Teaching and learning resources
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.
International humanitarian law and conflict teaching resources
Free teaching resources and relevant case studies to help students understand international humanitarian law and the effects of conflict.
Disasters and emergencies teaching resources
Explore the topic of disasters and emergencies with our free lesson plans and teaching materials, which are ideal for Citizenship, PSHE and Geography teachers.
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.
Humanitarianism and the Red Cross teaching resources
Explore humanitarianism and the British Red Cross with our free lesson plan templates and learning materials, which are ideal for PSHE and Citizenship teachers.
Kindness and wellbeing teaching resources
Boost students wellbeing and build resilience by celebrating the power of kindness. Children and young people are encouraged to learn about and practise kind acts with our range of kindness resources.
Refugees and migration teaching resources
Help young people challenge assumptions about migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, and to develop mutual respect, empathy and understanding.
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)
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
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