Schools
Bring the global dimension into your classroom. Our teaching resources, school talks and campaigns help learners explore global issues and engage in active global citizenship. Join us to build understanding of global poverty and inspire children and young people to actively contribute to a fair and just world.
Resourcesminimise
Is there enough food for everyone? Our stunning A2 posters and PowerPoints explore food and hunger through the eyes of children living in Bangladesh, Kenya and Malawi. Suitable for KS2 and KS3
Browse our huge library of free teaching resources including lesson ideas, activities, video clips, photographs and case studies for geography and citizenship.
Audio slideshow and lesson ideas looking at ActionAid’s work and how our approach to development has evolved. Suitable for Geography or Citizenship teaching at KS3-4.
Each year millions of teachers and students remind their leaders of the promise they made to get every child into school by 2015. Help us get 67 million children around the world into education.
Get Global! is a practical teachers’ guide on how to facilitate and assess active global citizenship with learners at key stages three and four.
Join Barnaby Bear on his journey to Brazil and Kenya through our award-winning resources.
Chembakolliminimise
Find out about the south Indian village of Chembakolli and the Adivasi (tribal) people living there.
View slideshows about life in and around Chembakolli and meet some of the people who live there.
Download a range of free resources to help you teach about Chembakolli. Great for KS2 geography topic work on ‘A village in India’.
Read regular blog exchanges between the children and staff at Vidyodaya school and schools in the UK.
Enable your pupils to explore day-to-day life in the village of Chembakolli through everyday objects, games, toys and school materials made and used by local people.
Schools talks & workshopsminimise
Bring the world into your classroom with an inspiring talk or workshop. Our unique fusion of global learning tools, artefacts and multimedia resources take learners on extraordinary journeys into the heart of far-away places.
Do you think you can inspire young people to make a difference? Join our schools outreach network and become one of our regionally based experts delivering talks and workshops in schools.
Book your school talk online and use our interactive map to find your nearest visiting teacher.
Teach Climate Changeminimise
Explore the award-winning PowerDown toolkit for ideas on how to cut energy in your school.
ActionAid in partnership with Spanner films has developed Stupid or not: Education for a smarter planet based on The Age of Stupid film. Find out more about this multimedia resource for secondary schools.
Sponsor a child as a schoolminimise
Make a personal link with a friend overseas by sponsoring a child through your school. Your school will get to see first-hand how it is helping a whole community work its way out of poverty.
Fundraise at schoolminimise
Order your free school fundraising kit. You'll get balloons, posters, stickers and much more!
Get top tips for your school's fundraising and order free fundraising resources
