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Impact Report 2014

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Charlotte HillCEO, Step Up To Serve

Last year, HRH The Prince of Wales launched theStep Up to Serve #iwill campaign, with support from across the Westminster parties. The campaignhopes to double the number of 10-20 year-oldsinvolved in social action by 2020. To do this, we bring together the business, voluntary andeducation sectors to all play their part in achievingthis ambitious, collective goal.

We want to help the next generation of youngpeople create a society that values participationand looks outwards at the needs of others.

For the past twelve years Giving Nation hasprovided pioneering support to schools toencourage charitable giving and volunteering.Successful schools-based programmes likeGiving Nation are critical to our success, andthis report shows just what an impact theprogramme is making.

Richard JohnProgramme Director,Giving Nation

Giving Nation is unique. It gathers the keen-to-helpand the unforthcoming. Together they help a causethey can agree on. They discover what they careabout. They form a team – as peers.

So for all that young people seem increasinglyinsular, hooked up in virtual environments rather thanin the real world, this programme breaks them out.

The figures here back this up: we’ve inspired anincreased inclination for community/ civicinvolvement in nearly all participants.

Recent research by Ipsos MORI & NCH suggests thatonly 13% of 16-17yr olds would bother voting if therewas an election tomorrow. Giving Nation is tacklingthis apathy and resistance in schools throughinspirational education for active citizenship. We helpyoung people see themselves as solution-makersrather than helpless against the problems thatsurround them.

Join us to help them be part of the public service anddemocratic action that will prosper their future.

49,123 young peoplebecome communitybuilders across 415 schools.

1,887 social actionprojects supported charities and goodcauses.

£275,218 wasfundraised and209,467 volunteerhours generated.

l Employability

l Safer communities

l Better local representation

l Youth engaged with civil society

lGreater involvement in education

l Informed, connected

communities

lHigher voter turnout

l Broad and balanced curriculum

lGenerates active citizenship at KS3&4

l Teachers trained to support social action

lWhole-school SMSC support

l Peer learning and sharing professionals

l An ethos of giving

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Our ImpactModel

We develop young people’s learningand skills in the classroom, stimulate aschool-wide ethos of civic engagementand give young people a practicalexperience of working to help others.This generates a strong impact onyoung participants through action thatis supported by school and communitybecause of its mutual benefit.

How does it work?In three years alone, Giving Nation has enabled 150,000young people to improve the lives of others.

We involve every student in a year group, not just those that arepredisposed to volunteering.

We challenge the students to take action on issues they careabout: as social entrepreneurs, fundraisers, campaigners andvolunteers. They learn the role of charity in society and strengthentheir connection to social causes.

We work through secondary schools and alternative educationsettings, adding value to their curriculum and school-wideagendas. We train, resource and fund school groups to kick-startsocial action projects that are designed and run by young people.

We inspire young people to challenge injustice and strengthencommunity connections with empathy and solidarity.

Studentsdevise aproject tosupport a socialcause

Young people inspiredand motivated tosupport social causes

Young peopledevelop skills

Voluntary and communityorganisations benefitfrom volunteering andphilanthropic donations

£50start-up

£50 is fed back in for future cycles

Our impactthis year

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• 90% understand the role of charities and social enterprises

• 85% of young people understand they can make a difference

Ü 49,123young people

Ü 1,887social action

projectsnn

• 618 unique charities benefited

• Each £50 seed fund generated £259 (average leverage 2007-14)

Ü 209,467hours ofvoluntary

work

• 4.3 hours (on average) per student outside class time

• £779,217 in volunteer hours donated at minimum wage (£3.72 per hour)

“Feeling really inspired by the opportunity thatwe have been given to learn about charities

that do not get enough publicity.”

Liz Maxey, Citizenship Coordinator,Spalding High School,

Lincolnshire

The last academic yearwas another impressiveperiod for Giving Nation.

“The best thingwas that you knew you

were making a difference.”

Alice, Year 8, Leicestershire

nshire

Ü £275,218raised for

charity

• £5.60 (on average) raised by each student

• 3.9 charities were supported per school

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• £r

Ü 1,620teachers

• 5.2 (on average) teachers deliver the programme per school

• 91% of teachers thought Giving Nation complimented or enhanced the school’s charitable ethos

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Ü 315,173studentsinvolved

We inspire charitySince 2007 we have inspired over 300,000young people to give and to help others.

