School Logo Competition
The Big Give Logo Competition gives students the chance to design a new charity logo and offers a top prize of £1,000 for the winning designer, and £10,000 for their school. For more information, please click here.
Philanthropy in Schools
The Big Give Philanthropy in Schools programme aims to inspire the next generation of philanthropists.
The programme engages students in philanthropy and promotes the benefits of intelligent charitable giving. Designed to be run during lesson time or as an after school activity, the scheme encourages thorough research into organisations and allows children to learn about the valuable work of a range of charities.
Success Story
Our pilot scheme at the Dragon School in North Oxford divided a £1,250 sponsor donation between 25 Year 8 scholarship students.
Each student shortlisted three charities on theBigGive.org.uk and researched the organisations' accounts, websites and charitable work. Students created reports explaining which of the charities would receive their donation.
The sponsor visited the Dragon School to discuss his approach to philanthropy and intelligent giving. The top six students from the programme presented their work to the sponsor, which resulted in one student's selected charity receiving a further £100 donation.
The Dragon School has recently announced a new sponsor to continue the Philanthropy in Schools programme in 2010.
Sponsor a School
You can sponsor a Philanthropy programme in the school of your choice for as little as £500. All of the money will be donated to charity, and your scheme will help to inspire a new generation of philanthropists. You will receive a full breakdown of the charities that receive your donation and we can arrange an optional visit to speak at the school.
To find out more about becoming a sponsor, please contact us.
For Teachers
The programme is designed to introduce pupils to the benefits of charitable intelligent giving. It provides the opportunity to practice different writing styles and prepare persuasive oral presentations, whilst basic due-diligence is an example of mathematical analysis.
The Big Give offers a core programme, including a micro-site and sample assignments for pupils, and will work with you to add the optional components that fit with your school's requirements.
For more information about running the programme in your school, please contact us.
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It really opened my eyes as to how many good causes there are.
Dragon School PupilI particularly enjoyed researching the charities and seeing what my money could do.
Dragon School PupilI have definitely learned about giving in an intelligent way, by first analysing the charities before deciding if it is good to give to them.
Dragon School PupilThank you for helping all the children get involved and realise that they can make a difference.
Dragon School Parentthe Big Give project provided a fantastic opportunity to teach children how
to give intelligently, to engage more with the local community, to learn
how to use the web to develop IT, research and analytical skills and in
the final interview their ability to present a proposal. Our pupils felt
responsible and empowered.