Organisations offering speakers
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| ActionAid |
Age groups: Primary, secondary, post-16
Themes: Energy, environment, climate change, child rights, community, education, fair trade, play and toys, poverty, sustainable development, charities
Cost: Assembly £30, Half day £75, Full day £130 (assemblies approx 20mins, workshops approx. 60mins)
tel: 01460 238000
email: schools@actionaid.org.uk
web: www.actionaid.org.uk/schools
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| Amnesty International UK |
Age groups: Primary, secondary, post-16
Themes: Human rights
Cost: Contribution for travel expenses
tel: 020 7033 1596
email: speakers@amnesty.org.uk
web: www.amnesty.org.uk/education
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| British Red Cross |
Age groups: Primary, secondary, post-16
Themes: Humanitarian issues around conflict and its consequences, disasters and emergencies, health, diversity and equality
Cost: Donation
tel: schools and community education, 020 7877 7246 / 020 7877 7000
email: reducation@redcross.org.uk
web: www.redcross.org.uk/What-we-do/Teaching-resources/School-speakers
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| CAFOD |
Age groups: Primary, secondary, post-16
Themes: Trade, aid, debt, poverty, trade justice
Cost: Free
Contact: your local CAFOD office, details at: www.cafod.org.uk/uk
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| Christian Aid |
Age groups: Primary, secondary, post-16
Themes: Poverty, justice, climate change, trade, HIV, global citizenship
Cost: Free
tel: 020 7523 2237, email: schools@christian-aid.org (England)
tel: 028 9038 1204, email: schoolsireland@christian-aid.org (Northern Ireland)
tel: 0141 241 6130, e mail: schoolsscotland@christian-aid.org (Scotland)
tel: 029 2084 4646, e mail: schoolscymru@christian-aid.org (Wales)
web: http://learn.christianaid.org.uk/TrainingAndSupport/support_teacher.aspx
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| Council for Arab-British Understanding |
Age groups: Secondary, post-16
Themes: Citizenship, Arab world, "Islamophobia"
Cost: Travel expenses
tel: 020 7832 1320
email: parsonse@caabu.org
web: www.caabu.org/what-we-do/education/school-workshops/make-booking
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| Oxfam |
Age groups: Upper primary, secondary, post-16
Themes: Poverty, health, education, and the work of Oxfam
Cost: £40
tel: 0870 333 2700
web: www.oxfam.org.uk/education/teachersupport/school_speakers/
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| People and Planet |
Age groups: Post-16
Themes: Trade justice, fair trade, environment
Cost: £85 for initial visits, capacity building visits to groups free
tel: 01865 245678
email: action@peopleandplanet.org
web: http://peopleandplanet.org/sixthform/teachers
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| SCIAF (Scotland only) |
Age groups: Primary, secondary, post-16
Themes: Debt, development issues, trade, fair trade, poverty, trade justice, the work of an NGO/Aid Agency
Cost: Free
email: youth@sciaf.org.uk
web: www.sciafyouth.org.uk/schoolspeakers
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| SOS Children's Villages |
Age groups: Primary, secondary, post-16
Themes: Child Soldiers, street children, orphans, AIDS, emergencies, home, family, aid, poverty, food, and the work of Children’s Villages
Cost: Free
tel: 01223 365589
email: helen@soschildren.org
web: www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/get-involved/schools
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| Tools for Solidarity (NI only) |
Age groups: Primary, secondary, post-16
Themes: Aid for a sustainable future, tools sending programme
Cost: Free
tel: 028 9074 7473
email: tools.belfast@virgin.net
web: www.toolsforsolidarity.org.uk
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| Traidcraft |
Age groups: Primary, secondary, post-16
Themes: Fair trade / the work of Traidcraft
Cost: Travel expenses
email: speakers@traidcraft.co.uk
web: www.traidcraft.co.uk/speakers
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| UNIFEM UK - United Nations Women's Fund |
Age groups: Secondary, post-16
Themes: Gender equality, violence against women, leadership, education, poverty, health, HIV/AIDS, justice. (These are not girls-only issues; it's important that boys' awareness is raised too.)
Cost: Half day £80, Full day £160 (workshops can be tailored to each school/college)
tel: 020 8788 7584
email: alicefookes@hotmail.com
web: www.unifemuk.org
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| VSO Speaker Service |
Age groups: Primary, secondary, post-16
Themes: Personal experiences of volunteering overseas with VSO and wider global development issues.
Cost: Donation of £25 to cover travel expenses
tel: 0208 780 7500
email: response@vso.org.uk
web: www.vso.org.uk/act/community-action/speaker-service/
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| WaterAid |
Age groups: Primary, secondary, post-16
Themes: Water, sanitation
Cost: Free
tel: 020 7793 4500
email: speakers@wateraid.org
web: www.wateraid.org/speakers
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Many organisations and charities offer speakers, who can come to a lesson or assembly and talk about their work, or about particular development themes. Sessions can be tailored to suit your school and pupils, and some organisations offer this service for free. We have listed below a number of organisations offering speakers, and given an indication of the cost and themes covered.