Ü 1.6 millionhours of studentextra-curricular

volunteering“It gave me a

sense of pride thatwe could help people withfamily difficulties. Giving

Nation is a great opportunityto help charities.”

Hannah, Year 9, Surrey

Ü 3,859good causes

helped byGiving Nation

activities

Ü £333,350given as start-up

grantsggiv

Ü £1.7 millionraised by

young people

Ü 400%return on £50

start-up fundinginvested in

schoolsÜ £5.6 milliondonated in studentvolunteer hours at

equivalent of minimum wage

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We can now see the deepening of attitudinal changewhen schools run Giving Nation year on year.

1. Benefits to young people

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I woulddo more for charity given the chance

Everyone should give

a little time to others on a

regular basis

I would liketo give my time to help others if there was an opportunity

It’s cool to volunteer to help other

people

I feel good when I’ve

given money to charity

Giving money to

charity is a good thing

We shouldall try to help

those who are worse off than

ourselves

Everyoneshould give

a little of theirregular income

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2013-14

Giving Nation is as much aboutunderstanding how to be effective as itis about action. The responses from thisyear’s participants are encouraging:

‘I understand therole of charities andsocial enterprises’

‘I understand thatthey can create apositive difference’

‘I have greaterempathy for otherpeople’

‘I have a greaterawareness oflocal issues in mycommunity’

Source: survey of 698 young people in 2013-14. Based on ‘agree a lot’ and ‘Agree a little’ responses

Based on a survey of 344 young people in2011-12, 612 in 2012-13 and 698 in 2013-14.

90%

85%

75%

68%

“It was a great experienceand it taught me that acouple of hours in your daycan make a massivedifference. For this reason weare all carrying on with ourfundraising and we would like tothank Giving Nation for introducingthis experience.” Leah, Year 9, Surrey

We give youngpeople better skillsfor social action

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“Growing as a person and becoming more confident wasthe best part.” Grace, Year 7, Northumberland

“Everybody was able to get involved instead of picking one

or two people to represent us.” Helen, Year 8, Lincolnshire

“I was able to develop my team leading skills and

listen to others” Carmen, Year 9, Belfast

“It was fun because you could talk to people and solve

problems with them.” Will, Year 9, Devon

“It really opened myeyes to the worldaround me and how Ican help out in mylocal community.”

Caitlin, Year 10, Northern Ireland

“Giving Nation hasboosted the self-esteem of the

students. They have learned that theycan produce something good and they can

be winners if they try hard and believe that it ispossible to succeed.”

Paul Sowerby, Teacher, Catcote Academy, Hartlepool

“This project has been such a huge success in somany ways. The students have grown in confidence

when dealing with the customers both withcommunication skills and money skills. They havealso gained life skills in the practical tasks which

they can carry forward with theminto adulthood.”

Deborah Turner, Enterprise Coordinator,

Thriftwood College.

Participants whose skills improved in 2013-14

Teamwork

Confidence

Speaking and listening

Problem-solving

84%

55%

50%

49%

Source: survey of 698 young people in 2013-14.

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Schools link Giving Nation to a wide variety of curriculumobjectives that support repeat involvement. 90% of the activeschools during 2013/14 had run for 2 or more years

2. Benefits to Schools

Scotland

NorthEast

NorthWest

NorthernIreland

Yorkshireand theHumber

EastMidlands

WestMidlands

SouthWest

SouthEast

East ofEngland

London

Wales

1%

4%

9%

11%

14%

18%16%8%

8%

13%

1%

Our network consists of anational spread of 478schools across 155 local

authorities. This represents10 per cent of English

secondary schools.

“By developing students’ ability to work together in teams

it has enabled group activities to be more effective. Furthermore, students develop a sense of ownership which is

transferable to their own coursework/revision where they can understand better that it is

down to them not the teacher.”

Angela Shufflebottom, Pastoral Manager, Netherhall Learning Campus, Kirklees

What other curriculum aspects has the Programme contributed to?

Spiritual, Moral, Social & Cultural (SMSC)

Personalised Learning & Thinking Skills

Better Links with the Wider Community

Project-based Learning

Community Cohesion

Employability Skills

Every Child Matters

Social Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL)

Source: School coordinators’ survey, 2013-14 Base=153

61%

57%

47%

46%

43%

34%

32%

27%

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“Our event brought the whole schooltogether as a community with acommon purpose.”Nicola Denning, Head of Business, LincroftMiddle School, Bedfordshire

Our profile is high inparticipating schools

Source: School coordinators’ survey2013-14 (Base=153)

Giving Nation’s value has grown in schools during 2013-14.

