Articles about charity
For the classroom 4-11
Teaching Christian diversity to primary pupils: ‘life in its fullness’
Examples from St Andrew’s Church of England Primary School Ann Marie Allchurch is Headteacher at St Andrew’s CofE Primary School in Plymouth. St Andrew’s is a voluntary aided Church of England primary school that...
For the classroom 11-16
Fighting evil in practice
In this prototype lesson we will find out about the incredibly practical work carried out by a number of religious charities around the world to alleviate suffering. These include Christian Aid, Muslim Hands and...
Opinion
Defending the poor
Rowan Williams, Chair of Christian Aid Who is he? Welshman Rowan Williams was Archbishop of Canterbury for ten years until 2012. Since 2013 he has been the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. His full title is ‘The...
For the classroom 11-16
Jewish compassion in action: Triptych on Charity
Karen Van Coevorden, a former RE teacher, works for the Jewish Museum in London. We asked her for an example of the best of the museum’s collection. This one really repays study! There is a PowerPoint sequence on...
For the classroom 11-16
This article is for paying subscribers Christians singing their own song in Calais’s refugee camp
We wanted to explore the controversy that arose when BBC’s Songs of Praise was broadcast from a makeshift church in the ‘Calais Jungle’ refugee camp last summer.