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An Oxfam Guide for Schools
Before you start raising money...

An Oxfam Guide for Schools
Make sure the young people you teach get the most out of supporting charities.
This Guide looks at good educational practice when fundraising at school, gives you
practical teaching ideas, and highlights helpful teaching resources and further support.
So, if you’re thinking of raising money for charity, help is at your fingertips.
An Oxfam Guide for Schools
Before you start raising money...
 3 Why do I need this Guide?
 4 Choosing a charity
 6 What is Oxfam?
11 Fundraising – designing your own activities
16 Oxfam’s fundraising ideas
17 Oxfam and education in the UK
18 Resources and support
Poster: A global citizen's guide to
changing the world

                                                     Did you know?
                                                        The Resources
This Guide is designed for ANYONE running            and Support section
fundraising events who wants to:                 (p18/19) has Oxfam contact
• involve others                                  details, teaching materials
• make sure everyone understands why they are
                                                  and other useful sources
  raising money and how it will be used                 of information.
• make the most of fundraising activities for
  developing skills and understanding

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An Oxfam Guide for Schools
Why do I need this Guide?
If you’re reading this it’s probably       Raising money can be a springboard to
because you’re thinking about raising      help young people become active global         More than 5,000 schools have
money for charity. Thank you.              citizens in a range of ways. It can help       raised over £1 million to support
                                           them learn more about the global issues        Oxfam’s work since 2004.
Planning your fundraising carefully will
                                           that affect us all, develop essential skills
ensure the young people you teach get                                                     This money is vital to our work to
                                           to help them change the world around
the most out of it.                                                                       overcome poverty and suffering
                                           them, and understand more about
                                                                                          around the world.
                                           the work of charities like Oxfam.
                                           And all while they’re having fun!
                                           This Guide sets out important questions
                                           to think about before raising money for
                                           charity, and includes practical tips and
                                           teaching ideas as well as pointing you to
                                           sources of information and activities to
                                           help you and your pupils get the most out
                                           of supporting charities.
     If your school has
   already raised money,                   We’ll look at questions such as: Why raise
    thank you! If you’re                   money? What’s it for? What else can
     thinking of raising                   young people do to change their world?
   money – this Guide will                 How do charities use your money?
      help you make it                     How can you make supporting charities
    educational and fun.                   really educational?
                                           So please read on…

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An Oxfam Guide for Schools
Charities and schools
When working with young people of              …thinks fundraising can be used as
school age in the UK, Oxfam…                   a platform from which to educate and                       Oxfams's primary aim
                                               empower, as well as being a legitimate                    is always to help you to
…believes that in the long term
                                               response to wanting to do something to                     educate and empower
fight against poverty, educating and
                                               help overcome poverty and suffering once                        young people
empowering young people is vital. People
                                               a child understands the issues.
who are educated, and willing and able
to take action to change the world, are
crucial to overcoming poverty. Even while        The Institute of Fundraising guidelines
still at school, young people are able to        The Institute of Fundraising* has guidelines about how charities
take action that contributes to this fight.      should work with schools. Here’s a summary:
…knows that many schools raise                   3	Presentations given by charities should 3	Young people shouldn’t ask strangers
money for Oxfam – money that saves                  be educational and not allied to any        for sponsorship, but seek donations
lives around the world and helps Oxfam              political party. Contact with young         from family and friends.
continue its work. Raising money is a fun           people needs the head teacher's          3	Schools need a licence if planning
and engaging way for young people to see            permission.                                 street or door-to-door collections.
their actions having a positive impact on        3	Charities may offer gifts as prizes to   3	Charities should thank all of the staff,
their world. It can provide the opportunity         encourage young people, but they            young people and parents involved,
                                                    should be available to all, not to          and respond to any criticisms as soon
to learn and practice useful skills, to
                                                    individuals as rewards for effort.          as possible.
investigate the global issues that affect us
all, and to start to understand the many
                                                 3	Charities shouldn’t harass young
                                                    people to collect sponsorship money,
ways they can make a difference to                  but a time limit should be fixed, and
their world.                                        someone from the charity should            * There’s a link to the full guidance in the
                                                    collect funds on an agreed day.               Resources and support section.