34% of schools run the programmewith multiple year groups.

1 yeargroup

2 yeargroups

3 yeargroups

4 yeargroups

5 yeargroups

6 yeargroups

7 yeargroups

Other

63%

9% 8%5%

Source: School coordinators’ survey 2013-14 (Base=153)

5% 4% 3% 3%

Schools useGiving Nation’s brandto strengthen existingcharitable activitiesand reinforce the

message that socialaction is part of

their ethos.

The profile of the GivingNation programme acrossyour school in 2013-14

“In the context of unrelenting pressure to drive up academic attainment,we are acutely aware of the need to keep education expansive; to

open students’ minds to the opportunities that await them as citizensin the world beyond school. Giving Nation was the perfect social

action challenge, brilliantly conceived by the CitizenshipFoundation and thoughtfully developed over a number of

years into a magic combination of a tight practicalbrief with infinite scope for local interpretation.”

Emily Campbell, CET Director of Programmes

“It’s really helped bringthe tutors together as a team;by the whole year group taking

part in events simultaneously it gavethe year group an identity and was

enjoyable for all involved.”

Tanya Thomas, Curriculum Leader for PSHE andCitizenship, Lady Manners School, Derbyshire

Source: Based on Edubase datafor Giving Nation schools 2014

We arereachingthe more

disadvantaged

Students on freeschool meals 2013-14

3. Benefit to Communities2013/14 academic year Since 2007

Money raised for good causes

Charities and good causes supported

Student volunteer hours

£275,218

618

209,467

£1.7 million

3,859

1.6 million

Health & Wellbeing

Children & Youth

Community

International

Disability

Animals

Poverty

The elderly

Environment

Young people employdifferent methods to achieve

their social goals

Young people make adifference to issues they

identify, embrace and support

Fundraising

Campaigning

Social enterprise

VolunteeringSource: Citizenship Foundation data, 2014 Source: Citizenship Foundation data, 2014

“The energy and passion these young people

have to talk about the issue shows they are part of something fantastic. They are the voice of our next generation. The fundraising they have done has directly funded a rescue within the UK and they

have helped change someone’s life.”

Lee Matthews, Hope for Justice, Cheshire

£0 £1-£99 £100-£499

£500-£599

£1000-£2999

£3000+

6%

47%

Source: School coordinators’ survey 2013-14 (Base=153)

17%17%

7%7%

Money raised in schools in 2013-14

Amounts raisedvary from school toschool dependingon project focus

During 2013/14 GivingNation received £230,000of investment. This created£830,670 for the voluntarysector.

That’s a net profit of £16.91per participant, once the costof providing the educationalexperience to each student(£4.69) has been removed.

Giving Nation is a well-established and highlysuccessful model. In recentyears it’s evidenced that it is

‘cost neutral’: all money invested into this schoolsprogramme is generated back into the voluntarysector through young people’s activities – with afinancial profit. Furthermore, our results are provenand scalable: the more resources we have topromote and popularise Giving Nation the higherits reach and impact.

Can you help us grow this nationalmovement? Invest in Giving Nationand help us mobilise young peoplefor good.

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The analysis behind this report was

conducted by York Consulting, who worked

closely with the Citizenship Foundation

using co-production techniques. Research

involved: a survey of the teachers; a survey

of the students; a review and analysis of

the students’ work; a review and analysis of

case studies of participating schools and

alternative education settings. The full,

independent evaluation can be read at

http://issuu.com/givingnation/docs/

giving_nation_full_report_2013-14.d

Research

Return on investment

Strategic philanthropy: Giving Nation is value for money

Cost perparticipant

Amount raisedper participant

Hours donatedper participant

(costed atminimum wage)

Total ROI perparticipant

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Abbey Grange Church ofEngland High School

Abbey Hill School andTechnology College

Abbeyfield School

AbbeywoodCommunity School

Aigburth HighSchool

All HallowsCatholic College

All HallowsCatholic HighSchool

All Saints CatholicHigh School

All Saints RC School

Alva Academy

Amersham School

Anglo European School

Anthony Gell School

Archbishop Tenison's CofEHigh School

Archers Brook SebdResidential School(capenhurst grange)

