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Talking About War

A short selection of ideas and resources for teachers and parents to help with talking to children about war in Ukraine and, sadly, so many other parts of the world.

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ACEs and Trauma Awareness, Difficult Conversations, Leadership, Managing Stress and Mindfulness, Peace Building, Questioning and Thinking Skills, Refugees, Resilience, Read

Big i Foundation

Our Big i Foundation is the not-for-profit arm of Independent Thinking which allows us to do educational work with charities, NGOs and not-profit organisations in various parts of the world.

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Charity, Education, Poverty, Refugees, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances

A New Beginning

Nancy is a former refugee we supported as she left Kakuma refugee camp and went to university in Uganda. In her latest blog for us, she reminds us that, although you can't empower everyone, you can always empower someone.

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Charity, Poverty, Refugees, Debra Kidd, Environment, Society, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances, Read

Beyond the Bake Sale Pt II

How one small Barnsley primary school is demonstrating a genuine 'pedagogy of possibility' and making the world better in the process.

Three-minute read

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Ian Gilbert, Activism, Charity, Service Learning, Entrepreneurship, Poverty, Society, Read, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances, Team Building, Values-based Education, Schools, Relationships, Refugees, Peace Building

Beyond the Bake Sale Pt I

Frustrated by the message that children seem to be receiving that a bake sale will make everything better in the world, Ian Gilbert wrote this for his book Independent Thinking.

Four-minute read

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Charity, Education, Ian Gilbert, Activism, Complexity, Curriculum and Lesson Planning, Difficult Conversations, Environment, Leadership, Peace Building, Personal Leadership, Poverty, Questioning and Thinking Skills, Refugees, Research, Schools, School Improvement, Service Learning, Society, Teaching and Learning, Values-based Education, Read

When They Go Low

We put this out on a mailshot to subscribers 24 hours after the US presidential elections. Judging by the feedback, it seemed to help.

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Posted by Ian Gilbert on
Education, Ian Gilbert, Activism, Environment, Poverty, Teaching and Learning, Well-Being, Read, Difficult Conversations, Leadership, Personal Leadership, Refugees, Society, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances

Nancy Update

When three of our Associates went to Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp for us they met an amazing young lady called Nancy. With our support, Nancy has moved from refugee camp to university campus and is currently studying social work in Uganda. An update.

Three-minute read

Education, Refugees, Charity, Environment, Society, Teaching and Learning, Read, Personal Leadership, Poverty, Service Learning

Rescued from Nightmare

In 2015 Debbie Kidd, Jane Hewitt and Bethan Stracy-Burbridge went out to Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya with the World Wide Education Project, funded by our Big i Foundation. There they met Nancy. This is her story.

Four-minute read

Activism, Poverty, Refugees, Debra Kidd, Jane Hewitt, Charity, Resilience, Teaching and Learning, Read

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