Schools
The Big Give has developed a programme which they intend to inspire the next generation of philanthropists, providing the first step towards a lifetime of charitable activity.
Each participating student is given a charity voucher. Students then conduct research into charities of interest to them and answer online questions which help them to evaluate their chosen charities. Each student then donates their voucher online, before discussing their choice with a small group of their peers. As a group, they then choose one of the charities which has already received a voucher to give a presentation on, with the winning presentation earning an extra donation.
The programme has been running for three years and has already been featured in both the Economist and the Wall Street Journal. Twenty schools are estimated to take part in 2012, with over 600 pupils (generally years 8 and 9) benefiting from the project.
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