How can we make a difference in our communities?

In this lesson, we will learn about our place in our communities, how we can be good neighbours and responsible citizens. We consider the different needs of a community and how these can be met.

In this lesson, we will look at the school community, learn about the importance of community cohesion and explore how the school community links with our wider communities.

In this lesson, we will look at the important contribution of community groups in our society. We will look at case studies of charities, NGOs and communitiy groups and explore what impact they have had on their local area.

In this lesson, we will learn how to get involved with community improvement. We will also learn about the UK Youth Parliament and its impact locally and nationally.

In this lesson, we will introduced to the ACTive Citizenship Award. We will then use the framework of the ACTive Citizenship Award to choose and plan our own citizenship action project.

In this lesson, we will continue to develop our citizenship action project. We will put our ideas into action, we will reflect on the effectiveness of our project and we will measure the impact that our projects have had on our local community.