giving Nation.
“The best thingwas that you knew you
were making a difference.”
Alice, Year 8, Leicestershire
nshire
Ü £275,218raised for
charity
• £5.60 (on average) raised by each student
• 3.9 charities were supported per school
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• £r
Ü 1,620teachers
• 5.2 (on average) teachers deliver the programme per school
• 91% of teachers thought Giving Nation complimented or enhanced the school’s charitable ethos
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Ü 315,173studentsinvolved
We inspire charitySince 2007 we have inspired over 300,000young people to give and to help others.
Ü 1.6 millionhours of studentextra-curricular
volunteering“It gave me a
sense of pride thatwe could help people withfamily difficulties. Giving
Nation is a great opportunityto help charities.”
Hannah, Year 9, Surrey
Ü 3,859good causes
helped byGiving Nation
activities
Ü £333,350given as start-up
grantsggiv
Ü £1.7 millionraised by
young people
Ü 400%return on £50
start-up fundinginvested in
schoolsÜ £5.6 milliondonated in studentvolunteer hours at
equivalent of minimum wage
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We can now see the deepening of attitudinal changewhen schools run Giving Nation year on year.
1. Benefits to young people
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I woulddo more for charity given the chance
Everyone should give
a little time to others on a
regular basis
I would liketo give my time to help others if there was an opportunity
It’s cool to volunteer to help other
people
I feel good when I’ve
given money to charity
Giving money to
charity is a good thing
We shouldall try to help
those who are worse off than
ourselves
Everyoneshould give
a little of theirregular income
to charity95%95%%900%%90%90855%%85%8585%%80080%%80%0%%755%%%75%70707 %%70%%6556 %%%5%%65%%%6006 %%600%6065555%%%55500%%500%%%%55
2012-132011-12
2013-14
Giving Nation is as much aboutunderstanding how to be effective as itis about action. The responses from thisyear’s participants are encouraging:
‘I understand therole of charities andsocial enterprises’
‘I understand thatthey can create apositive difference’
‘I have greaterempathy for otherpeople’
‘I have a greaterawareness oflocal issues in mycommunity’
Source: survey of 698 young people in 2013-14. Based on ‘agree a lot’ and ‘Agree a little’ responses
Based on a survey of 344 young people in2011-12, 612 in 2012-13 and 698 in 2013-14.
90%
85%
75%
68%
“It was a great experienceand it taught me that acouple of hours in your daycan make a massivedifference. For this reason weare all carrying on with ourfundraising and we would like tothank Giving Nation for introducingthis experience.” Leah, Year 9, Surrey
We give youngpeople better skillsfor social action
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“Growing as a person and becoming more confident wasthe best part.” Grace, Year 7, Northumberland
“Everybody was able to get involved instead of picking one
or two people to represent us.” Helen, Year 8, Lincolnshire
“I was able to develop my team leading skills and
listen to others” Carmen, Year 9, Belfast
“It was fun because you could talk to people and solve
problems with them.” Will, Year 9, Devon
“It really opened myeyes to the worldaround me and how Ican help out in mylocal community.”
Caitlin, Year 10, Northern Ireland
“Giving Nation hasboosted the self-esteem of the
students. They have learned that theycan produce something good and they can
be winners if they try hard and believe that it ispossible to succeed.”
Paul Sowerby, Teacher, Catcote Academy, Hartlepool
“This project has been such a huge success in somany ways. The students have grown in confidence
when dealing with the customers both withcommunication skills and money skills. They havealso gained life skills in the practical tasks which
they can carry forward with theminto adulthood.”
Deborah Turner, Enterprise Coordinator,
Thriftwood College.
Participants whose skills improved in 2013-14
Teamwork
Confidence
Speaking and listening
Problem-solving
84%
55%
50%
49%
Source: survey of 698 young people in 2013-14.
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Schools link Giving Nation to a wide variety of curriculumobjectives that support repeat involvement. 90% of the activeschools during 2013/14 had run for 2 or more years
2. Benefits to Schools
Scotland
NorthEast
NorthWest
NorthernIreland
Yorkshireand theHumber
EastMidlands
WestMidlands
SouthWest
SouthEast
East ofEngland
London
Wales
1%
4%
9%
11%
14%
18%16%8%
8%
13%
1%
Our network consists of anational spread of 478schools across 155 local
authorities. This represents10 per cent of English
secondary schools.
“By developing students’ ability to work together in teams
it has enabled group activities to be more effective. Furthermore, students develop a sense of ownership which is
transferable to their own coursework/revision where they can understand better that it is
down to them not the teacher.”
