Primary schools: Lent Fast Day 2010
Join Catholic schools and parishes across the country for Give it up! - a new way of expressing the transformative message of Lent, and the biggest ever drive to raise funds for our life-changing work.
The idea is simple. By giving something up for Lent (such as sweets) and getting sponsored, your pupils can raise money to provide things (such as honeymaking bees) that children and families in other countries really need to improve their lives.
Along the way, they’ll reflect, learn and experience the excitement of being part of a whole-school activity.
Use this video in assembly as a Lent focus or with the educational activities and case studies online to show how giving up sweets for Lent can be transformed into things that people in the world's poorest countries really need such as bee keeping training for communities in Mozambique.
 | Background information about give it up! and how to get involved this Lent |
 | Primary teachers' notes (157.88 kB) How to use our range of materials to support your pupils’ lessons, to show how their learning and fundraising can make a difference to the lives of our sisters and brothers around the world living in poverty |
 | To help children drum up support for their fundraising. |
 | Stations of the Cross (Word Doc) (2.10 MB) For use during Lent 2010 |
 | Case studies slideshow (2.19 MB) Let’s make a real difference to their lives by giving something up and raising money, to give people in the world’s poorest countries things that they really need |
 | Give it up! poster (712.31 kB) A3 poster to help promote your fundraising |
 | To help children think about what they would like to give up |
 | Transform your uniform poster (317.13 kB) To help promote a Transform your uniform fundraising day |
 | To return with your fundraising money |
 | A-Z of fun fundraising ideas for Give it up! (307.64 kB) An A-Z of fundraising ideas to support your Give it up! acitvities this Lent, including stories of what children and young people have been doing to raise money for CAFOD's life changing work. |
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