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CAS@Home ideas

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CAS Handbook - DP subject groups and CAS

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CAS experiences can grow out of learning that takes place in your DP classes! Below you will find some suggestions for CAS experiences associated with each of the DP subject groups.

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This year’s Diana Award recipients represent some of the most inspirational young people from across the UK and around the world. These exceptional young people have demonstrated their ability to inspire and mobilise new generations to serve their communities and create long lasting change on a global scale.(shared by Ms Preeti)

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THE 2021 DIANA AWARD ROLL OF HONOUR

This year's Diana Award recipients represent some of the most inspirational young people from across the UK and around the world. These exceptional young people have demonstrated their ability to inspire and mobilise new generations to serve their communities and create long lasting change on a global scale.

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This year's Diana Award recipients represent some of the most inspirational young people from across the UK and around the world. These exceptional young people have demonstrated their ability to inspire and mobilise new generations to serve their communities and create long lasting change on a global scale.

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During COVID, students aren't able to go to the animal shelter so they created a new Social Media challenge - Yoga Moves Inspired by Dogs. These were posted and raised money to help the shelter build a roof.

See their work here!

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Supporting the Community Through Basic Need Drives

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Supporting the Community Through Basic Need Drives

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Due to COVID and the impact on jobs, homes and the lives of those in our community - work together to support the community. This can be done through a variety of Basic Need Drives (food, supplies, materials) and then do drops of those supplies.

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Students go into Elder Homes and set up a photo booth and take photos of them and then document their history or life story. Great way to build empathy and a link to their community.

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Healthy Inexpensive Meals - YouTube Channel 

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Healthy Inexpensive Meals - YouTube Channel 

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A project that some of my students prepared for service was creating a YouTube channel with healthy recipes that only required 3 or less ingredients, cheap ones, that can be bought in the local market. By doing that, they are helping low income families to eat healthy.

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Choose a group (Senior Homes or other group homes) and write letters!

https://www.lettersagainstisolation.com/

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Letter write to levels of government voicing your concerns on a topic.

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Tackle a subject and create an informative video:

How to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19

Good Hygiene

Safe on Social Media

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Reading podcast where you do read alouds for young students who are stuck at home in quarantine

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Food scarcity is becoming an issue. Collaborate with a  group of students to garden and donate the surplus to families in need.

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Join VOC (voice of the century) to discuss the global issues and what is happening around world (Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, China, etc.).

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Start a Dungeons and Dragons club by designing a website to give junior high school students an opportunity to relieve stress once in a while.

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Collecting products for kids and families that lost their incomes due to the quarantine.

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Tutoring lessons to primary schools students via zoom.

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Online interaction with oldage homes and teaching them about utility apps

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Organise a group of students to zoom/skype nursing homes for a period of time

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Create a student counselling body for those students struggling during these times

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Organise a campaign to raise awareness about mental health

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Create a ‘balance’ presentation/video to support online learning, reminding students to take breaks, stretches, postures, info. about eye strain, etc.

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Find a way to show appreciation or thank health care workers who are working very hard and taking big risks during this time. Send messages of support or medical supplies/masks.

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Find a way to show appreciation or thank health care workers who are working very hard and taking big risks during this time. Send messages of support or medical supplies/masks.

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Set up a dog walking service for elderly neighbors

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Create a healthy meal programme for an elderly neighbor. Cook and
deliver their meals to them to make their lives easier.

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Create videos to help all of the parents and teachers who are at home with kids. You could read books, do sing-a-longs, exercise videos, etc.

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Create an inspiring message to share with the global community

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Offer free online lessons for teaching a language or a skill to people
who need it

Speaking Hub (online platform that enables Thai high school students to improve their English communication skills as well as learn about social issues and the SDGs)

Alternatively, create a YouTube channel for language learning lessons or tutoring ESL

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Create videos to spread awareness, i.e. about the importance of social
distancing and fighting the spread of Covid-19/safe hygiene

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Create a website to fundraise for a cause

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Create a Website/ Social Media platform for an organisation. Website for how to create a website.

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Sew and Provide Masks (Creativity or Service)

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Sew and Provide Masks (Creativity or Service)

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Learn how to sew face masks and then provide them to those in need.
Video on how to make them.