Argoed High School

Ash Field Academy

Ash Green School

Ashcroft TechnologyAcademy

AshmoleAcademy

AshmountSchool

Ayesha SiddiqaGirls School

AylestoneBusiness andEnterprise College

Babington HouseSchool

Balshaw's Church ofEngland High School

Baxter Business andEnterprise College

Bedale High School

Bedford High School

Bedford School

Beech House School

Beechwood School

Bennerley Fields SpecialistSpeech and LanguageCollege

Bennett Memorial DiocesanSchool

Bishop's Hatfield Girls'School

Bishopsgarth School

Braunton Academy

Brentside High School

Brighouse High School

Bristol Gateway School

Broadfield Specialist School

Brockhill Park PerformingArts College

Bromley Pupil ReferralService

Brompton Hall School

Brookfield House School

Broomfield School

Broughton Business andEnterprise College

Burlington Danes Academy

Burnside Business andEnterprise College

Bydales School - A SpecialistTechnology College

Caldecott Foundation School

Cardinal Langley RomanCatholic High School

Carlton Bolling College

Cartmel Priory CofE School

Castle View EnterpriseAcademy

Castleford Academy

Catcote School

Cathedral Academy

Cecil Jones College

Chancellor's School

Charters School

Chase High School

Chelmer Valley High School

Chelsea Academy

Chilwell School

Chiswick Community School

City of Birmingham School

City of London Freemen'sSchool

Clevedon School

Colne Community Schooland College

Coopers Technology College

Create Studio

Cricket Green School

Dacorum Education SupportCentre

Dawn House School

De Lacy Academy

De Lisle Catholic SchoolLoughborough Leicestershire

De Warenne Academy

Dedworth Middle School

Derby Moor CommunitySports College

Didcot Girls' School

Dominic's High School

Doubletrees School

Doucecroft School

Dowdales School

Durham High School forGirls

Edenham High School

Emmanuel Christian School

Epinay Business andEnterprise School

Excelsior Academy

Failsworth School

Fair Oak Academy

Fareham Academy

Farney Close School

Felpham Community College

Fir Vale School

Flegg High School

Fordwater School, Chichester

Forest Oak School

Foundations (Teaching andLearning Centre)

Fox Wood Special School

Fulwood Academy

Garston Manor School

Gilbert Inglefield Academy

Glebelands School

Great Torrington CommunitySchool and Sports College

Greenshaw High School

Greensward College

Gumley House RC ConventSchool, FCJ

Gunnersbury Catholic School

Hall Green School

Hall School

Hampshire Collegiate School

Hampstead School

Handcross Park PreparatorySchool

Harrold Priory Middle School

Hartismere High School

Hatch End High School

Haven High TechnologyCollege

Haverstock School

Haybridge High School andSixth Form

Heart of England School

Heath Park Business andEnterprise College

Hendon School

Heston Community School

Highbury Grove School

Highdown School and SixthForm Centre

Hilltop School

Holbrook High School

Holloway School

Holy Family Catholic School

Holy Trinity

Holywell CofE VA MiddleSchool

Hope Valley College

Huish Episcopi Academy

Hutchesons' GrammarSchool

Hyde Community College

Isebrook SEN Cognition &Learning College

James Rennie School

John Taylor High School

Joseph Rowntree School

Kesgrave High School

Keswick School

King Charles I School

King Edward VII School

King James's School

Kings Grove School

Kings International College

King's Mill School

Kingsbury School and SportsCollege

Kingsfield Centre

Kingshott School

Kingsthorpe College

Kirkbie Kendal School

Lady Manners School

Ladybridge High School

Lakeside School

Leytonstone Business andEnterprise Specialist School

Lincoln Castle Academy

Lincroft Middle School

Linwood School

Litcham School

Little Heath School

Little Heath School

Longcroft School

Longfield School

Loughborough High School

Lutterworth High School

Lydiard Park Academy

Madani Girls' School

Madeley High School

Manchester KS3 and 4 PRU

Margaret Beaufort MiddleSchool and Arts College

Marjory Kinnon School

Matthew Arnold School

Mayfield School

Meade Hill School

Meadowhead SchoolAcademy Trust

Mill Hill County High School

Minster School

Moat Community College

Monk's Walk School

Moor End Academy

Morpeth Newminster MiddleSchool

Moulsham High School

Nether Hall LearningCampus High School

Netherthorpe School

New Charter Academy

New College Durham

New Mills School Business &Enterprise College

New Woodlands School

Newall Green High School

Newport Free GrammarSchool

Newstead Wood School forGirls

North & South Craven PupilReferral Service

North Kesteven School

Northgate High School

Northgate School ArtsCollege

Notley High School andBraintree Sixth Form

Notre Dame Catholic College

Oak Bank School

Oakgrove School

Oaklands Catholic School

One One Five BehaviourSupport Service ResourceBase

Orleans Park School

Ormiston Rivers Academy

Osborne School

Oswestry School BellanHouse

Our Lady & St Patrick'sCollege, Knock

Our Lady's RC High School

Outwood Academy Acklam

Who makes Giving Nation happen?...the dedicated teachers, brave management and inspirational young

