Creating a fairer Britain
Use these extra resources to support students who are working independently or to supplement your own knowledge.
Lots of information is here on the Equality and Human Rights Commission website.
School resources on global citizenship, including links to resources from other charities and development agencies. http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/
This scheme places the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child at the heart of the curriculum, mainly consisting of online courses for teachers & frameworks to implement across your school. This framework can be used to support work on behaviour, sustainable schools, healthy schools, as well as SEAL and Citizenship learning. Applying for these Awards may be a good way to introduce a Rights Respecting Scheme. http://www.unicef.org.uk/tz/teacher_support/rrs_award.asp
Has played a key role in cases that champion children’s rights: http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/
From the Children’s Commissioner for England: http://www.11million.org.uk/
Tackling racism in football: http://www.kickitout.org/
Women's Sports Foundation: http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/
Resources from the Citizenship Foundation: http://www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/main/page.php?43
Association for Citizenship Teaching: http://www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk/
http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/
Schools resources from the Make Poverty History coalition: http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/schools/index.shtml
The Fawcett Society: http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/
Womankind Worldwide: http://www.womankind.org.uk/
Mencap: http://www.mencap.org.uk/
Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities: http://www.skill.org.uk/
For more, see topic seven, Creativity as Empowerment
Stonewall: http://www.stonewall.org.uk/
Schools Out: http://www.schools-out.org.uk/
LGBT history month http://www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/
GFest (gayWise LGBT arts Festival): http://www.gaywisefestival.org.uk/
Three Faiths Forum: http://www.threefaithsforum.org.uk/
Muslim Youth UK: http://www.muslimyouth.net/
The Humanist Society: http://www.humanism.org.uk/education (see their campaign ‘Don’t Label Me’)
Youth Net: http://www.youthnet.org/
Youth Parliament: http://www.ukyouthparliament.org.uk/
National Children’s Bureau: http://www.ncb.org.uk/
British Youth Council: http://www.byc.org.uk/
Campaign: Make an Impact, a resource from the British Library on using history to inform contemporary campaigns on rights http://www.bl.uk/campaign
A KS3 resource on transatlantic slavery from the National Maritime Museum: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/freedom/
A partnership of UK museums creating free resources on slavery for KS3 and KS4 students: http://www.understandingslavery.com/
A rich resource about 200 years of migration to the UK, full of audio-visual clips and archive & museum objects: http://www.movinghere.org.uk/default.htm
A major project to explore experiences of and interactions between Asian, Black and Jewish people in modern Britain, includes an exhibition/website for young people: http://www.connections-exhibition.org/
A number of recent cultural learning projects have resulted in resources on Image & Identity, for example:
Victoria & Albert Museum: http://www.vam.ac.uk/school_stdnts/schools_teach/programmes/image_identity/index.html
Tate: http://www.tate.org.uk/learning/schools/keyworks_portrait_text.htm,
National Portrait Gallery: http://www.npg.org.uk/learning/schools/secondary-schools/art1/meet-the-artist.php
Enquire: http://www.en-quire.org/projects/index.aspx
Education Arts Service (focus on London and West Midlands): http://www.easwestmidlands.org.uk/ or http://www.lonsas.org.uk/
Practical guidance on art education projects
AccessArt: http://www.accessart.org.uk/
What do you feel? Includes works by artists from culturally diverse backgrounds: http://www.iniva.org/publications_shop/learning_resources/what_do_you_feel
Entering the Young Brits at Art Award could contribute towards young people’s portfolios for The Arts Awards http://www.artsaward.org.uk/site/?id=64
Axis – the main directory of UK contemporary artists: http://www.axisweb.org/
Institute of International Visual Artists: http://www.iniva.org/
198 Gallery: http://198.org.uk/pages/archive.htm