Teaching resources

Free and flexible teaching resources for primary and secondary schools

Discover over 200 citizenship and PSHE lessons and assemblies completely free!

Teaching resources

How can the law protect biodiversity?

We've teamed up with law firm CMS to launch a new, free legal education resource for students aged 14-18.

Political Literacy

Planning lessons after the general election?

With a new Government in place, explore our flexible democracy resource packs to help you embed political literacy in the classroom. Suitable for ages 5 to 18.

Teaching resources

Economic and Financial Literacy teaching resources

We've teamed up with FTI Consulting to bring you a free suite of lesson plans all about money - from personal finances to government spending.

Active Citizenship

Help your class put learning into practice with a social action project

Discover our range of community project frameworks for learners aged 5 to18 (plus teacher training opportunities!)

Bringing citizenship to life for thousands of children and young people each year.

Young Citizens is a UK charity that enables schools and colleges to deliver interactive citizenship education for children and young people.

Established in 1989 by Lord Phillips OBE and a group of democracy education experts, we believe citizenship should play a part in every young person’s education before leaving school to help them thrive in and contribute to society today.

From ready-made lesson plans to immersive programmes, we help you offer engaging yet flexible learning experiences – both as part of the required curriculum and beyond.

Our mission

Working with a huge network of schools and partners, we deliver learning experiences that light the spark of active citizenship from an early age.

We want to empower children and young people to shape their communities, institutions and society, building skills and knowledge for life.

3,000

schools use our resources each year

3 in 4

UK local authorities are reached by our work every year

1,000

volunteers gave their time and expertise in the past year

Teaching resources

Access our free library of over 200 lessons, assemblies and other flexible citizenship and PSHE resources.

Learning programmes

Legal Workshops

Legal Workshops are a perfect volunteering opportunity for busy legal professionals. Working with local school children at your offices,...

Mock Trials

The Mock Trial Competitions are our longest-running active learning experiences. Since 1991, we have provided unparalleled exposure to the...

Make a Difference Challenge

The Make a Difference Challenge is a child-led social action programme that empowers some of our youngest citizens. It...

1 in 5

UK schools have downloaded our teaching resources

300,000

school children have taken part in our social action programmes since 2008

15,420

primary teachers have been trained by our team over the past decade

Support us

Whether as volunteer, donor or organisational partner, your support helps us create informed, empowered and confident young citizens.