Giving Nation to continue beyond the Giving Campaign
Howard Lake | 31 March 2004 | News
Giving Nation, the campaign set up by the Giving Campaign to promote charity in school, will continue after the Campaign closes under the auspices of the Citizenship
Foundation.
The Government has pledged its support for Giving Nation to continue with funding from the Home Office and Department for Education and Skills to secure the future of the youth programme at Citizenship Foundation for a
further two years.
Giving Nation says that in its first year its materials were present in over
half of all secondary schools across the country, and more than 400 of those
took part in the first ever G-Week in 2003.
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The schools-based programme was designed to support the teaching of the citizenship curriculum, providing teachers with free resources that promote charitable activity,
decision-making and reflection.
Amanda Delew, Director of The Giving Campaign, comments: “After such a successful first year, Giving Nation is one initiative that simply has to live on. “
The Citizenship Foundation is an independent charitable organisation that
aims to empower individuals to engage in the wider community by educating them about society, democracy and law. The Foundation works with young people to develop their citizenship skills, knowledge and understanding.
The three-year Giving Campaign is scheduled to close in June 2004, but it hopes that it will be able to hand over some of its projects to relevant organisations to ensure they continue.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.