Youth Social Action Resource Hub

Schools have a responsibility to tackle poverty and promote equality of opportunities. 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. Using the National Curriculum, we have linked as many opportunities as possible to deliver poverty through a range of different subject areas. These opportunities can be used to either deliver the topic as a stand-alone or through cross-curricular planning with a number of different subject areas, depending on the focus of the school.

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

On this resource page, you will find the following lessons and guide: Lesson 1: Understand the meaning of Poverty Lesson 2: Understanding the impact of Poverty Lessons 3 and 4: Debate: Ending poverty everywhere Lesson 5: Why does poverty exist? Lesson 6: Why is Marcus Rashford a role model? Lesson 7: Evaluate the letter written by Marcus Rashford

On this resource page, you will find the following lessons and guide: Overview of Lessons Lesson 1: What does it mean to be poor? Lesson 2: What can a poor person need? Lesson 3: How can we make children in need feel welcomed in our school?

This curriculum map provides links to integrate the topic of Poverty within the National Curriculum at Key Stage 1.   It can be read to obtain an overview of the connections made with the National Curriculum. It can also inform the planning of activities that will teach social action skills or inform future social action planning.

Exploring the 5 step process through questioning

This overview provides background knowledge for staff to understand the context of poverty and how it affects pupils. The second part guides the approach of social action teaching on poverty.

An overview of all the resources available from the toolkit