Democratic Life are thrilled to have Oxfam join and support the campaign to champion citizenship education. They wrote to us to tell us why they feel citizenship education is so important: “According to Ipsos-MORI, over two thirds of pupils believe they can do something to help make the world a better place, and three-quarters believe […]

The UK National Commission for UNESCO has formally joined Democratic Life as a supporting organisation. Citizenship is a key vehicle in the delivery of study themes for the UNESCO Associated Schools network and in promoting the values of UNESCO such as human rights, peace, tolerance and sustainable development and cultural diversity. The provision of citizenship […]

The Five Nations Network has joined Democratic Life. The Five Nations Network is a unique forum that brings together teachers, educationalists, policy makers, NGOs and young people from England, Wales,  Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland every year for an annual conference to share practice in education for citizenship and values. In September 2009, the Five […]

David Blunkett MP has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) calling on the Government ‘to affirm its commitment to citizenship education as an entitlement for all students in English secondary schools.’ The EDM (no 1142) has been signed by MPs David Miliband, Pat Glass, Tom Blekinsop, Ian Mearns, and Caroline Lucas. We need more MPs […]