Angela Shufflebottom, Pastoral Manager, Netherhall Learning Campus, Kirklees
What other curriculum aspects has the Programme contributed to?
Spiritual, Moral, Social & Cultural (SMSC)
Personalised Learning & Thinking Skills
Better Links with the Wider Community
Project-based Learning
Community Cohesion
Employability Skills
Every Child Matters
Social Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL)
Source: School coordinators’ survey, 2013-14 Base=153
61%
57%
47%
46%
43%
34%
32%
27%
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“Our event brought the whole schooltogether as a community with acommon purpose.”Nicola Denning, Head of Business, LincroftMiddle School, Bedfordshire
Our profile is high inparticipating schools
Source: School coordinators’ survey2013-14 (Base=153)
Giving Nation’s value has grown in schools during 2013-14.
34% of schools run the programmewith multiple year groups.
1 yeargroup
2 yeargroups
3 yeargroups
4 yeargroups
5 yeargroups
6 yeargroups
7 yeargroups
Other
63%
9% 8%5%
Source: School coordinators’ survey 2013-14 (Base=153)
5% 4% 3% 3%
Schools useGiving Nation’s brandto strengthen existingcharitable activitiesand reinforce the
message that socialaction is part of
their ethos.
The profile of the GivingNation programme acrossyour school in 2013-14
“In the context of unrelenting pressure to drive up academic attainment,we are acutely aware of the need to keep education expansive; to
open students’ minds to the opportunities that await them as citizensin the world beyond school. Giving Nation was the perfect social
action challenge, brilliantly conceived by the CitizenshipFoundation and thoughtfully developed over a number of
years into a magic combination of a tight practicalbrief with infinite scope for local interpretation.”
Emily Campbell, CET Director of Programmes
“It’s really helped bringthe tutors together as a team;by the whole year group taking
part in events simultaneously it gavethe year group an identity and was
enjoyable for all involved.”
Tanya Thomas, Curriculum Leader for PSHE andCitizenship, Lady Manners School, Derbyshire
Source: Based on Edubase datafor Giving Nation schools 2014
We arereachingthe more
disadvantaged
Students on freeschool meals 2013-14
3. Benefit to Communities2013/14 academic year Since 2007
Money raised for good causes
Charities and good causes supported
Student volunteer hours
£275,218
618
209,467
£1.7 million
3,859
1.6 million
Health & Wellbeing
Children & Youth
Community
International
Disability
Animals
Poverty
The elderly
Environment
Young people employdifferent methods to achieve
their social goals
Young people make adifference to issues they
identify, embrace and support
Fundraising
Campaigning
Social enterprise
VolunteeringSource: Citizenship Foundation data, 2014 Source: Citizenship Foundation data, 2014
“The energy and passion these young people
have to talk about the issue shows they are part of something fantastic. They are the voice of our next generation. The fundraising they have done has directly funded a rescue within the UK and they
have helped change someone’s life.”
Lee Matthews, Hope for Justice, Cheshire
£0 £1-£99 £100-£499
£500-£599
£1000-£2999
£3000+
6%
47%
Source: School coordinators’ survey 2013-14 (Base=153)
17%17%
7%7%
Money raised in schools in 2013-14
Amounts raisedvary from school toschool dependingon project focus
During 2013/14 GivingNation received £230,000of investment. This created£830,670 for the voluntarysector.
That’s a net profit of £16.91per participant, once the costof providing the educationalexperience to each student(£4.69) has been removed.
Giving Nation is a well-established and highlysuccessful model. In recentyears it’s evidenced that it is
‘cost neutral’: all money invested into this schoolsprogramme is generated back into the voluntarysector through young people’s activities – with afinancial profit. Furthermore, our results are provenand scalable: the more resources we have topromote and popularise Giving Nation the higherits reach and impact.
Can you help us grow this nationalmovement? Invest in Giving Nationand help us mobilise young peoplefor good.