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An Oxfam Guide for Schools
Thinking about fundraising?
                                           Remember...
                                           Involve young people in decisions about
                                           •	whether to raise money
                                                                                        Start with a discussion…
                                           •	which charity to support
                                           •	how to raise money                        What is charity?
                                           •	what other actions to take.
                                                                                        Name some charities and talk about
                                           Help them understand that                    (or research) what they do.
                                           •	their actions can make a difference
                                                                                        Why do charities ask people to
                                           •	they have the power to change
                                                                                        donate money to them?
                                              their world - particularly if they
                                              work with others                          What else can young people do
                                           •	their views matter, and they              to help change the world apart
                                              should speak up.                          from give (or raise) money?
Ideally, fundraising should take place                                                  (see the Global Citizen's Guide to
after teaching and learning about issues   Help them learn
                                                                                        Changing the World on the A3 poster
of concern. Young people should choose     •	and develop skills they can transfer to
                                                                                        for some ideas)
and design their own responses to what        many other areas of their lives,
they have learned.                         •	about life in different parts of
                                                                                        See the Ladder of Participation (page 15) and Oxfam and
                                              the world, and issues that affect
                                                                                        Education (page 17) for more about helping young people
                                              us all as global citizens,                choose how and whether to take action
                                           •	about their own rights and
                                              responsibilities, locally and globally.

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An Oxfam Guide for Schools
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An Oxfam Guide for Schools
What does Oxfam do?
                                                                                                Things we think young people should
                                                                                                understand about Oxfam – try and draw
                                                                                                them out:
          Use the ‘World’ section of Oxfam’s        •	What is this country like? Include its   •• Overcoming poverty is about
          website for children (www.oxfam.             geography, culture, and its people.         justice, not charity
          org.uk/education) for illustrated case    •	What are the needs of some               •• Oxfam works on long-term projects
          studies and information about some of        people in this country?                     to help people support themselves,
          the countries Oxfam works in. Note that   •	How is Oxfam working with them?             and campaigns for changes in the
          Oxfam works in the UK, too.                                                              way the world works to make it
                                                    Oxfam’s purpose is to‘work with others
                                                                                                   fairer for poor people, as well as
          For more on our UK work, visit            to overcome poverty and suffering’.
                                                                                                   helping people in emergencies
          www.oxfam.org.uk
                                                    What does this mean?                        •• Everything we do is vital to overcoming
          Get groups of young people looking                                                       poverty – money alone isn’t enough
          at each country. They should try and                                                  •• The link between support your
          answer the following questions:                                                          school can offer, Oxfam’s work,
                                                                                                   and the results (helping overcome
                                                                                                   poverty and suffering)
         Did you know?                                                                          •• The different meanings of ‘working
       Oxfam has a school speaker                                                                  with others’. Many people work with
     service for schools in England.                                                               Oxfam – people in poor communities,
Fully trained volunteers offer assemblies                                                          governments, people who buy from
  and workshops about Oxfam’s work                                                                 Oxfam shops, anyone who raises
  to overcome poverty and suffering.                                                               money, people who sign petitions
     See the Resources and support                                                                 or take part in campaigns
        section for contact details.

