This toolkit provides insights and tips to demonstrate how social action plays a strong part in developing a young person’s skillset and what they stand for. It contains practical ideas, films, and activities to help build a social action programme which will support students in developing valuable employability skills. This toolkit aims to: • Provide insights, tips and stories from fellow educators to broaden your knowledge of social action. • Inspire young people to get involved in social action by highlighting the potential benefits to their community and future employers. Featuring a comprehensive, step-by-step plan, this interactive PDF can be easily tailored to your delivery needs, from delivering a series of sessions to running standalone activities. To browse the range of LifeSkills resources, visit https://barclayslifeskills.com/help-others/lessons/

This lesson focuses on helping students feel more confident about living independently. It outlines different types of taxation and demonstrates how to write a life plan that incorporates saving goals. By the end of the lesson students will be able to: • Identify different types of taxation • Demonstrate how to write a life plan, incorporating savings goals • Identify the main components of living independently Why not include financial capability as a focus in your students’ wider curriculum? Refer to our Content guide to find out how LifeSkills resources can be used in PSHE or Maths lessons. To browse the range of LifeSkills resources, visit https://barclayslifeskills.com/help-others/lessons/

This lesson is designed to help young people identify positive workplace behaviours and understand how they can practise these in everyday life to always present a good impression at work. The lesson explores the importance of appropriate communication and body language and responding assertively to different workplace situations. Lesson learning outcomes By the end of this lesson students will be able to: • Understand the importance of behaving in the right way at work and illustrate rules which can help make the right impression • Identify the impact of body language and how this can help make a good impression • Describe assertiveness and demonstrate ways to respond assertively to different situations There are other tools and resources that you may want to explore after completing this lesson. These include the ‘Workplace challenge’ interactive tool where students practise handling difficult work situations they may encounter. Why not build personal skills through lessons such as ‘Listening and presenting (communication)’ lesson and ‘Staying positive (resilience)’ lesson? Refer to our Content guide to find out how LifeSkills resources can be used in PSHE, English lessons and much more. To browse the range of LifeSkills resources, visit https://barclayslifeskills.com/help-others/lessons/

This lesson forms part of ten lessons adapted for students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The activities focus on helping students overcome worries and challenges to grow their confidence. Key learning outcomes for this lesson include: • Recognising that worrying is a normal part of overcoming challenges, which we need to do if we are to grow. • Identifying some ways of overcoming worries. • Considering a past event in a new, more helpful way and identifying how this changes their feelings. You can access our full range of SEND resources by checking the SEND tag on our curriculum tags. To browse the range of LifeSkills resources, visit https://barclayslifeskills.com/help-others/lessons/