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The analysis behind this report was
conducted by York Consulting, who worked
closely with the Citizenship Foundation
using co-production techniques. Research
involved: a survey of the teachers; a survey
of the students; a review and analysis of
the students’ work; a review and analysis of
case studies of participating schools and
alternative education settings. The full,
independent evaluation can be read at
http://issuu.com/givingnation/docs/
giving_nation_full_report_2013-14.d
Research
Return on investment
Strategic philanthropy: Giving Nation is value for money
Cost perparticipant
Amount raisedper participant
Hours donatedper participant
(costed atminimum wage)
Total ROI perparticipant
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Abbey Grange Church ofEngland High School
Abbey Hill School andTechnology College
Abbeyfield School
AbbeywoodCommunity School
Aigburth HighSchool
All HallowsCatholic College
All HallowsCatholic HighSchool
All Saints CatholicHigh School
All Saints RC School
Alva Academy
Amersham School
Anglo European School
Anthony Gell School
Archbishop Tenison's CofEHigh School
Archers Brook SebdResidential School(capenhurst grange)
Argoed High School
Ash Field Academy
Ash Green School
Ashcroft TechnologyAcademy
AshmoleAcademy
AshmountSchool
Ayesha SiddiqaGirls School
AylestoneBusiness andEnterprise College
Babington HouseSchool
Balshaw's Church ofEngland High School
Baxter Business andEnterprise College
Bedale High School
Bedford High School
Bedford School
Beech House School
Beechwood School
Bennerley Fields SpecialistSpeech and LanguageCollege
Bennett Memorial DiocesanSchool
Bishop's Hatfield Girls'School
Bishopsgarth School
Braunton Academy
Brentside High School
Brighouse High School
Bristol Gateway School
Broadfield Specialist School
Brockhill Park PerformingArts College
Bromley Pupil ReferralService
Brompton Hall School
Brookfield House School
Broomfield School
Broughton Business andEnterprise College
Burlington Danes Academy
Burnside Business andEnterprise College
Bydales School - A SpecialistTechnology College
Caldecott Foundation School
Cardinal Langley RomanCatholic High School
Carlton Bolling College
Cartmel Priory CofE School
Castle View EnterpriseAcademy
Castleford Academy
Catcote School
Cathedral Academy
Cecil Jones College
Chancellor's School
Charters School
Chase High School
Chelmer Valley High School
Chelsea Academy
Chilwell School
Chiswick Community School
City of Birmingham School
City of London Freemen'sSchool
Clevedon School
Colne Community Schooland College
Coopers Technology College
Create Studio
Cricket Green School
Dacorum Education SupportCentre
Dawn House School
De Lacy Academy
De Lisle Catholic SchoolLoughborough Leicestershire
De Warenne Academy
Dedworth Middle School
Derby Moor CommunitySports College
Didcot Girls' School
Dominic's High School
Doubletrees School
Doucecroft School
Dowdales School
Durham High School forGirls
Edenham High School
Emmanuel Christian School
Epinay Business andEnterprise School
Excelsior Academy
Failsworth School
Fair Oak Academy
Fareham Academy
Farney Close School
Felpham Community College
Fir Vale School
Flegg High School
Fordwater School, Chichester
Forest Oak School
Foundations (Teaching andLearning Centre)
Fox Wood Special School
Fulwood Academy
Garston Manor School
Gilbert Inglefield Academy
Glebelands School
Great Torrington CommunitySchool and Sports College
Greenshaw High School
Greensward College
Gumley House RC ConventSchool, FCJ
Gunnersbury Catholic School
Hall Green School
Hall School
Hampshire Collegiate School
Hampstead School
Handcross Park PreparatorySchool
Harrold Priory Middle School
Hartismere High School
Hatch End High School
Haven High TechnologyCollege
Haverstock School
Haybridge High School andSixth Form
Heart of England School
Heath Park Business andEnterprise College
Hendon School
Heston Community School
Highbury Grove School
Highdown School and SixthForm Centre
Hilltop School
Holbrook High School
Holloway School
Holy Family Catholic School
Holy Trinity
Holywell CofE VA MiddleSchool
Hope Valley College
Huish Episcopi Academy
Hutchesons' GrammarSchool
Hyde Community College
Isebrook SEN Cognition &Learning College
James Rennie School
John Taylor High School
Joseph Rowntree School
Kesgrave High School
Keswick School
King Charles I School
King Edward VII School
King James's School
Kings Grove School
Kings International College
King's Mill School
Kingsbury School and SportsCollege
Kingsfield Centre
Kingshott School
Kingsthorpe College
Kirkbie Kendal School
Lady Manners School
Ladybridge High School
Lakeside School
Leytonstone Business andEnterprise Specialist School
Lincoln Castle Academy
Lincroft Middle School
Linwood School
Litcham School
Little Heath School
Little Heath School
Longcroft School
Longfield School
Loughborough High School
Lutterworth High School