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An Oxfam Guide for Schools
Money
They say that money makes the world go       Restricted or unrestricted?
round and, well, ‘they’ have a point. You
                                             Something interesting (well, we think
should make sure that the charity you
                                             so!) that a lot of people don’t know about      Is this money restricted or
choose to support can provide you with
                                             charities is that they have two different       unrestricted?
clear financial accounts.
                                             types of funding:
We thought you’d like to know about
                                             Restricted funding is money given to
                                                                                             1 Raising money for a goat from the
where Oxfam’s money comes from, and                                                             Oxfam Unwrapped gift catalogue
                                             do something specific. For example, in
how it’s spent. You could devise a maths
                                             response to a particular appeal.
                                                                                             2 Money from a music festival held
activity to help young people get to grips                                                      for Oxfam
with these figures.                          Unrestricted funding is money given             3	Money from the Commonwealth
                                             to a charity in general, and the charity          Education Fund for the School
Oxfam works with others for a world          chooses how that money can best help us           Improvement Programme in India
where everyone:                              work to end poverty. Most donations to          4 A cheque sent in response to a TV
• is treated as equal 7% (£16.3m)            Oxfam are used like this, and this gives          appeal about an earthquake
• is listened to 7% (£14.5m)                 us the most flexibility to use your money       5 Raising money for Oxfam by
•	can provide for themselves and their      where it’s needed most.                           holding a second-hand book sale
   families 20% (£42.9m)
•	has good health care and education        So, if you’re thinking of raising money for
   10% (£22.4m)                              Oxfam, the way you donate it will make a
•	is safe and looked after in case of       difference to the way we can spend it.
   disasters 44% (£94.2m)                    All your money will be well used.
•	support costs, including office costs,
   transport etc 10% (£20.9m)
• other 2% (£2.0m)
Total Charitable Spend £213.2m
                                                                                           Answers: Restricted = 1, 3, 4. Unrestricted = 2, 5.

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An Oxfam Guide for Schools
Where does Oxfam get its money from?
                                         TRADING                            Oxfam by numbers
Money from sales in
                                                                            £1   raised could pay for ten packets of Oral Rehydration Salts to treat
Oxfam shops £74.7m                                                               diarrhoea– the cause of frequent yet preventable death in poor and
                                                                                 disaster-hit countries.

  Cost to run shops
             £56.3m
                                                                            £100       could pay for essential medicines for a whole village for six months.

Money made by shops
     (profit) £18.4m
                                                                            £1700        could pay for building a whole classroom, including windows,
                                                                                         blackboards and lights

                        0   10    20    30     40    50   60     70   80
            £ Million   0   10    20    30     40    50   60     70   80
                                                                            250,000            people marched in Edinburgh to ‘Make Poverty History’ in
                                                                                               2005. Millions more wore white bands. World leaders made
                                                                                               promises we need to make sure they keep.

                                       FUNDRAISING

 Money raised from                                                          1 million            people joined the Million Faces petition to control the
                                                                                                 global arms trade. Soon after 153 countries voted for
                                                                                                 better regulation. We need to make sure it happens.
fundraising £211.8m

                                                                            17.8      million people signed a Make Trade Fair petition, raising awareness
      Cost of doing                                                                   and changing the terms of debate about unfair global trade.
 fundraising £20.8m

                                                                             COMBINED Trading & Fundraising Income                      £186.5m
       Money made                                                            Gifts in kind                                               £14.6m
  from fundraising
                                                                             Other money received                                         £5.6m
   (surplus) £191m

                                                                             Total money for charity work                               £206.7m
           £ Million    0        50      100        150    200        250
                        0        50      100        150    200        250

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Involving the community
                                                          Research skills
Charity myths
Sometimes, people talk about charities      			Corruption in developing countries        		     It’s impossible to stop natural
and the work they do without knowing              means it’s pointless sending money.             disasters and wars. It’s a
the facts about them. We’ve tried to        There are problems with corruption                    never-ending task for charities.
dispel some of the main myths about         in some developing (and some                  As well as providing life-saving emergency
Oxfam here. But whichever charity you       developed) countries. That’s why Oxfam        support to people caught in disaster
choose to support, make sure the charity    supports local people to press for good       situations, Oxfam works with the world’s
can assure you that your money reaches      governments in their own countries. And       most vulnerable communities helping
those who really need it. And help young    because we work in partnership with local     them prepare in case disaster strikes again.
people understand this too.                 organisations, the money goes straight to     Poorer countries are less able to cope when
                                            the people who need it.                       disaster strikes, and see more damage and
                                                                                          loss of life than richer countries. Oxfam also
                                            			Charities spend all their                 campaigns on climate change (the effects
		Hardly any money reaches the                    money on administration.               of which hit poorer people hardest) and
       people who need it, or it is spent   When you give money to Oxfam,                 for stricter controls on the sales of arms to
       on things people don’t really        79p in every £1 is spent directly on          prevent conflicts.
       need...                              our emergency, development, and            For every                         emergency, development,
Working closely with people ‘on the         campaigning work around the world.        £1 given to                        and campaigning work

