Below are some suggestions of things you can do to get active in school. Remember to add your ideas at the bottom of the page.
- Is your school an institution actively promoting global citizenship? Click here to find through our quiz
- Set up school events to raise awareness
- Set up school events to raise awareness
- Design a poster sharing information about or campaigning for any of the issues from GF website
- Get your school to sign a petition against debt for developing countries
- Ask a teacher for help to arrange an assembly on one or all of these issues
- Arrange for a speaker from an organisation involved with fair trade, debt or development issues to visit your school
- Discuss these issues with your school librarian and ask for a display board to raise awareness
- Do your own drama about the effects of fair trade
- Draw up a list of rights and responsibilities for your classroom and school
- Set up a lunchtime club to discuss these issues and write letters
- Ask for a space in your school to display up to date information
- Create your own website for young people to visit sharing these issues on webpages
