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www.amnesty.org.uk Promoting human rights worldwide
www.cafod.org.uk Catholic agency for overseas development
www.christianaid.org.uk/learn Resources for teachers and youth leaders
www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk Provides teachers and schools with the tools to deliver engaging and critical citizenship education
www.dea.org.uk Supports and promotes the work of those engaged in raising awareness and understanding of global and development issues in the UK
www.globaldimension.org.uk Department for International Development website
www.local4global.org.uk For teachers and other educators in London and the South East to build a learning community for the global dimension
www.newint.org Global issues journal, New Internationalist
www.uk.oneworld.net The latest news and views from over 1,600 organisations promoting human rights awareness and fighting poverty worldwide
www.oneworldweek.org Awareness-raising and action on global issues
www.oxfam.org.uk/education Oxfam’s site for schools
www.redcross.org.uk Resources and downloadable activities
www.teachandlearn.net CPD environment developed by the OU
www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk Association for Citizenship Teaching website
www.wdm.org.uk The World Development Movement tackles the underlying causes of poverty, lobbying decision makers to change the policies that keep people poor

www.bafts.org.uk UK network of Fairtrade shops - locate your nearest shop
www.bananalink.org.uk Campaigns for small-scale banana producers in the Caribbean and the rights of workers in US-owned plantations
www.christianaid.org.uk Christian Aid is an agency of the churches in the UK and Ireland, which campaigns to change the rules that keep people poor
www.cleanclothes.org Comprehensive reports on various companies, e.g. Nike, Adidas, Levi Strauss
www.divinechocolate.com
www.dubble.co.uk Day Chocolate Company makes Divine chocolate and Dubble bars from cocoa produced by the Kuapa Kokoo co-operative in Ghana
www.fairdealtrading.com Find out where to get Fairtrade sports balls
www.fairtrade.org.uk Fairtrade Foundation who award the Fairtrade Mark
www.fairtrade.org.uk/schools Information about the Fairtrade School Award
www.labourbehindthelabel.org Campaigns for workers’ rights in the clothes and sports shoe industries
www.maketradefair.com Oxfam’s trade campaign site
www.papapaa.org Fairtrade lesson plans/resources. Organise a live web cam link up with Ghanian cocoa farmers' children
www.peopleandplanet.org UK student campaigning organisation
www.tjm.org.uk Trade Justice Movement is a coalition of around 60 organisations which campaigns for fairer trade rules

www.antislavery.org Campaigning to end modern day slavery
www.bbc.co.uk/history The Making of Modern Britain, End of Empire, Multi-racial Britain, Windrush
www.britkid.org Race, racism and life - as seen through the eyes of the Britkids
www.equalityhumanrights.com Equality and Human Rights Commission
www.kickitout.org Football’s antiracist website
www.multiverse.ac.uk Education site exploring diversity and achievement for trainee teachers
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk The largest UK organisation working with asylum seekers and refugees
www.refugeeweek.org.uk Ideas for planning and support
www.realhistories.org.uk Supports teaching and learning about cultural diversity in the UK
www.star-network.org.uk Student action for refugees. Useful facts and figures
www.stopthetraffik.org Campaigns to stop people trafficking
www.teachernet.gov.uk Education site for teachers and school managers. Offers advice on bullying, and preventing racism
www.understandingslavery.com Examine the history and legacies of the transatlantic slave trade through museum artefacts
www.unhcr.org.uk United Nations refugee agency
www.whodowethinkweare.org.uk Exploring identity, diversity and citizenship
www.100greatblackbritons.com Biographical and historical information

www.tagd.org.uk Run by UNICEF, this site provides a network for young people who are committed to Children’s Rights
www.unicef.org.uk/rrsa Information about Rights Respecting Schools and the RRS Award

www.cat.org.uk Centre for Alternative Technology
www.eco-schools.org International programme for environmental education and sustainability
www.Itscotland.org.uk/sustainabledevelopment Student friendly global footprint calculator - what's your impact?
http://footprint.wwf.org.uk Calculate your global footprint
www.globalfootprints.org Project run by Humanities Education Centre, Tower Hamlets, London