Paget High School, Businessand Enterprise College

Painsley Catholic College

Pakefield Middle School

Palmerston School

Park High School

Parmiter's School

Penair School

Pencalenick School

Penkridge Middle School

Penrice Community College

Pensby High School for Girls

Pent Valley TechnologyCollege

Perseid School

Plume School

Plumstead Manor School

Pool Academy

Portchester CommunitySchool

Prestwood Lodge School

Priory School

Q3 Academy

Queen Elizabeth's Girls'School

Raine's Foundation School

Rainhill High School

Redbridge CommunitySchool

Richard Rose CentralAcademy

Riddlesdown Collegiate

Rivers Education SupportCentre

Robert Blake Science College

Roman Fields

Rossendale School

Rossett School

Royal Infirmary School(willowbank)

Royal Latin School

Royal School for the DeafDerby

Royal Wootton BassettAcademy

Roysia Middle School

RSA Academy

Ryde School with UpperChine

Rydens School

Rye Studio School

Sacred Heart High School

Saint Mary's Catholic School

Samuel Ryder Academy

Sandbach High School andSixth Form College

Sandgate School

Sandside Lodge School

Sarah Bonnell School

Sarum Academy

Sedgehill School

Shirebrook School

Simon Langton Girls'Grammar School

Sir Bernard Lovell School

Sir Charles Parsons School

Sir Christopher Hatton School

Sir Harry Smith CommunityCollege

Sir John Lawes School

Sir Robert PattinsonAcademy

Sir Thomas Boteler HighSchool

Sir Thomas Boughey HighSchool

Soar Valley College

South Dartmoor CommunityCollege

Southborough High School

Spalding High School

St Albans Girls' School

St Andrew's R C High

St Augustine's CofE HighSchool

St Bede's School

St Bernard's Catholic HighSchool

St Birinus School

St Bonaventure's RC School

St Catherine's CatholicSchool for Girls

St Catherine's College

St Clement Danes School

St Cuthbert's CatholicCommunity College forBusiness and Enterprise

St Dominic's High School forGirls

St Edward's Church ofEngland Academy

St Giles School

St Helena School

St James School

St John Fisher Catholic HighSchool

St Joseph's Catholic HighSchool, Business andEnterprise College

St Joseph's Convent School

St Joseph's RC High Schooland Sports College

St Laurence School

St Margaret's School

St Mark's Church of EnglandAcademy

St Mary's RC High School

St Matthew Academy

St Nicholas Catholic HighSchool

St Peter's Catholic School

St Peter's Church of EnglandAided School

St Peter's CofE Middle School

St Peter's RC High School

St Piran's School (Gb) Ltd

St Simon Stock CatholicSchool

Steps Centre

Stokesley School

Stourport High School-Language College

Stowe School

Strathmore School

Strode's College

Strood Academy

Stroud High School

Sutton Grammar School forBoys

Sutton Valence School

Swadelands School

Swanmore College ofTechnology

Swanwick Hall School

Sycamore Short Stay School

Teign School

Teignmouth CommunityCollege

Temple Moor High SchoolScience College

The Angmering School

The Archbishop LanfrancSchool

The Arthur Terry School

The Ashley School AcademyTrust

The Axholme Academy

The Bishop Bell Church ofEngland Mathematics andComputing Specialist School

The Brakenhale School

The Bromfords School

The Bulmershe School

The Bulwell Academy

The Cavendish School

The Chase

The Cherwell School

The Children's HospitalSchool

The Corbet SchoolTechnology College

The Elmgreen School

The Folkestone School forGirls

The Forest Education Centre

The Grove School

The Harefield Academy

The Harvey Grammar School

The Hermitage Academy

The Hertfordshire & EssexHigh School and ScienceCollege

The Holy Cross School

The John Fisher School

The Langley Academy

The Links College Central,Chalkhill Education Centre,Princess Royal Hospital

The Meadows School(Woodfield School)

