About the award
OutRight 2025-2026
International Aid
With OutRight, empower children and young people as they embark on a brand new learning journey, all about International Aid. This journey will teach them about the UNCRC, what International Aid is and why is it important, and to understand how it supports children and their rights around the world.
International aid makes a huge difference for children around the world. This year, the UK Government announced a large reduction in the money they spend on this support. This decision will affect children everywhere, because international aid helps to them get things like life-saving medicines and vaccines, clean water, good nutrition, and good education, as well as helping children, families and communities deal with the problems they face, such as climate change.
These may seem like distant concepts for children and young people to learn about, but finding out about international aid means examining our responsibilities for each other as humans sharing the same planet, and how we can act as global citizens. OutRight aims to upskill children and young people with brand new knowledge, and to provide an exciting way for them to take action and have their voices heard.
Support for you:
We understand that this theme may not be one that not everyone is familiar with. Luckily, we have our team of experts at UNICEF UK ready to support you on your learning journey, so you feel confident and comfortable completing OutRight in your setting. You can find a comprehensive background reading section in the Facilitator Guides, and a brand new support hub below to dip in and out of.
Feedback:
As usual, we’ll open the survey for feedback in May 2026.
Next steps:
You’ll find all the resources you need to complete OutRight below. You can work through these whenever they work in your setting, but this year we have provided a suggested order to ensure that children and young people get the most from the learning journey. You’ll also find guidance documents to refer to throughout the year and the dates of our three support workshops.
Resources to Download
These resources will provide additional background reading on the theme of International Aid to support you to have nuanced conversations with children and young people.
These resources will introduce you to the campaign and contains guidance for each of the activities.
- Introductory and Activity Guidance if your group is age 11 and under
- Introductory and Activity Guidance if your group is over 11 years old
- Introduction to OutRight PowerPoint presentation if your group is age 11 and under
- Introduction to OutRight PowerPoint presentation if your group is over 11 years old
Use these PowerPoint presentations alongside the guidance above to run the activities.
Presentations for children age 11 and under
Presentations for young people over 11 years old
Empower your group to take action using these resources!
For further guidance on the campaign actions, sign up for Support Workshop 2: Continuing the Campaign.
Due to some last minute changes in the UK Government, we are updating these resources. Please check back soon.
We have provided a range of resources so your group can speak out on children’s rights and become the best change makers they can be. Please feel free to use whichever resources are relevant to your setting.
OutRight Events
Support Workshop 1: Getting Started – 4-5 pm, 16 September 2025
If you are a teacher or facilitator running OutRight and have questions about the campaign or just want some help kicking it off, then then join us for our Support Workshop: Getting started!
You can sign up here.
Support Workshop 2: Continuing the Campaign – 4-5 pm, 13 November 2025
If you are a teacher or facilitator running OutRight and have questions about running the campaign action activity with your group, then join us for our Support Workshop: Start Campaigning!
You can sign up here.
Support Workshop 3: Wrapping Up – 4-5 pm, 10 February 2026
If you are a teacher or facilitator running OutRight and have questions about the second campaign action, and how to wrap up OutRight for the year, then join us for our Support Workshop: Start Campaigning!
You can sign up here.
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