Topic: Charity & Volunteering

Help the Poor When You’re Poor – Tearfund’s Student Coordinator talks about how anyone can make a difference to world poverty: ethical shopping, fairtrade and individual actions are small steps that create big change.

National Children’s Home Real Stories – A film made by the National Children’s Home, presenting the stories of 4 teenagers who have been homeless for various reasons.

National Children’s Home Real Stories

Video length - 06.42

Published date - Jul 2007

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

The Bird Issue – The man behind The Big Issue discusses his time on the streets and why he does not believe in giving to beggars. He explains how he feels the problem of homelessness can be tackled, and how these ideas underline The Big Issue.

The Bird Issue

Video length - 03.03

Published date - Jul 2007

Keystage(s) - 4

Should You Give? – What do the public feel about beggars? Should we give to them or not?

Should You Give?

Video length - 01.14

Published date - Jul 2007

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

Downloadable resources

Danny’s Story – Daniel Fagerson came out of university and started working with homeless people. After a number of years he stopped due to the emotional trauma he was experiencing. He shares the lessons he learnt from this work.