Training

Based on 30 years of expertise, we have developed face-to-face and online training to help teachers and other educational professionals develop active, engaged and informed young citizens. We are accredited by the CPD Standards Office and much of our training is CPD certified.

"Thank you to Young Citizens for delivering such wonderful teacher training sessions. All of the teachers who attended the training sessions last week commented on how helpful this was in terms of setting up expectation for their in-school projects.

Hannah Breeze, RSA Academies Senior Programme Co-ordinator

In-school and online courses

Our experienced trainers are able to deliver the following courses, tailored to meet the needs of your school, as a staff meeting, a half day INSET or as an after school twilight session. Check them out below, along with our online courses:

Making Sense of SMSC

ONLINE TRAINING: We have launched a new short course to support educators to understand Spiritual Moral Social Cultural (SMSC) development and help embed SMSC across their teaching. Read more about this online training here.... Read more

Make a Difference Challenge - annual licence

ONLINE PACKAGE: Your Make a Difference Challenge Annual Licence package includes online CPD certified training and a wealth of resources to guide, inspire and support quality social action in your primary school. Read more

Making Sense of SMSC (in-school training)

IN-SCHOOL TRAINING: This CPD certificated face-to-face training will support your staff team to understand what SMSC is and how it can be embedded throughout your school. Read more

Fundamental British Values (in-school training)

IN-SCHOOL TRAINING: Teachers often struggle with how to embed 'fundamental British values' sensitively and appropriately within a multicultural school and society. This training will enable your staff to explore what is meant by the term 'British values' and what this can look like in practice. Read more

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Young Citizens Donation

Last year we reached just over 350,000 children and young people, which is good - but means there are many more that we don't yet reach. For every extra £10 donated, we can benefit an additional three more young people.

How to get started with virtual volunteering

Young writer Abigail Rooney writes for our blog about why social distancing doesn't have to be a barrier to volunteering.

Free subscriptions to Go-Givers for 20/21 academic year

Young Citizens invites UK primary school teachers to champion the importance of SMSC, Citizenship, PSHE and Relationships Education with a Pears Foundation supported free subscription to Go-Givers.

Should the UK Adopt Automatic Voter Registration?

Millions of people in the UK are either not registered to vote, or are registered incorrectly - with young people being the most under-represented group. Our programmes administrator Kieran Burch looks at whether automatic voter registration could help close the democratic gap.

British values

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.