ground’ means Oxfam can be sure that        10p is invested (to provide Oxfam with     Oxfam...
                                                                                                             79p
their most urgent needs are identified.     long-term security and money if there
                                            are many emergencies in one year).                                           administration, human
                                                                                                                         resources, fundraising
Often, people will have set up their own    11p is spent on administration, human                           11p          activities
groups and identified their own needs.      resources, fundraising activities, and
They may just need a vital injection of     other ‘management’ that allows Oxfam to                   10p
                                                                                                                         invested for long-term
cash, advice, or training from Oxfam.       run a large yet efficient organisation.                                     security and money if there
                                                                                                                         are many emergencies in

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What shall I do?
If you’re choosing to support a charity you can either design an
activity yourself (or with your pupils) or use activities prepared
for you by the charity you’re supporting.
                                                                                                                                  Speaking and listening
We’ll look at both here. But whichever you do, when
choosing or designing an activity, ask yourself…
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3 Allow young people to make decisions         help support? Start where they
   about the cause they want to support        are to build empathy.
   and how best to support it?              3 Help young people understand the
3 Help young people understand and             work of charities?                                                Persuasive
   feel enthusiastic about the cause they   3 Develop skills of participation and                                                       writing
   are supporting?                             active global citizenship, empowering
3 Build in learning about global issues        young people?

                                                                                                        Creative design
   that affect all our lives?               3 Include ideas about how their
3 Develop key skills such as project           individual and collective actions
   management, speaking and listening,         (beyond fundraising) could continue
   literacy and numeracy?                      to benefit other people?

                                                                                                                                 a n d writin       g
3 Make links between their lives and the 3 Include an evaluation? What went
   lives of people your money could            well? What have they learned?                                        Re a d i n g
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Designing your own fundraising activities
          Even the simplest of fundraising activities
                                                            Guide to designing activities
          can provide opportunities for developing
          young people’s knowledge and skills, and      1.	Find out what your class already know.           keep people in poverty. Wars and
          for exploring values. But to get the best         Start from where they are. Make links            ‘natural’ disasters can also contribute.
          educational value from your activities, it’s      between their lives and the lives of             Overcoming poverty is a matter of
                                                            others around the world.                         justice, not charity.
          important to use them as opportunities to
                                                        2. Be sensitive to the backgrounds of            5.	Make people from other countries or
          challenge any stereotypes that come up,           young people. Remember that young               cultures ‘real’ to young people. Help them
          promote empathy towards - rather than             people (and teachers!) in the UK may            understand that young people in poor
          pity for - people in need, and to be aware        themselves be poor, may be asylum               communities are in many ways just like
          of young people who may themselves be             seekers, or be from, or have relatives in,      them: they may play football with their
          affected by the issues you are covering.          poorer countries.                               friends, want to go to school to learn and
                                                        3.	Challenge negative stereotypes about            get a good job, worry about their families,
       These pointers will help you. And the
                                                            poor people. Make sure young people             love listening to music etc. Making
       Resources and Support section at the                 understand poor people aren’t sitting           connections between young people in the
       back of the Guide has links to some                  about waiting to be rescued by people           UK and young people in other countries
       relevant materials.                                  in richer countries. They have their own        can help avoid stereotyping.
                                                            ideas about their needs, and can often        6.	Remind them that not all poor people
                                Did you know...             make the changes they want to see in             live in rural settings, nor do they all
                                                            their own lives.                                 live in Africa. Help young people to
              he         the Oxfam  Education  website
Why do all t live (www.oxfam.org.uk/education) 4.	Help young people understand that it’s                    understand that Africa is a diverse
poor people ?              contains hundreds of free        not just a question of being lucky or            continent, and also that people living
   in Afric  a          case  studies, lesson plans and     unlucky as to whether some people are            in poverty may live on any continent
                          teaching ideas that explore       poor and others are rich. Often, there           (you could talk about poverty in the
                             issues about poverty,          are historical, political, or environmental      UK). Explode any racial stereotypes that
                                  to help you.              factors (usually a combination) that             present themselves.

