The Just1 2009 StandUps Against Poverty and for the UN Millennium Development Goals
This page tells you about the basics of how schools joining in

Click here to see the, wow, current lists
and counts of StandUp Schools 2009

How your school or college can enrol and be counted in the Just1 StandUps 2009

(And a part for school governors to play)

Being counted in as a Just1 StandUp School is simple, free, and takes just a couple of minutes any time before Friday 16th October 2009. (Though the sooner the better, as Just1 is just one person, with just one brain and two sets of digits for cataloguing entries...)

For the day, you'll just need the Promises to the Poor which you can get at the Downloads page - to share out loud in assembly or classroom.  In some faith schools, you may find that a bishop has sent you these in a special Pastoral Postcard - which will also be going to parishes in the dioceses to echo at the weekend what you're doing on the Friday. Now, just...

• Nominate someone in the school as the Just1 StandUp E-contact eg Head, PSHE/RE Co-ordinator, School Secretary.  This will only be used for Just1 communications, not shared with anyone else. (If in doubt, give your basic school contact e-mail address shown on the school or other official website.)
   

• Guesstimate your School Count - the total number of people who'll stand up on the day (eg pupils, teaching and other staff, parents at home, governors etc)  To the nearest 50 is fine!
   

• Gather the basic information on the school

  • School name and address, and type if this isn't obvious (eg Catholic secondary)

  • If a church school, which diocese or area

  • Any relevant extras eg FairTrade/Eco, linked to or supporting another school overseas

  • Your website
     

• E-mail all this information to hughgibbons@just1.org.uk

  The school name, location, type, Count and website will be listed on the StandUp Schools webpage on this website - so everyone can see who's taken part.

  The Count will be added to all others and sent off to the UN Millennium Campaign/GCAP for forwarding to the Guinness World Records. To see what's happening elsewhere, just to the worldwide Stand Up Against Poverty website.
   

JustGiving Faith School Governors?
Enrolling and being a StandUp School is entirely free.

But members of school governing bodies and other wellwishers might like to stand up and take a much-appreciated supporting action of their own.

NB It's a suggestion and not a Just1 national curriculum requirement!

The suggestion is for a simple £1 per head collection -  perhaps made at a full governors' meeting, sent directly on-line to one of of the church overseas aid agencies shown below. One governor could do the collection and send it through on-line via JustGiving.  There's no hurry - any time through to early 2010 would be fine.

Hugh Gibbons of Just1 has set up these JustGiving pages, so that you can show the school name and that the donation comes from the governors.

If you have another aid agency to suggest, let Hugh know and a JustGiving page can be prepared.

It'll be a good story to share with all the school, and others - local parishes, for example.  And if we get a lot of schools joining in, this will be good news to take to regional and national media. (For example, if the governing bodies in 10 schools in every Catholic diocese in England & Wales each send in, say, £20, that'll be £4400 - enough to fund 2 teachers for a class of 40 in Brazil for a year.

Yes? 

Thanks for your interest. Here's the Just1 JustGiving choice:

CAFOD
www.justgiving.com/standup4cafod
Just1 StandUps are organised by Hugh Gibbons, who also wears the hat of a CAFOD Portsmouth Schools Volunteer; and have the blessing of both Bishop John Rawsthorne, Chair of CAFOD, and Chris Bain, Director of CAFOD.

CHRISTIAN AID
www.justgiving.com/standup4christianaid
Hugh is also a Christian Aid Week Volunteer Collector

SCIAF
www.justgiving.com/standup4sciaf
is the Scottish Catholic overseas aid agency

TROCAIRE
www.justgiving.com/standup4trocaire
is the Irish Catholic overseas aid agency

NB1 If you
took part last year,
you are automatically
enrolled.
See the list here.
 
NB2 If you are
a school or college
in any of dioceses below,
your bishop has asked for
you to be counted in.
Click on the link to see
your own special
StandUp Diocese page
Hallam RC,
Portsmouth RC,
Hexham & Newcastle RC,
Blackburn CofE
Liverpool CofE

You may also have
received word if you
are in
St Albans CofE
Sheffield CofE

Click here to go to
 the special page
where you can download
and print out only
the material
you want.
See some examples below -
all in Word, so you can
edit them to suit
your needs

Guidelines Page
including a suggested Introduction -
and the Promises to the Poor

Sheets of Promises to the Poor
4 to an A4 page, ready
for copying and cutting.
These are ideal
for all pupils
to have in hand as
they stand up -
and later take home for
their families to
join in on the
Friday, Saturday
or Sunday


 

A3 or A4 Poster
for classroom
or other noticeboards -
looks lovely laminated,
someone said