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Refugee Awareness (Creativity or Service)

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Refugee Awareness (Creativity or Service)

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Create an Instagram account to raise awareness about refugees by interviewing refugees and doing their portraits

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Photo Blog on Social Justice (Creativity or Service)

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Photo Blog on Social Justice (Creativity or Service)

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Create an instagram account that documents a social justice issue. See the example: @sincerelyfuture on Instagram

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Write Thank Yous (Creativity or Service)

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Write Thank Yous (Creativity or Service)

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Organise for a group of students to design and write thank you cards to your local hospital / police station / paramedics, etc.

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Virtual Concerts (Creativity or Service)

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Virtual Concerts (Creativity or Service)

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Organise a series of virtual concerts to be played in a seniors home (via videos)

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Translators without Borders is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit helping people get vital information and be heard, whatever language they speak.

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Points of Light | Creating a Global Culture of Civic Engagement

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Points of Light connects individuals, business and nonprofit volunteer organizations to create change in the world. Click here to learn about our mission.

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LET US EXPLAIN - We are not a registered charity. Teddies for Tragedies started as a pattern for knitted teddies intended to bring comfort and hope to children around the world.

HOW IT BEGAN - In 1986 in Somerset, "Superted", a washable knitted teddy, was added to a consignment of medicines going to a refugee camp in Sudan. The doctor replied " For some children, these teddies do more good than medicines, giving them hope". The teddy knitting began, and a bag was added, increasing the play value. In 1991, when the pattern came to Guildford, Surrey, "Teddies for Tragedies" began. Now there are a number of branches around the country.

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LET US EXPLAIN - We are not a registered charity. Teddies for Tragedies started as a pattern for knitted teddies intended to bring comfort and hope to children around the world. HOW IT BEGAN - In 1986 in Somerset, "Superted", a washable knitted teddy, was added to a consignment of medicines going to a refugee camp in Sudan.

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A nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development, and inclusive living for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

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With the Be My Eyes app, you can support people living with low vision and assist them in achieving independence. A blind or a low-vision user may need support with anything from checking expiry dates, distinguishing colors, reading instructions or navigating new surroundings.

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blind association; association for the blind

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Whether you need a pair of sharp eyes or have some sight to lend, Be My Eyes is a simple, free tool to help people see the world better, together.

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OpenTabs - save a tree for every 5 tabs you open

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Save trees by surfing the web! OpenTabs is an extension that changes your homepage into one that can fight climate change. Join us and support a new era of non-profit technology.

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AN OFFLINE ACTIVTY

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Helps those with reading issues

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Contribute your skills and passions to help people with print disabilities read. From scanning and proofreading, to describing images, to providing support for Bookshare® teachers and families.

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You can sign up with any of the sites below to help raise money for the American Red Cross while going about your daily activities online.

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30 hours training and then be a text responder for those in need. USA only.

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Become a Volunteer Crisis Counselor

Our volunteer Crisis Counselors work remotely, on their computers, answering texts from people in crisis. Volunteers create a dialogue with texters who are looking for help, de-escalating the crisis at hand and providing compassionate, non-judgmental support using active listening, collaborative problem-solving, and safety planning. Through this vital support, volunteer Crisis Counselors make a positive impact on the mental health journeys of those in need.
Free Crisis Counselor Training
To become a Crisis Counselor volunteer, you will need to complete our free online mental health training. Over the course of 30 hours, you will learn reflective listening, collaborative problem-solving, and crisis management. You can train anywhere-in your PJs, in a coffee shop, whatever works for you! After completing training, our volunteer Crisis Counselors commit to volunteering four hours per week until 200 hours are reached. Ideally, we expect you to fulfill your 200-hours volunteering commitment within one year.

Mental health training is an essential part of becoming a volunteer Crisis Counselor at Crisis Text Line. Our volunteers must be equipped with the skills and knowledge to effectively support those in need, so our mental health training is built to help you better understand the complex nature of different mental health concerns. It provides volunteer Crisis Counselors with techniques for managing difficult emotions and behaviors, and for promoting positive practices that contribute to overall well-being. With this training, volunteer Crisis Counselors are given the tools to offer evidence-based interventions and provide compassionate, effective, and high-quality care to texters who seek their support.