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Are poor people lazy?
                                                       Why do people hurt
                                                          each other?

 Space Cadets                                 Food for Thought
 Teachers at Billericay Secondary             A Primary school in Poole teamed up
 School in Essex designed a novel way         with their local Oxfam shop to buy
 to get pupils thinking about life on this    school dinners. Young people learned
 planet – by creating a new one, Planet       about how many people their age
 X. Pupils imagined their ideal planet:       around the world don’t have school
 its environment, how people would            dinners – and they drew their favourite
 treat each other, and other things that      dinners on paper plates. It made a
 would be important there. They used          colourful display for the shop window,
 art, writing, maths, fashion, music          attracting people to the shop to buy
 and drama to present their ideas about       many school dinners from Oxfam
 Planet X. In order to help make their        Unwrapped.                                Trafalgar
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                                                  for Schools fundraising pack
                                                contains a load of ideas for raising                                    My Mum says we’re poor.
                        Did you know...            money. But careful planning                                             Why aren’t we raising
                     Oxfam has a free guide,       should help you ensure any                                               money for my family?
                 Teaching Controversial Issues,    activity to support a charity
                                                                                                                                                    r?
                                                                                                                                       e people poo
                   to help you deal with these        works as an engaging,
                    issues in the classroom.        educational, active global                                       W h y a r e s o m
                     See the Resources and             citizenship activity!
                        Support section.
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Why?

Tools to help you...                           Too much CO2 in          Why?
                                               the atmosphere,
1 Explore an issue                              caused by our
A ‘Why-why-why Chain’ will help young            lifestyles and     Climate change       Why?
people think about the causes of a                   industry        has affected
                                                                      the weather
particular problem. This deep understanding
                                                                     in the region
helps them recognise areas they might not                                             Not as much
know much about (so they can investigate                                              rain as usual
                                                 People in this
them further) and ultimately helps them
                                                  area are not
identify what needs to change to solve                              No government                          Issue
                                               prioritised by the
the problem, and the part they can play in        government           or private
that. This partially filled in example shows   because of their     water provider
                                                    religion          in the area
you how it can work.                                                                     No pipes      Not enough water
                                                                                           and           in the village
What to do                                                                            infrastructure
Start with an issue – identify a problem.

                                                    ?
Write it down. Ask young people to think                              Not enough
                                                                    money to afford
about what causes that problem. Write
                                                                     storage tanks
those ‘first-level’ causes down. Then ask
                                                                                        No water
them to think about what causes those                                                    storage
causes. And so on. They should begin to                                                 facilities
see different levels of complexity. Use a
                                                                     No expertise
completed chain to develop children’s                                or materials
understanding of the causes they identify

                                                    ?
                                                                     to build and
(are they right in their assumptions?)                                 maintain
and to plan action to help overcome                                     a tank
the problem.

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2 Involve young people                         learning. When designing activities, you          3 Curriculum links
The ‘Ladder of Participation’ model            should aim to be working on one of the            Educational fundraising activities can
(below) is a helpful reminder about the        top rungs to help your kids get the most          cover many aspects of the school
importance of involving young people           out of them. Be aware of the teaching             curriculum. The obvious areas are
in their own learning. The higher your         style(s) the young people you teach are           Citizenship and PSHE/PSE in England and
teaching style is up the ‘ladder’, the         used to, and try and move up the ladder           Wales, and in Scotland the fit with the
more young people are empowered                from where you think they are at present,         Curriculum for Excellence – particularly in
and engaged through guiding their own          a rung at a time.                                 developing responsible citizens – is clear.
                                                                                                 But, depending on how you design and
                                                                                                 run your teaching and chosen activity,
                             The Ladder of Participation                                         young people can gain knowledge and
                                                                                                 skills in many curriculum areas. For
                            Pupils make decisions, initiate design and run their own projects.   example, well-designed activities can
                                                                                                 help young people: develop confidence,
                            Pupils initiate, design and run their own projects. Work in
                                                                                                 prepare to play an active role as citizens,
                           partnership with teachers to make decisions.
                                                                                                 respect the differences between people,
                          Teachers have initial idea. Pupils involved in planning and doing      exercise responsible personal choice,
                          at every step.                                                         and develop participation, enquiry and
                                                                                                 communication skills.
                          Projects designed and run by teachers. Teachers fully consult
                         pupils at each stage.

