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Values and Visions is a book, a website, and an in-service training programme. Together they deliver a way of working which can transform people and schools.

We provide educators with the tools to develop young people’s inner strength, nurture their spirit of hope, and empower them to be part of creating a sustainable future, both for themselves and the community around them.

Our activities enable you to get back in touch with what really matters to you and to your group: your values. Values give us the power to transform problems into quite remarkable outcomes that not only resolve the problem itself but also bring rich learning. Values are at the heart of everything we do.

If we’re to find peace in a peaceless world; if we’re to be effective in a volatile global landscape; if we’re to be happy in a society based on materialism that actively fosters discontent and stress, we, and our children, need to know ourselves, to understand our own values, and to have a clear vision for changing things for the better.

With testimonials from internationally recognized educators, and decades of experience in classrooms across the world, we believe the time is right to reconnect with your Values and create a Vision for the change they can bring.

More than 30 years’ experience of working with schools and organisations in the public and private sector.

Two books and numerous articles: most recent Burns, S. and Lamont, G. (2019). Values and Visions: Engaging Students, Refreshing Teachers

UK Youth is a leading national charity that exists to ensure all young people are equipped to thrive and empowered to contribute at every stage of their lives.

UK Youth provides young people with life skills, delivered through a network of local youth organisations which make up the UK Youth Movement. The UK Youth Movement is made up of over 5,500 local youth organisations. Together, we deliver innovative youth services with a focus on personal and social skills development to more than 100,000 young people every year. We grow effective practice and campaign to increase support for all young people in the UK and the 1.6 million young people reached through our network.

Never has there been a more crucial time for organisations to work with young people. 91% of young people supported by UK Youth face at least one barrier to progression; from being in care, experiencing homelessness to having a disability or poor mental health.

We work in partnership with local youth clubs and organisations to deliver high-quality services, grow good practice and campaign to increase nationwide investment and support for young people and youth work.

For many young people, their youth worker can be one of the only people they can talk to, and their club is the only space they have to develop their voice, explore their character and realise their full potential. We stand with youth to ensure their voices are heard as we continue to campaign with them to have access to life-changing opportunities.

We are the world leader for research-informed teacher and student education. Our high-impact programmes deepen knowledge and understanding of the genocide and powerfully explore its contemporary significance.
Since 2009, our CPD programmes and educational research have had a major impact on Holocaust education in England. At the same time, through international projects we have had a significant influence on teaching and learning about the Holocaust around the world.

Challenging the misconceptions and inaccuracies that persist in common understanding of the Holocaust is of central importance to society. Our research identified entrenched misunderstandings and significant gaps in student knowledge leading to a step-change in how this history is taught in schools, nationally and internationally. This large-scale research involved more than 3,000 teachers in 2009 and 2019/20, and 10,000 students in 2016.

Our teacher development programmes benefit thousands of English secondary teachers, transforming classroom practice, and enriching the knowledge and understanding of millions of students.

Our research has also resulted in the production of the Centre’s ground-breaking school textbook, and led to the development of a pre-service teacher-training programme ‘Addressing Antisemitism in Schools’ for UNESCO, employed in more than 60 countries worldwide.
All of the Centre’s taught programmes are offered free of charge to teachers and schools and are robustly underpinned by school-based research. The Centre has worked with c. 30,000 teachers and offers extensive support for more than 200 Beacon Schools nationwide.

The Centre is part of the UCL Institute of Education, consistently ranked number one in the world for education.

The Feminist Shop is an online info hub and an ethical feminist brand. The site host and curates feminist resources and informational content and provide a forum for feminist discussion. It targets the UK and international feminist market for the sale of books but also ethically produced and environmentally friendly apparel and gifts with slogans and the Feminist Shop brand and messaging. Our products are “statement makers and conversation starters”

The business is based on strong ethical values in line with the feminist cause and creates a recognisable brand that unites like-minded people. Products are sourced ethically and (once we are profitable!) 50% of all profits will be donated to our feminist partners. At the moment we still donate a % of the sales, showcase them to our audience and invite people to amplify them or volunteer.

Virginia Mendez, the founder, was recognised as one of the 130 Women breaking the bias of 2022 by Diverse In Globaland, Top 100 UK #iAlso f:Entrepreneur 2020 and she is nominated for best speaker 2023 with Women’s Business Club.

