Every year thousands of pupils take part and have a fantastic CSV Make a Difference Day.

CSV Make a Difference Day is the perfect way to:

Build links between your school and the wider community
"CSV Make a Difference Day is good. It's different from the normal school day and gets me thinking about the community." Springfield School - 2004

Make your pupils feel useful in and outside of school
 "The pupils really felt that they had done something worthwhile. They gave up their break times all week. I will certainly do it again."
Manningtree High School

Give citizenship education a real push in your school
"67% of teachers indicated that citizenship teaching helped them to develop links with communities."

Each school decides how they want to get involved - with pupils taking part as a class, year group or with the whole school.

Why should your school take part in CSV Make a Difference Day?

For pupils:
- Learn new skills
- Work as part of a team
- Play a key role in the community
- Feel valued
- Make a real difference regardless of academic ability
- Gain an understanding of local and global issues and take action
- Have fun!

For teachers:
- Gain recognition for activities locally and nationally
- Free Action Packs with certificates, balloons, T shirts, stickers and more!
- Strengthen links between the school and community
- Free resources for Citizenship classes on a variety of different subjects

" Excellent idea - it gives pupils an idea of what goes on in the real world". Dyke House School


To get started:

Decide how you'd like to take part - what kind of activity could you organise?

>> To get ideas, check out what other schools have done in the past
>> Look at our how-to guides - they help you to break down activities
>> Stay in touch - receive In Touch, our e-bulletin.
>> Do you have a large group of pupils aged 16 or over who want to take part? Agents 4 Change work across the country and can help you organise an activity. Click here for more information.

When you've decided what you'd like to do:

>> Register your activity online or by calling 0800 284533, and we'll send you a free Action Pack to help your activity go with a bang!