Our work provides children and young people with a way to safely express their fears and aspirations and with a place to test out whether some of the things they hear are true.
We aim to:
Develop and deepen children and young people’s knowledge and understanding of equality, identity, diversity and community.
- Develop skills of enquiry, critical thinking, reflection and communication
- Develop trust, empathy, awareness and respect.
- Provide opportunities for children and young people to meet, build new relationships, work together and contribute to the wider community.
- Provide opportunities for adults, who work with children and young people, to share good practice, increaseunderstanding of the issues of equality, identity, diversity and community in their districts and to broaden perspectives.
SLN was born out of a belief that bringing children and young people from different backgrounds together, to learn about real issues that affect all of us, would bring greater motivation, engagement and consequently better achievement for all.
Evidence shows that our school linking programmes help to motivate and encourage children and young people to develop critical thinking, research and communication skills and, provide a creative outlet and improve confidence levels and self-esteem.
School and local authority staff also benefit from involvement in the programme, through access to new teaching methods and professional development.