Lydiard Park Academy
Madani Girls' School
Madeley High School
Manchester KS3 and 4 PRU
Margaret Beaufort MiddleSchool and Arts College
Marjory Kinnon School
Matthew Arnold School
Mayfield School
Meade Hill School
Meadowhead SchoolAcademy Trust
Mill Hill County High School
Minster School
Moat Community College
Monk's Walk School
Moor End Academy
Morpeth Newminster MiddleSchool
Moulsham High School
Nether Hall LearningCampus High School
Netherthorpe School
New Charter Academy
New College Durham
New Mills School Business &Enterprise College
New Woodlands School
Newall Green High School
Newport Free GrammarSchool
Newstead Wood School forGirls
North & South Craven PupilReferral Service
North Kesteven School
Northgate High School
Northgate School ArtsCollege
Notley High School andBraintree Sixth Form
Notre Dame Catholic College
Oak Bank School
Oakgrove School
Oaklands Catholic School
One One Five BehaviourSupport Service ResourceBase
Orleans Park School
Ormiston Rivers Academy
Osborne School
Oswestry School BellanHouse
Our Lady & St Patrick'sCollege, Knock
Our Lady's RC High School
Outwood Academy Acklam
Who makes Giving Nation happen?...the dedicated teachers, brave management and inspirational young
Paget High School, Businessand Enterprise College
Painsley Catholic College
Pakefield Middle School
Palmerston School
Park High School
Parmiter's School
Penair School
Pencalenick School
Penkridge Middle School
Penrice Community College
Pensby High School for Girls
Pent Valley TechnologyCollege
Perseid School
Plume School
Plumstead Manor School
Pool Academy
Portchester CommunitySchool
Prestwood Lodge School
Priory School
Q3 Academy
Queen Elizabeth's Girls'School
Raine's Foundation School
Rainhill High School
Redbridge CommunitySchool
Richard Rose CentralAcademy
Riddlesdown Collegiate
Rivers Education SupportCentre
Robert Blake Science College
Roman Fields
Rossendale School
Rossett School
Royal Infirmary School(willowbank)
Royal Latin School
Royal School for the DeafDerby
Royal Wootton BassettAcademy
Roysia Middle School
RSA Academy
Ryde School with UpperChine
Rydens School
Rye Studio School
Sacred Heart High School
Saint Mary's Catholic School
Samuel Ryder Academy
Sandbach High School andSixth Form College
Sandgate School
Sandside Lodge School
Sarah Bonnell School
Sarum Academy
Sedgehill School
Shirebrook School
Simon Langton Girls'Grammar School
Sir Bernard Lovell School
Sir Charles Parsons School
Sir Christopher Hatton School
Sir Harry Smith CommunityCollege
Sir John Lawes School
Sir Robert PattinsonAcademy
Sir Thomas Boteler HighSchool
Sir Thomas Boughey HighSchool
Soar Valley College
South Dartmoor CommunityCollege
Southborough High School
Spalding High School
St Albans Girls' School
St Andrew's R C High
St Augustine's CofE HighSchool
St Bede's School
St Bernard's Catholic HighSchool
St Birinus School
St Bonaventure's RC School
St Catherine's CatholicSchool for Girls
St Catherine's College
St Clement Danes School
St Cuthbert's CatholicCommunity College forBusiness and Enterprise
St Dominic's High School forGirls
St Edward's Church ofEngland Academy
St Giles School
St Helena School
St James School
St John Fisher Catholic HighSchool
St Joseph's Catholic HighSchool, Business andEnterprise College
St Joseph's Convent School
St Joseph's RC High Schooland Sports College
St Laurence School
St Margaret's School
St Mark's Church of EnglandAcademy
St Mary's RC High School
St Matthew Academy
St Nicholas Catholic HighSchool
St Peter's Catholic School
St Peter's Church of EnglandAided School
St Peter's CofE Middle School
St Peter's RC High School
St Piran's School (Gb) Ltd
St Simon Stock CatholicSchool
Steps Centre
Stokesley School
Stourport High School-Language College
Stowe School
Strathmore School
Strode's College
Strood Academy
Stroud High School
Sutton Grammar School forBoys
Sutton Valence School
Swadelands School
Swanmore College ofTechnology
Swanwick Hall School
Sycamore Short Stay School
Teign School
Teignmouth CommunityCollege
Temple Moor High SchoolScience College
The Angmering School
The Archbishop LanfrancSchool
The Arthur Terry School
The Ashley School AcademyTrust
The Axholme Academy
The Bishop Bell Church ofEngland Mathematics andComputing Specialist School
The Brakenhale School
The Bromfords School
The Bulmershe School
The Bulwell Academy
The Cavendish School
The Chase
The Cherwell School
The Children's HospitalSchool
The Corbet SchoolTechnology College
The Elmgreen School
The Folkestone School forGirls
The Forest Education Centre
The Grove School
The Harefield Academy
The Harvey Grammar School
The Hermitage Academy
The Hertfordshire & EssexHigh School and ScienceCollege
The Holy Cross School
The John Fisher School
The Langley Academy
The Links College Central,Chalkhill Education Centre,Princess Royal Hospital
The Meadows School(Woodfield School)
The Mirfield Free Grammarand Sixth Form
The Orchard Centre (Homeand Hospital PRU)