The Female Lead is an educational charity dedicated to finding the factors that limit women’s choices, fulfilment, and success. By listening to women through their stories, and understanding them through research and data, we aim to influence schools, business, and government in order to drive real change.

Founded by data entrepreneur Edwina Dunn OBE, the project highlights the breadth of female achievement in order to offer inspiration for future generations.

We offer a variety of spaces to present these stories including a book of 60 amazing women, donated to 18,000 schools in the UK and USA. We also have videos, a podcast, an engaged online and social presence and an outreach programme in schools, celebrating female role models who shape the world.

Stonewall was founded in 1989 in response to Section 28, which was overturned in England and Wales in 2003, the same year that Stonewall became a registered charity.

Stonewall works with thousands of schools, colleges and settings to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying and to create LGBT inclusive spaces, so that all children and young people can thrive. This is through membership programmes, awards, training for staff and best practice resources and research.

Research
Shut Out: the experiences of LGBT young people not in education, training or work (2020)

Stonewall School Report (2017)

Resources
Best practice toolkits and resources for LGBT inclusion in schools, colleges and settings

Social Change Academy is a social enterprise founded in 2020 and exists to provide accessible, inclusive education to changemakers passionate about making a positive difference in the world.

Learning with us means releasing your inner radical who refuses to accept the status quo. It means learning with others to translate your passion into impact, developing a livelihood from delivering products or services which enhance the lives of others and promoting a more just and inclusive society. We want to help people believe that regardless of where they started out in life or what their past experiences have been, they can make a difference.

We help them develop and apply the skills, capabilities and connections to realise their social ambitions. We offer a range of learning pathways to support you on your social enterprise journey whether you are just starting out or looking to further develop and scale your impact. If you want your life story to mean something.

Sexpression:UK is a near-peer independent UK charity with the goal of empowering young people to make decisions about relationships and sex by running informal and comprehensive RSHE in the community. Their vision is for a society in which young people are able to access reliable information; where youth are free from STIs and unwanted pregnancy; and where they are empowered to make individual, informed decisions regarding their bodies and their health. Since we are an entirely volunteer run and led organisation, schools will not be charged a fee for our services. If you would like to support us, you can make a donation.

Since forming in 2000, Sexpression members from over 25 university branches have been delivering teaching to 11-18-year olds in schools and community groups providing informative, open and engaging relationships, sex and health education. Their lessons explore 6 core themes; bodily changes, sex and the media, contraception and sexually transmitted infections, sexual orientation and gender identity, healthy relationships and abuse and sex and consent.

Sexpression:UK, can help your school meet the requirements of the new National RSHE curriculum. Their resources are tailor-made to each school and your lesson requirements, accessible to all students and LGBT+ inclusive. Their curriculum is in line with the Department of Education statutory guidance.

School of Sexuality Education is a charity that provides comprehensive Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) programmes for young people around the country. The programmes include sexual violence, consent and sexting, sexual health, porn, and relationships. They work with schools, colleges, universities and provide staff training. School of Sexuality Education’s RSE programmes are informed by an expert team of qualified teachers, doctors, academics working in gender, education and social justice, and young people themselves. Their aim is to improve people’s physical health and emotional wellbeing, and give them the critical tools to develop or defend a more equal society. School of Sexuality Education’s content is evidence-based and responds to the statutory guidance on RSE.

Winner of the Pamela Sheridan Award for Innovation and Good Practice in RSE

School of Sexuality Education has written a book, Sex Ed: An Inclusive Teenage Guide to Sex and Relationships to young people, teachers and caregivers.

The overall aim of Schools OUT UK (Registered Charity No. 1156352) is to promote equality and diversity for the benefit of the public.

We have been in existence since 1974. Chair Sue Sanders is an Emeritus Professor of the Harvey Milk Institute, and won the 2019 Rainbow Honours Lifetime Achievement Award. Tony Fenwick our late CEO accepted an MBE on behalf of the organisation. We have been nominated twice in the ‘Best Community Group’ category at the Pink News Awards, and committee member Kate Hutchinson was voted Number 19 of the 40 most influential LGBT+ people  in Wales in 2020.