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Explore our free teaching and learning resources to help enrich national curriculum subjects, like PSHE and citizenship, and connect human crisis with human kindness.

We offer a variety of free primary and secondary teaching resources for citizenship, PSHE, tutor time, and more. Our free resources include lesson plan templates for teachers, assemblies, and quick activities.

Using these learning materials will help children and young people develop new knowledge and life skills based on the humanitarian perspective of the Red Cross. 

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New teaching resources

We create newsworthy and topical teaching and learning resources that are free, easy to use, and suitable for the national curriculum. See our most current resources below.

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  • Newsthink: flash floods in Spain

    Explores how communities are taking action in the aftermath of the floods in Spain. Suitable for learners aged 10 to 19.

  • Climate change education resources

    Use these free education resources (with options for both youth and adults) and climate change classroom activities to learn about extreme weather events in the UK and beyond.

  • How to build your resilience

    Activities co-produced with young people to help them build resilience whilst showing kindness to themselves and others. Suitable for learners aged 10-19 years.

  • Understanding people's experience of migration

    Activities co-produced by VOICES network ambassadors to help children and young people develop empathy and understanding towards people with migration experience. Suitable for learners ages 10 to 16.

Teaching resources by topic

We offer a range of learning resources, linked to national curriculum subjects like PSHE and citizenship. Our educational resources relate to the work the Red Cross does in the UK and around the world. Browse by topic below.

  • Teach first aid

    Curriculum information and free resources to teach life-saving first aid skills to students and test their knowledge. Also available in Welsh.

  • Home learning activities

    We’ve got a range of quick activities on wellbeing, kindness and resilience to help children and young people cope with the changes and support with home learning.

Free workshops for adults and youth

Our free educational workshops cover a range of topics, including:

  • First Aid (youth and adult)
  • Empathy plus Migration (youth)
  • Coping with Challenges (youth)
  • Adapt and Recover (adult)
  • Supporting Connections (adult)

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Support for educators

Explore all the free resources the British Red Cross has to offer for teachers, including new resource updates and teacher development tips.

  • Empower your teaching with free CPD

    Sign up for our new Continuing Professional Development programme, designed for educators working with young people aged 11-18.

  • Join our educator community

    Whether you're a formal or informal educator, join our Educator Research Community to preview new CPD and teaching resources and help shape them with your feedback.

Our free online resources and workshops teach lifesaving first aid and wellbeing skills to millions of people. We rely on donations to make this possible.

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