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Why Focus on Poverty? (KS 3&4)
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Why Focus on Poverty? (KS 3&4)

This resource provides information on why young people should focus on poverty and its causes.
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This resource provides information on why young people should focus on poverty and its causes.

Poverty Guide (KS 3&4)
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Poverty Guide (KS 3&4)

Delivering the topic of Poverty at Key Stages 3&4.
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Schools have a responsibility to tackle poverty and promote equality of opportunity. Teaching young people about poverty can empower them to understand the subject and its impact, motivating them to act within a school, community, or city. At each key stage, we have used the National Curriculum, providing links and examples of how poverty and its impact can be delivered through a range of subjects or as bespoke lessons as part of the inspire and explore steps of Youth Social Action

Applying the 5-Step Process (Climate Change KS 1)
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Applying the 5-Step Process (Climate Change KS 1)

Exploring the 5 step process through questioning.
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Exploring the 5 step process through questionning

Teaching Healthy Habits (KS 3&4)
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Teaching Healthy Habits (KS 3&4)

This section focuses on delivering healthy habits.
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This section focuses on delivering healthy habits. The following resources/lesson plans are available for download. Each lesson plan comprises a PDF document and a PowerPoint presentation. - Overview of Lessons: Teaching Healthy Habits - Guide: Teaching Healthy Habits through Other Activities - Lesson 1: Who influences our food choices? - Lesson 2: How can we make healthy food choices? - Lesson 3: Understand the consequences of imbalances in the diet, including obesity, starvation and deficiency diseases - Lesson 4: How can we tackle malnutrition?

YSA Implementation Guide-Secondary (KS 3&4)
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YSA Implementation Guide-Secondary (KS 3&4)

This detailed step-by-step guide for teachers outlines how to facilitate youth social action in a school setting.
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The main aim of this guide is to enable leaders to embed YSA within their schools at secondary level. It provides step-by-step guidance through the Steps of Youth Social Action. It refers to additional documents which can be used to support leaders. The guide is divided into three sections: Section 1 - Introduction to YSA, Meaning, Benefits, Key Principles and Process. Section 2 - Explores the framework, focus areas, young people number scales, curriculum links and commitments. Section 3 - Explores the use of the passport in assessing and guiding young people through their YSA journey.

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Aims

Youth Social Action (YSA)

Refers to activities that young people do to make a positive difference to others while developing key skills and attributes and having fun. YSA can take place in various contexts (i.e. at home, schools, youth clubs etc) and can include volunteering, fundraising, campaigning or supporting peers. We believe social action can play an essential role: in young lives, the success of a school, the local community or more.

Resource Hub

Our Resource Hub aims to act as a Youth Social Action search engine, offering tailored results to inspire and guide. The hub hosts a wide variety of resources, including our own Youth Social Action Toolkit, case studies, research reports, and helpful resources from other reputable organisations in the sector.

How to use

How to use

Our Resource Hub aims to act as a Youth Social Action search engine, offering tailored results to inspire and guide. The hub hosts a wide variety of resources, including our own Youth Social Action Toolkit, case studies, research reports, and helpful resources from other reputable organisations in the sector.

To find appropriate resources, use the filter feature to select the relevant options. You can filter by key stage (1-5), YSA theme (e.g. poverty), or a particular skill (e.g. communication). You can also filter by resource owner (Ormiston Trust or external organisation) and resource type, such as lesson plans. If you know what you are looking for, you can use the search bar.

To save or download resources, please sign up for a free account. In your user area, you can organise your saved items for quick and easy access. On the resource results page, you can save or download multiple resource quickly by using the tickbox feature.

Youth Social Action Toolkit

Youth Social Action Toolkit

Our Youth Social Action Toolkit has been carefully developed by industry professionals with input from young people to guide school leaders, support staff, and young people through a Youth Social Action project. Our curriculum guides clearly outline how YSA can be integrated into the curriculum of schools with limited time.

 

We don’t gatekeep – by sharing our sector knowledge and resources, we aim to enrich the lives of all young people by fostering skills development, improving agency and wellbeing, and promoting active citizenship.

Inspire

The first step of the YSA process is to be inspired by an issue you care about! Check out our inspirational case studies on what you could do!

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Explore

The second step of the YSA process is to explore your options! You‘ll need to research the issue that inspired you to take action to understand how you can help.

Ready to start planning your project? Access our Youth Social Action Toolkit here.

Plan

The third step of the YSA process is to plan your project! Lucky for you, we have a Project Planning Template for that.

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Act

The fourth step of the YSA process is to carry out your plan! This is when the physical activities involved like fundraising, campaigning, and volunteering kick off.

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Reflect

The fifth and final step of the YSA process is to reflect! Looking back at your plan, did you achieve your aims?  What went well and what didn’t go so well? Can you sustain your project? Or did you take steps to ensure further projects aren’t needed?

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