While the training will teach you how to help others, Crisis Text Line's mental health volunteering also offers tremendous value at an individual level. In fact, two thirds of our volunteers use the skills they learn through our training to deal with their own emotional well-being because it provides them with the knowledge and tools necessary to manage difficult situations. You can also learn how to recognize and manage your own stress, anxiety, depression and develop coping skills and positive habits that promote resilience and emotional wellness.
Sign up to volunteer and start your free mental health training

Benefits of Becoming a Volunteer Crisis Counselor
Advocate for Mental Health Care in the Wider Community
As the US faces an ongoing mental health crisis, it is essential to increase awareness and reduce the stigma surrounding these issues. Through mental health volunteering and training, we are equipped with the knowledge to create a community that prioritizes mental health and well-being and promotes a culture of awareness and non-judgmental support. This will ensure that everyone has access to the compassionate resources they need to achieve and maintain their emotional well-being.
Learn Strategies to Strengthen Your Own Mental Health
Becoming a volunteer Crisis Counselor not only helps others but also provides opportunities for individuals to enhance their own well-being. By learning tools for identifying and managing mental health concerns, you'll increase your own self-awareness and emotional intelligence and develop critical problem-solving and decision-making skills. You'll learn to recognize and manage stress, anxiety, and depression through positive coping mechanisms. You'll also improve your communication skills, understanding how to effectively support others through active listening and thoughtfully communicate your own feelings.
Volunteer from Home
Many of us want to make a positive impact on others, but don't have the means to support a busy volunteering schedule. One of the key benefits of becoming a volunteer Crisis Counselor is the ability to volunteer from home. Since Crisis Text Line offers a 24/7 service, you can volunteer during times that work best for your schedule, making it easy to balance your work life, volunteer life, and personal life. Volunteering from home also eliminates transportation costs and saves time spent commuting, creating a much more flexible approach to volunteering.
Spanish Volunteer Opportunities
Crisis Text Line offers bilingual support in English and Spanish, making mental health assistance more accessible to the large population of Spanish speakers in the US. Our Spanish volunteer opportunities are for people who are fluent in written Spanish, so that they can act as a volunteer Crisis Counselor supporting Spanish speakers in need. You can have a significant impact on texters across the country through our Spanish volunteer opportunities, providing free and compassionate mental health care for community members that might otherwise have difficulty accessing care. By volunteering in Spanish, you can exercise your language skills while providing vital support to individuals in need.

What Is Crisis Text Line Volunteering Like?

Want to know what it's like to volunteer at Crisis Text Line? Many of our volunteers aren't sure what to expect when they start their first shift, but by the end of their 200-hour volunteering commitment they have a completely new perspective on mental health and a host of useful tools and approaches for managing mental health crises.

All of our volunteers learn these skills:

During a volunteer shift, you are also supported by a trained Supervisor who is always there to answer your questions and help if you ever feel overwhelmed.

Check out some testimonials from our volunteers to hear in their own words how Crisis Text Line has empowered them and positively impacted their lives.

I volunteer for Crisis Text Line because practicing empathy and reflective listening makes me a better friend, partner, and employee.
CRISIS COUNSELOR, STUDENT

Time Commitment & Hours

Our greatest need for volunteer Crisis Counselors is between 7pm and 3am PT (10pm and 6am ET). Volunteer Crisis Counselors commit to volunteering 4 hours per week until 200 hours are reached. Ideally, we expect you to fulfill your 200-hour commitment within one year. Before you begin as a volunteer counselor, you'll also complete our comprehensive, 30-hour free online mental health training. During this period you will gain all the expertise and tools you need to successfully and empathetically navigate crisis intervention.

This Mental Health Crisis Counseling training is effective, comprehensive, and completely free for our volunteers. It costs Crisis Text Line $1,008 to train each volunteer Crisis Counselor. This investment in training is critical to delivering a high-quality service, so we look for volunteers who are committed to completing the whole training and their 200-hours of volunteer service.

Volunteer Opportunities for College Students

Crisis Text Line is an excellent volunteer opportunity for young people ages 18 and older who are just starting their journey in the mental health field. As a volunteer, individuals have the opportunity to provide emotional support to those who are in crisis and need immediate help. This opportunity allows young people to gain valuable experience in mental health while also making a significant impact on the lives of those in need. In working alongside volunteers who are also social workers, therapists, and psychiatrists, young people can further develop their emotional awareness and crisis management skills, which can be useful in any future career.

