The Just1 2009 StandUps Against Poverty and for the UN Millennium Development Goals
This page links to the simple material needed on the day

The simple StandUp material for you to download and print out only what you want

Promises to the Poor - A4 sheets of 4 sets
Pastoral Postcards from Bishops, including the Promises

Guide for schools, parishes and others
School and parish posters

Also available to copy and paste into your own letter is
a draft letter to a government minister

StandUp logos

• Stan Dupp and St AndUp
• Global Campaign logos
• GCAP - Global Call to Action on Poverty
• United Nations Millennium Campaign
• Guinness World Records
• Stand Up Take Action in different languages

Conductor of Just1 StandUps Hugh Gibbons says

You don't need much material.  If you only have the page of Promises to the Poor, that'll do nicely.

School, parish and other letterboxes get packed with paper and parcels about campaigns. With StandUps, it's a different approach - to save paper, postage, and the hassle (and guilt) of recycling boxes of unused folders and flyers...

As last year, I've made these simple items available on-line so that you can download and print out only what you want and need in your school, church or elsewhere.  All the items are in Word for Windows, so you can edit and amend them if you like - perhaps putting a Year or parish name on to posters to make them more particular to your setting.

Of course, you may want to create some material of your own, as well. In which case, that's fine. You'll find a variety of logos further down the page.

If you think I could provide something else, let me know. For example, there'll be media releases available in due course for you to send to your local press.

Just click on the picture

Guide for Schools, Parishes and others
This is a single A4 sheet setting out the main features of StandUps.

The left-hand column includes the main requirements, the words to your StandUp Song, and suggestions for follow-up letters.

On the right you have a suggested general introduction to any StandUp, and then the list of Promises to the Poor.

• Word for Windows *.doc version

StandUp Promise Sheets
for schools or congregations to download, print out and distribute among those present to read from and take home. The sheets are A4, and come four to a page, with guidelines for cutting them with scissors or guillotine.

• Word for Windows *.doc version
• Acrobat *.pdf version

StandUp Posters
to download, print out as A4 or A3 posters, and display on classroom, parish or other noticeboards

The design is in Microsoft Word, so it's possible to change them to include your own school or parish name.  Simply click on the posters to download.

• For Acrobat *.pdf  version of School Poster click here
• For Acrobat *.pdf version of Parish poster click here

Click here to download.

at www.guinnessworldrecords.com
 

at www.endpoverty2015.org
The home of the UN Millennium Campaign

DRAFT LETTER TO PRIME OR OTHER MINISTERS

Dear Minister

We thought you’d be pleased to hear what we did this year to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - and what you might consider.

Pupils and staff joined in Just1’s Schools StandUp Against Poverty & Inequality.  This was a 2009 contribution to the 50 Days of Global Action Against Poverty, arranged by GCAP and the UN Millennium Campaign.

We believe that something similar was being done by perhaps 100 million other people in over 130 countries – showing the great global strength of concern and caring.

So we’d like you to know that all of us good citizens of tomorrow ask - that you do what you can to get governments and nations to stand up against poverty today.  Tell them that we care.  Say that we’re really proud of what we stand up for. 

We stood up together and shared these Promises to the Poor.
 

Let's start by standing in silence for a few moments and listening for the voices of the poor coming from the east, west, north and south.
 

Now let us say to the east, west, north and south why the poor can count on us
 

We promise to stand up for stopping extreme poverty and hunger So we speak out today for the billion people who go to bed hungry every night
 

We promise to stand up for reducing child mortality So we speak out today for the 30,000 children who each day die due to poverty
 

We promise to stand up for improving basic health So we speak out today for all people fighting diseases which ravage communities, for ensuring clean fresh water for everyone, and for the care of mothers in childbirth
 

We promise to stand up for promoting fairness, justice, and respect So we speak out today for all those working for peace and justice and human rights
 

We promise to stand up for primary education for all So we speak out for children everywhere so they will get a full course of basic schooling
 

We promise to stand up for respecting the world’s resources  So we speak out for those people already suffering the effects of climate change, and for those working hard to ensure that the riches and benefits of our planet are shared by all
 

And finally we promise to stand up and speak out against poverty - again and again.

Then we gave each other a pat on the back on the back and said Well Done for Standing Up Against Poverty.
 

 We’re all in this together.

With best wishes from all of us.