The Mirfield Free Grammarand Sixth Form

The Orchard Centre (Homeand Hospital PRU)

The Pingle School

The Polygon School

The Queen Katherine School

The RidingsFederationWinterbourneInternationalAcademy

The Rochester GrammarSchool

The Sandon School

The Stonehill High School

The Voyager Academy

The West Bridgford School

The Woodbridge ParkEducation Service

Thirsk School & Sixth FormCollege

Thistley Hough Academy

Thomas Keble School

Thomas Knyvett College

Thomas More CatholicSchool

Thornton Grammar School

Thriftwood School

Tiffin School

Toot Hill School

Trinity Catholic College

Trinity School

Turton School

Ullswater CommunityCollege

Upper Wharfedale School

Villa Real School

Villiers High School

Wadham School

Walthamstow Academy

Wandle Valley School

Weavers Academy

Wellacre Technology College

Welland Park Academy

West Lakes Academy

WheelersLane TechnologyCollege

White Spire School

Whitehaven School

Whitley Academy

Whitmore High School

Will Adams Centre

William Allitt School

William Ellis School

Willingdon CommunitySchool

Willowfield HumanitiesCollege

Winstanley CommunityCollege

Witchford Village College

Woldgate College

Woodland MiddleSchool Academy

WoodlandsEducationCentre

WoodlandsSchool

WymondhamCollege

people in these schools across the UK

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Rivers Education Support Centre inHertfordshire provides secondaryeducation for young people whostruggle with mainstream school.

Its students chose to support a localanimal rescue charity and a charitythat gives Gambian children accessto education.

They crafted a range of bracelets andnecklaces from Fimo beads and soldthem at their local farmers market.They made £150 and promoted theircauses to members of the public.

Craft from Rivers Centrehelps Gambian farmers

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Case stud

ies

Students at St Bernard’s Catholic High School inCumbria were shocked by the levels of literacy innewcomers to their school. Many, they learned,were already turned off reading.

As avid book-lovers, they were inspired to help otherchildren start reading. They produced a range of storybooks about fictional characters the Little Owls andplanned a series of workshops for local primaryschools. Based on the books, the workshops fosteredliteracy and comprehension skills and encouraged alife-long love of reading.

As well as helpingyounger students, theproject has been‘immensely beneficial’to the team itself,says teacher SharonRalph. It developsproblem-solvingskills, creativity,confidence andteamwork. ‘Theseare life skills thatthey will continueto build upon inthe wider world,’says Sharon.

Little Owls inspirefledgling readers

Cherwell School in Oxford has beeninvolved in Giving Nation from the start.Their ambitious social enterprise ‘TheChicken Project’ aims to reduce poverty inAfrica by supporting sustainable skills forbusiness and agriculture. Students ran avariety of fundraising activities to set upchicken farms with local villagers.

They began in South Africa and have sincetaken their successful model to Cameroon;they have also helped to fund four librariesin the area. Last year, the project teamvolunteered over 220 hours outside classtime and raised over £2,500.

Cherwell’s ChickenProject addresses far off poverty

“The success of The Chicken Project lies in the way these youngpeople develop their skills watching and working with others.

They take on small roles, see how things work and then producethe most wonderful team project. They will continue to be

givers in their adult life and can say they have made a real,sustainable impact on the lives of others, literally, halfway across the world, improving literacy and business

skills for hundreds of children and adults.”

Julie Stuart-Thompson, Assistant Head, Cherwell School, Oxfordshire.

“The Chicken Project helped me do something for a good cause,

learn new skills, influenced what I wantedto do with my life and have a great time.

My organisational, public speaking, management of people and writing skills all improved hugely due to my participation in The Chicken Project. In this way it

provided a perfect complement to GCSEs and A-levels.”

William, Economics undergraduate at Cambridge Universityand former student at Cherwell School, Oxfordshire

Case studies

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“These young peopledeserve to be the voice of the

future and have the potential to becomeeffective leaders because of the confidence

bestowed by this work.”

Carol Ezis, Derby Moor Community Sports College,Derbyshire

“The benefit of Giving Nation far outstrips raisingmoney. The skills that can be developed are

the bedrock of our democracy.”

Shaun Townsend, Head of Citizenshipand PSHE, King Edward VII

School, Norfolk

“Giving Nation is a brilliantconcept. Students developemployability skills at thesame time as developing

independence and empathy.”

Laetitia Rys-Kent,Head of PSHE & Citizenship,Glebelands School, Surrey