{"id":16123,"date":"2024-03-22T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T09:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education-today.co.uk\/?p=16123"},"modified":"2024-03-20T09:00:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T09:00:29","slug":"international-development-agency-christian-aid-is-looking-for-people-to-help-inspire-the-next-generation-of-changemakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/education-today.co.uk\/international-development-agency-christian-aid-is-looking-for-people-to-help-inspire-the-next-generation-of-changemakers\/","title":{"rendered":"International development agency Christian Aid is looking for people to help inspire the next generation of changemakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The organisation is recruiting for volunteer teachers throughout England \u2013 people who have worked with children and would like to help young people explore issues around global injustice.
\nVolunteer teachers go into primary and secondary schools to host assemblies and workshops on themes such as poverty and climate justice, helping students learn more about the causes and impacts, and inspiring them to become agents of change.<\/p>\n

\"\"Christian Aid has several initiatives already running in classrooms around the UK \u2013 including its Global Neighbours<\/a> scheme (left<\/em>) and Creative for Climate Justice<\/a> \u2013 thousands of pupils have taken part, achieving awards, holding exhibitions and even having artwork on display in the Houses of Parliament.<\/p>\n

Christian Aid teachers help with these programmes, as well as talking about particular aspects of global injustice.<\/p>\n

The charity\u2019s schools team explained volunteers don\u2019t need to be qualified teachers, though experience of teaching or working with children is required.<\/p>\n

Christian Aid\u2019s Schools Programme Officer, Alison Brown, said: \u201cIt also helps to have engaging presentation skills, some knowledge of technology like Zoom, an enthusiasm for the work of Christian Aid and a willingness to attend training. We run remote training sessions twice a year, we have a wide range of resources for our volunteers to use, and we hope they\u2019ll do at least two school visits a term.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur volunteers are amazing \u2013 they really understand how to get across the idea we live in an unequal world with so many communities living in extreme poverty. We want to get across the idea people are not in any way to blame for this poverty and to challenge any misconceptions children might hold, and we know there\u2019s not a simple answer. It\u2019s important our volunteer teachers can help children understand the world is complex but there are things they can do to help challenge injustice.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want children to start asking questions and speak up about injustice, to challenge the causes of poverty as well as support people to find ways to transform their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ruth Norris is a volunteer teacher in Berkshire.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cAs a retired teacher, I miss being with children and the buzz of a school. My sister suggested Christian Aid\u2019s volunteer teacher programme \u2013 and the rest, as they say, is history.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou get out at least as much as you put in to this role \u2013 it\u2019s very rewarding. The teachers and pupils have all been so very friendly; they love having a different face and a different voice in school to talk to them. It\u2019s always been a good experience. It\u2019s all about using our voices, working together and making things happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anyone interested can find out more through the Christian Aid website<\/a> or by emailing schools@christian-aid.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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