Pages:

• Introduction
• Benefits
• We provide
• What schools provide
• Take part
• Resources

Teachers

Benefits

Here are the many ways in which your school can benefit from involving your pupils in one of our projects.

1. Curriculum and learning

Young TimeBank projects can also help to promote social and emotional aspects of learning and fulfil aspects of GCSE coursework e.g. English/drama/business studies/social enterprise.

2. Citizenship

Taking part in a Young TimeBank project can ensure pupils meet the knowledge, skills and understanding requirements for the citizenship curriculum:

• Community involvement; Our projects are based on pupils identifying and taking action on a concern they have about their school or community.
• Make a positive contribution; Our projects encourage pupils to do something to make a positive difference.
• Learner Voice; Pupils choose the format, theme and aims of their project.
• Pupils make their own decisions; Pupils decide the ground rules for their group and their own specific roles and responsibilities.

Young TimeBank projects can help you to include an active and practical dimension to citizenship education. They are especially relevant in helping to deliver the Edexcel active citizenship coursework, by involving pupils in a practical project about an important social issue of their choice, and enabling reflection and self-evaluation of their project.

3. Policies and Agendas

• Our projects can help schools meet all five Every Child Matters outcomes, and are especially focused on enabling pupils to make a positive contribution.
• Our projects involve pupils in positive activities and informal learning, and promote community involvement, as set out in Youth Matters.
• Through our projects, schools can contribute to strengthening communities and also improve pupils' behaviour and attendance, as set out in the Respect Agenda.
• A partnership between schools and the third sector is a key element of Integrated Youth Support Services.
• We help create the volunteering ethos by providing volunteers for schools, and promoting volunteering by your pupils, as proposed by the Russell Commission.