Project
Unicef UK Rights Respecting Schools Award
Purpose
To create safe and inspiring places to learn, where children are respected, their talents are nurtured and they are able to thrive
Funding
Schools pay an annual fee of £2 a pupil, with a reduction to £1.25 after gold membership is achieved. In Scotland the programme is funded by a Scottish government grant until March 2025
Background
In the early 2000s the UK Committee for Unicef (Unicef UK) was delivering assemblies and lessons for schools around children’s rights. But it wanted to create a longer-term programme that would create lasting change. This ambition was driven by a 2007 Unicef report, Child poverty in perspective: An overview of child well-being in rich countries, which ranked the UK last for overall child wellbeing and fifth for children’s educational wellbeing.
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