Online resources

Summary: This interactive website offers a comprehensive guide to post-16 citizenship. It has been developed to support staff interested in offering citizenship in education and training organisations and in community groups. It offers information, activities, resources and downloadable materials, it can be used by individuals for self study or by trainers with groups of staff.

Making it click: an interactive guide to practice

Summary: The activities in this pack are designed to be used with learners as part of a citizenship programme. They provide a range of ways of encouraging debate about the concepts of 'identity, 'cultural identity' and 'national identity'. It also includes two DVDs, one (Diversity, identities and citizenship: Discussion and activities) is a recording of a workshop with 12 young people from a wide range of different backgrounds at which some of the activities in this pack were trialled; and the other (Young, British and Muslim) produced by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office aims to portray the variety of lifestyles and views of Muslims in Britain. The pack also includes, as inserts, a poster of images of Britain, and photograph and a collage.

We all came here from somewhere: Diversity, identities and citizenship

Summary: A group of young citizens have come together to uncover the reality of citizenship education. The group investigates what citizenship really means to young people and how they can have a say about the social and political issues, which affect them and get involved by taking action.

This package of video and activities offers an introduction to post-16 citizenship from the point of view of a group of young people who have been involved in citizenship work themselves.

It is designed to be used with young people who are interested in starting some citizenship activity to give them an overview of what's possible and how they can get involved.

Citizenship Uncovered: a young person's guide to post-16 citizenship

Summary: This package of video and activities has been produced as a staff development tool. Using its framework the QCA Guidance for post-16 citizenship. The examples shown on the video are intended to support the planning of post-16 citizenship programmes. We are grateful to the members of staff and students, trainees and learners from the projects for allowing us to use their experiences.

Make it happen: Effective Practice in Post 16 Citizenship

Summary: An introductory video and activities, with explanatory booklet, for use in staff development for post-16 citizenship to address the questions of what citizenship is, what the benefits are and how to deliver it.

Post-16 Citizenship: what? why? how?