Topic: Society

Are You British? – Young people in London tell us where they and their families are from.

Colombia Road – Colombian Julie talks about her experience of coming to live in the UK on her own at only 18 during the Colombian depression. It was winter when she arrived, cold and depressing. She paid £100 a week for a tiny flat, which came with its very own rats… She finally received her citizenship after 6 years of living in the UK.

Colombia Road

Video length - 02.15

Published date - Sep 2007

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

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Dear Ana – This dramatisation tells the story of a Polish immigrant struggling to make ends meet in London. She writes a positive letter to her sister back home, but living and working alone in the capital is easier said than done…

Dear Ana

Video length - 01.43

Published date - Sep 2007

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

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Shambo The Cow – When Shambo the Cow was given a slaughter notice after being infected with TB, the monks of the Skanda Vale Temple in Wales did all they could to save the life of the temple bull; but are the lives of animals as sacred as those of humans?

Shambo The Cow

Video length - 02.29

Published date - Sep 2007

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

Friends, Murder And Faith – When Ethan, who grew up on a council estate in Peckham, heard about the murder of his friend by South London gangs, faith helped him to turn his life around. He became the godfather of his friend’s child, and felt that God had spoken directly to him.

Friends, Murder And Faith

Video length - 01.20

Published date - Aug 2007

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

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Secular Beliefs – A researcher for the National Secularist Society explains the meaning of secularism – the independence of the State from religious ideologies.

Secular Beliefs

Video length - 01.32

Published date - Aug 2007

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

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The Story Of Skanda Vale – Brother Michael tell us about the origins of Skanda Vale and its impact on the community. Can all religions truly exist and work together?

The Story Of Skanda Vale

Video length - 01.13

Published date - Aug 2007

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

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Friends of the Earth campaigner Katie explains the basic ways each one of us can save the planet, both for ourselves and for the future generations.

Friends of the Earth

Video length - 01.46

Published date - Jul 2007

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

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Campaigning For Climate Change – Friends of the Earth campaigner, Katie Elliott talks on how grass-roots lobbying on the part of ordinary people led to parliament passing the recent Climate Change Bill.

Campaigning For Climate Change

Video length - 01.04

Published date - Jul 2007

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

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Young Greens: The Future to Saving the Planet – Campaigner Aled Fisher, shows how joining the Young Greens can empower us to take direct action to fight for the causes we care about most and make a real difference to the world.