Increase Public Understanding

Bar Mock Trials - Northern Ireland

Grant: £12,000
November 26, 2014

The Citizenship Foundation has been operating this programme for some years and now has 18 regional heats one of which takes place in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This funding will allow a second regional heat in Northern Ireland, in Derry/Londonderry concentrating on schools from the least advantaged areas and inter denominational work where possible and ensuring equal representation from both communities.

Developing Lessons for Schoolchildren

Grant: £25,000
November 26, 2014

Enabling Enterprise is a not-for-profit company, set up by a team of teachers in 2009. Its mission is to equip young people with the skills, aspirations and experiences they need to succeed in life, through programmes to help teachers. The funding will enable them to develop a set of two lesson time projects and two challenge days. One of each will be for primary school students, the others for secondary. It will showcase that:

• some problems have a legal angle to them and therefore can be solved through application of the law.
• there are opportunities to demystify the law, so that students see it as relevant to them and a practical way to overcome the challenges they face in their lives.
• a set of recognised legal skills is developed through the work we do
• as children learn about their rights, they also gain an understanding of their corresponding obligations.

Street Law

Grant: £7,500
August 8, 2014

A project to work closely with pupils from less advantaged backgrounds to help ensure that, firstly, they have a better understanding of the law and how the law affects them and, secondly, that if they want to become a lawyer they have the best possible understanding of the law and the legal profession. Street Law is considered to be the best way to introduce law to school pupils – one that ties in with careers, with skills development, with raising aspirations, and that fits neatly with Curriculum For Excellence and the National Assessment Resource (NAR) Flow Chart.

PLES Manchester application Phase 3

Grant: £46,000
August 8, 2014

Phase 3 of the project will help the NCCL embed their services in those areas of Manchester that suffer from social deprivation and are in most need, and create a sustainable and resilient funding model. It also includes a delivery phase to schools from September to December 2014.

Smartlaw SMART PHONE APP

Grant: £49,000
November 27, 2013

An engaging, free of charge, mobile phone app to educate young people about their legal rights and responsibilities using scenarios, quiz and games. Users will also then be able to access to an eBook version of the “Young Citizens’ Passport 17” for detailed information on their legal rights and responsibilities.

School Curriculum Training Packs

Grant: £100,000
November 27, 2013

Pilot a scheme in 10 schools targeting students 14 years old. A programme that engages young people with complex contemporary debates that inform the ways they think about the status, rights and obligations of being a citizen.

Public and Civil Legal Education Gateway

Grant: £136,000
November 27, 2013

Focus on young people from disadvantaged communities; the ultimate goal is to use technology to create a network which links every school and college in the UK with the legal profession (The Law Society, Regional Law Societies, The Bar Council etc).

Manchester Schools Programme - Phase 2

Grant: £43,000
November 27, 2013

Phase One was successful and the Foundation has also provided a grant for Phase Two to roll the programme out to more schools and students.

Manchester Schools Programme

Grant: £41,574
May 1, 2013

Aims to reach a more diverse range of schools whose pupils have not taken part in public legal education previously for either economic or social reasons.

• Increased their knowledge and understanding of civil and criminal law, therefore reducing the risk of dispute and crime.
• Increased their knowledge an understanding of professions relating to the justice system and provide them with information on how to pursue a related career