                        Teachers design, run and delegate. Pupils give limited input.

                       Teachers tell pupils what to do and say. Pupils have no understanding
                       of the issue/why they are doing what they are doing.

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Oxfam’s fundraising ideas
There are some Oxfam initiatives which       As a great introduction to Oxjam, a set of
provide excellent ways to raise money and    music lesson plans suitable for all ages
get young people learning in fun ways.       and closely linked to the Music curriculum
                                             is available from www.oxfam.org.uk/
Oxfam Unwrapped Gift Catalogue
                                             education, search for ‘music’.
There is now an Oxfam Unwrapped…
for Schools fundraising pack available.      Disaster responses
It’s free, of course, and contains lots of   Schools often respond amazingly quickly
curriculum-linked activity ideas to help     to support Oxfam’s vital work when
schools raise money to buy gifts from        there’s a disaster somewhere in the world.
the Unwrapped Gift range. There’s also       Your response to the appeal following the
a DVD, plus colourful posters and other      Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004,
useful tools for making fundraising          for example, was incredible.
educationally fun. Order your free copy by
calling 0870 410 5030.                       When there’s a major disaster, Oxfam
                                             Education usually produces an assembly
Oxjam Music Festival
                                             and/or lesson plan within three days,
Each October people across the UK are
                                             to help you explore issues raised and
encouraged to do something musical to
                                             think about how and whether you want
raise money for Oxfam. Schools can get
                                             to respond. You can find these on the
involved by organising concerts, discos,
                                             Oxfam Education website (www.oxfam.
or even recorder recitals to raise money
                                             org.uk/education) along with other
to help end poverty. Find out more about
                                             materials to help you in our Disasters and
Oxjam: www.oxfam.org.uk/oxjam
                                             Emergencies section.

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Oxfam and education in the UK
Oxfam has been working with teachers in
                                             Education that makes a difference – education for global citizenship
the UK and producing teaching resources
for more than 30 years. Our Education        Skills:                                     Values and attitudes:
Team is full of experienced educators and    • Critical thinking                         •	A sense of identity and
award-winning resource designers.            • Ability to argue effectively                 self-esteem
                                             •	Ability to challenge injustice and       • Empathy
Why is Oxfam interested in what’s taught        inequalities                             •	A commitment to social
in schools in the UK anyway?                 • Respect for people and things                justice and equity
                                             • Co-operation and conflict resolution      •	A sense of value and
Simply put, we think quality education for                                                  respect for diversity
the 21st century should empower young        Knowledge and understanding of key
                                                                                         •	A concern for the environment
people so they can contribute to making      issues that affect us all:
                                                                                            and a commitment to sustainable
                                             • Social justice and equity
the world a better place for everyone.                                                      development
                                             • Diversity
                                                                                         •	A belief that people can
Oxfam believes that developing certain       • Globalisation and interdependence
                                                                                            make a difference
skills, understanding, and values are key    • Sustainable development
to helping young people understand,          • Peace and conflict
thrive in, and change their world as well                                                      A far more detailed
as contributing to everyone’s shared                                                        Curriculum for Global
future. We call this education for global                                                  Citizenship including key
citizenship. It’s good for young people,                                               learning objectives for different
and good for our planet. It’s much                                                         age groups is available to
less complicated than it might sound.                                                    download free on the Oxfam
It's cross-curricular, and uses many                                                      Education website (see the
methodologies that are recognised to be                                                     Resources and support
                                                                                           section for more details).
best practice in teaching.

