Education should empower young people to actively shape a just and sustainable society.
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Today’s education system is not fit for purpose.
Exam performance, standardisation and short-term outcomes are being prioritised over deeper learning that equips young people with the skills, values and agency needed to navigate an uncertain world.
Education must be a powerful tool for change, moving beyond preparing young people for success within the world as it is and instead enabling them to help transform it.
Through embedding transformative learning that helps young people explore their values, develop compassion and critical thinking, and build the confidence to take action with others, education can empower young people to respond to the biggest challenges of our time – from climate and nature breakdown to social division. We work to demonstrate what this kind of education looks like in practise and build momentum for wider systems change.
Take Action
Read and add your signature to our open letter to the Secretary of State for Education on Sustainability and climate change education in the national curriculum.
Good Life Schools
What does a good life actually look like? Young people across the UK are taking action with local organisations to answer this - developing skills, lifelong habits and community connection.
Transforming our World
Our network of over 8000 educators in the UK are empowering young people to take action locally with an annual Youth summit that amplifies this worldwide.
The change we want to see
We want to work with young people, educators, and decision makers to create an education system that empowers young people.
- Empowering with the skills, values and agency to take real-world action on the issues they care about
- This year, we are focused on active citizenship, climate and sustainability education
- Embedding these values into new education frameworks and the Education Act
- We will continue to cultivate a network of teachers and education leaders
- Championing and demonstrating the value of transformative learning approaches
- Across multi-academy trusts and the wider education system
If you’d like to be a part of this change, to explore how we can work together to ensure education is fit for purpose, we want to hear from you.
When education nurtures young people’s values, critical thinking and collective agency, it does more than prepare them for the world - it empowers them to change it.
Dr Ali Body
Global Action Plan
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47,000
children reached through the Dirt Is Good schools programme across Chile, Thailand and the UK
2,600
teachers trained with the Global Action Plan's Unilever supported Dirt Is Good schools programme
10,000
young people took social action through our Education assemblies and UK school-wide initiatives
31,500
young people tackled global water issues with our HSBC-funded 'Water Explorer' programme
With thanks to our partners in Education
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