The Pingle School
The Polygon School
The Queen Katherine School
The RidingsFederationWinterbourneInternationalAcademy
The Rochester GrammarSchool
The Sandon School
The Stonehill High School
The Voyager Academy
The West Bridgford School
The Woodbridge ParkEducation Service
Thirsk School & Sixth FormCollege
Thistley Hough Academy
Thomas Keble School
Thomas Knyvett College
Thomas More CatholicSchool
Thornton Grammar School
Thriftwood School
Tiffin School
Toot Hill School
Trinity Catholic College
Trinity School
Turton School
Ullswater CommunityCollege
Upper Wharfedale School
Villa Real School
Villiers High School
Wadham School
Walthamstow Academy
Wandle Valley School
Weavers Academy
Wellacre Technology College
Welland Park Academy
West Lakes Academy
WheelersLane TechnologyCollege
White Spire School
Whitehaven School
Whitley Academy
Whitmore High School
Will Adams Centre
William Allitt School
William Ellis School
Willingdon CommunitySchool
Willowfield HumanitiesCollege
Winstanley CommunityCollege
Witchford Village College
Woldgate College
Woodland MiddleSchool Academy
WoodlandsEducationCentre
WoodlandsSchool
WymondhamCollege
people in these schools across the UK
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Rivers Education Support Centre inHertfordshire provides secondaryeducation for young people whostruggle with mainstream school.
Its students chose to support a localanimal rescue charity and a charitythat gives Gambian children accessto education.
They crafted a range of bracelets andnecklaces from Fimo beads and soldthem at their local farmers market.They made £150 and promoted theircauses to members of the public.
Craft from Rivers Centrehelps Gambian farmers
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Case stud
ies
Students at St Bernard’s Catholic High School inCumbria were shocked by the levels of literacy innewcomers to their school. Many, they learned,were already turned off reading.
As avid book-lovers, they were inspired to help otherchildren start reading. They produced a range of storybooks about fictional characters the Little Owls andplanned a series of workshops for local primaryschools. Based on the books, the workshops fosteredliteracy and comprehension skills and encouraged alife-long love of reading.
As well as helpingyounger students, theproject has been‘immensely beneficial’to the team itself,says teacher SharonRalph. It developsproblem-solvingskills, creativity,confidence andteamwork. ‘Theseare life skills thatthey will continueto build upon inthe wider world,’says Sharon.
Little Owls inspirefledgling readers
Cherwell School in Oxford has beeninvolved in Giving Nation from the start.Their ambitious social enterprise ‘TheChicken Project’ aims to reduce poverty inAfrica by supporting sustainable skills forbusiness and agriculture. Students ran avariety of fundraising activities to set upchicken farms with local villagers.
They began in South Africa and have sincetaken their successful model to Cameroon;they have also helped to fund four librariesin the area. Last year, the project teamvolunteered over 220 hours outside classtime and raised over £2,500.
Cherwell’s ChickenProject addresses far off poverty
“The success of The Chicken Project lies in the way these youngpeople develop their skills watching and working with others.
They take on small roles, see how things work and then producethe most wonderful team project. They will continue to be
givers in their adult life and can say they have made a real,sustainable impact on the lives of others, literally, halfway across the world, improving literacy and business
skills for hundreds of children and adults.”
Julie Stuart-Thompson, Assistant Head, Cherwell School, Oxfordshire.
“The Chicken Project helped me do something for a good cause,
learn new skills, influenced what I wantedto do with my life and have a great time.
My organisational, public speaking, management of people and writing skills all improved hugely due to my participation in The Chicken Project. In this way it
provided a perfect complement to GCSEs and A-levels.”
William, Economics undergraduate at Cambridge Universityand former student at Cherwell School, Oxfordshire
Case studies
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“These young peopledeserve to be the voice of the
future and have the potential to becomeeffective leaders because of the confidence
bestowed by this work.”
Carol Ezis, Derby Moor Community Sports College,Derbyshire
“The benefit of Giving Nation far outstrips raisingmoney. The skills that can be developed are
the bedrock of our democracy.”
Shaun Townsend, Head of Citizenshipand PSHE, King Edward VII
School, Norfolk
“Giving Nation is a brilliantconcept. Students developemployability skills at thesame time as developing
independence and empathy.”
Laetitia Rys-Kent,Head of PSHE & Citizenship,Glebelands School, Surrey