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Resources and support
There’s a lot available from Oxfam and       Institute of Fundraising guidance on working   Teaching support:
from other sources too.                      with schools: http://www. institute-           Oxfam Education website:
                                             of-fundraising.org.uk/NR/                      www.oxfam.org.uk/education
General support:                             rdonlyres/07C71E83-69F7-4491-                  Packed with
For any Oxfam-related query, or to request   9852-E17E652B0B9C/0/                           hundreds
printed copies of our general fundraising    FundraisinginSchools.pdf                       of free case
guidelines, including legal issues,                                                         studies,
sample sponsorship forms, and tips for       Oxfam Unwrapped…for Schools                    lesson
successful fundraising.                      This great free pack offers lots of            plans,
                                             activity and teaching ideas to help you        interactive
Phone us: 0870 333 2700                      educate while raising money to buy             teaching
                                             Oxfam Unwrapped gifts for people who           resources
Or write to us:                              need them. To order your copy call:            (including the BAFTA-winning Mapping
Oxfam GB                                     0870 410 5030                                  Our World) and tips for teachers for
John Smith Drive                                                                            bringing global issues to life in the classroom.
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Email us: oxfam@oxfam.org.uk                                                                about new
                                                                                                                   Education website is
Our website: www.oxfam.org.uk                                                               materials and
                                                                                                                       used by around
                                                                                            activities straight
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Online practical fundraising guide:                                                         to your inbox.
                                                                                                                         each month.
www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/fundraise      Feedback on this Guide and your teaching
                                             and fundraising ideas: please email
                                             education@oxfam.org.uk

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Oxfam           Contact Oxfam or visit                                                          Go Givers
                            Catalogue       the Oxfam Education                                                             is a site for
                            for Schools     website for more                                                                teachers,
                            online: www.    information and                                                                 parents
                            oxfam.org.uk/   to book.                                                                        and young
                            publications                                                                                    people at
                            More than       Get Global! is an                                                               Primary
                            400 specially   excellent resource for                                                          school,
selected teaching resources to browse       helping young people                           offering many lesson plans and activities
and order securely online. To order a       aged 11-18 design                              related to good citizenship. The young
printed copy contact us on the General      and implement action to make a difference      person’s site is full of colourful characters
Enquiries contact details on page 18.       to a cause of their choice. Download it free   and brings issues to life. www.gogivers.org
                                            online from the Oxfam Education site, or
Oxfam School Speaker Service                buy a printed copy (£15) from the Oxfam
Available in England only at present,       Catalogue for Schools.
fully trained
volunteers will                             Giving Nation offer a good free
run assemblies                              pack helping you explore fundraising,
or classes about                            volunteering,and the importance of
Oxfam and                                   charitable activity with young people of all
the key global                              ages. It includes a great ‘Portfolio Skills
issues to do                                Chart’ to help young people identify skills
with overcoming                             they’ve used. Get more information and
poverty and                                 order your copy from: www.g-nation.co.uk/
suffering.                                  teachers/ or email info@g-nation.co.uk

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Contact us
                                                                                     Oxfam can provide you with a variety
                                                                                     of support for teaching and learning,
                                                                                     and for fundraising.
                                                                                     Phone us: 0870 333 2700
                                                                                     Write to us:
                                                                                     Oxfam GB
                                                                                     John Smith Drive
                                                                                     Oxford
                                                                                     OX4 2JY
                                                                                     Email us: oxfam@oxfam.org.uk
                                                                                     Our website: www.oxfam.org.uk
                                                                                     Website for teachers:
                                                                                     www.oxfam.org.uk/education

                                                                We welcome your feedback
                                                               on this Guide and your ideas
                                                                for great activities that help
                                                               young people get active and
                                                              change the world. Please email
                                                                your thoughts and ideas to
                                                                 education@oxfam.org.uk

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