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Skills-based Volunteering with Young Citizens

Experts in Schools business volunteer, Badr Iftikhar, shares his experience of working with young Londoners during an employer-supported volunteer opportunity.
Wimbledon Half Marathon smashes targets!

On 13th October a team of fundraisers tackled the Wimbledon Half Marathon. Read more about the event and how the athletes exceeded their expectations.
Fake news, the media and you

BY APPLICATION ONLY. This workshop will enable students to understand key information about the media and how it is regulated. It will also look in detail at how the media has changed, and the ways that students can identify bias in reporting or fake news in the information they access.
Criminal Law and Advocacy

What is it like to be a criminal barrister? What happens in criminal courts? How does it feel to be a witness or a defendant in court? This workshop will give your students an insight on how the criminal justice system and what happens inside a courtroom.

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Importance of citizenship education
7. The importance of citizenship education
Free SMSC Resource for Key Stage 2

Would you like a free lesson to help you develop KS2 children's SMSC learning? This trial pack of lessons from our Go-Givers website contains the lessons "Democracy" and "Protecting Local Habitats".
Go-Givers Free Trial Pack

Would you like a free trial pack of lessons to support pupils' SMSC learning? This trial pack of lessons from our Go-Givers website contains the lessons "Plastic Pollution" and "Taking Responsibility" for KS1 children and the lessons "Democracy" and "Protecting Local Habitats" for KS2 children.
Mock Trials

The Mock Trials are an effective and fun way of helping young people understand how the judicial system works. Learn how you can get involved...
Why teach citizenship?
Lowering the voting age to 16

Here, we give teachers a little support for debating the topic in class with students. Do young people of this age know enough about politics yet? And if they could vote, can they be trusted to do it sensibly?
Free SMSC Resources for Key Stage 1

Would you like some free lessons to help you develop KS1 children's SMSC learning? This trial pack of lessons from our Go-Givers website contains the lessons "Plastic Pollution" and "Taking Responsibility"
Introduction

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I’ve just got my money back via a ‘Small Claims Court’. Would young people know they can do that?

Our CEO tells of his own recent experience of using the law to protect his rights, and explains why basic legal understanding is vitally important for all young people, if they're to be confident young citizens. Read more