Become a Campus Advocate

Looking for a different way to volunteer as a college student? You can become a Crisis Text Line Campus Advocate. In this position, you'll be an ambassador for Crisis Text Line and its compassionate approach to crisis-related mental health care. If meaningful mental health care matters to you, this is an amazing opportunity to spread the word and ensure everyone - especially young people - have access to life-saving resources.

Last year, nearly 800 students all across the country joined us to take a stand for mental health on their college or university campus. This year will be even bigger. Let's grow our community and build a more empathetic world together.
Become a Campus Advocate

How Do I Become a Volunteer Crisis Counselor?

So you're ready to take the next steps and start your journey as a volunteer Crisis Counselor? Amazing! We're thrilled to have you. Before you get started, make sure you have access to reliable internet and a personal computer. We accept applications on a rolling basis and begin new training cohorts weekly, but space is limited so get started today.

The Process:

Complete the 30-minute Crisis Counselor application including consenting to a background check. Accepted applicants will be contacted with instructions to register for a training cohort.

Complete the 30-hour web-based, self-paced crisis counseling and intervention training. This free training program includes: video modules that cover (a) specific skills such as active listening, (b) issues such as self-harm, suicide, depression, bullying, and LGBTQ issues; as well as quizzes, role plays, and observation shifts.

Our training has been vetted by representatives from national organizations like American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network). Throughout training, each individual is fully supported by a Learning Specialist, who will be there every step of the way to answer questions, provide feedback, and offer additional information as needed.

Training cohorts are two weeks in length, and we estimate will take about 30 hours. Accepted applicants should evaluate their personal commitments and needs when selecting the cohort dates that best suit their schedule.

Step 3
Take your first counseling shift and start changing lives!

Being a Crisis Counselor teaches me so much around believing in hope, trusting the process, and deepening compassion - for others and for myself.
CRISIS COUNSELOR, STUDENT

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Volunteer at Crisis Text Line | Crisis Text Line

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Trained Crisis Counselors help texters through active listening and collaborative problem solving from anywhere they have an internet connection.

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Die Stärke und Wirksamkeit von Amnesty International gründet auf dem Engagement von Freiwilligen. Wir üben Druck auf die Machthabenden aus und zeigen uns solidarisch mit Menschenrechtsaktivist*innen und mit Opfern von Menschenrechtsverletzungen. Werden auch Sie aktiv, informieren und engagieren Sie sich mit uns! Es gibt viele Möglichkeiten, wie Sie sich für mehr Freiheit und Gerechtigkeit einsetzen können.

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Die Stärke und Wirksamkeit von Amnesty International gründet auf dem Engagement von Freiwilligen. Wir üben Druck auf die Machthabenden aus und zeigen uns solidarisch mit Menschenrechtsaktivist*innen und mit Opfern von Menschenrechtsverletzungen. Werden auch Sie aktiv, informieren und engagieren Sie sich mit uns! Es gibt viele Möglichkeiten, wie Sie sich für mehr Freiheit und Gerechtigkeit einsetzen können.

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A World Where Everyone Discovers Their Power to Make a Difference

We meet kids, teens and families where they are by creating DIY service projects and youth volunteer opportunities that are simple to execute and have a big impact, while also teaching children that they have the power to make a difference. Additionally, we know that Generation Z is the most civically engaged generation to date. We understand kids are finding new ways to engage and we uplift their work through our recognition programs like the Daily Point of Light Award.

The Next Generation

Points of Light recognizes that a passion for civic engagement can be cultivated from a young age. We encourage kids and teens to make their mark on their communities and the world.

The Year of Civic Learning Virtual Series

In 2022, make a commitment for a "Year of Civic Learning" and in doing so, join a youth-focused, online experience for young people ages 13 and up to ideate, research and develop a plan to positively their communities.

The learning pathway includes:

A three-part virtual workshop series to kick-off your journey

Understanding the issues and opportunities impacting your community

Understanding how you can make a positive impact in your community

Taking a deeper dive into the Points of Light Civic Circle as a way to support the issues and causes you are most passionate about

Designing a community plan, including work continuing beyond the planning and implementation phases

To gain access to the recordings and supplemental materials, email us at [email protected]

DIY Projects

Our DIY service projects are great learning experiences and student volunteer opportunities for kids and teens, and can be used at home, by nonprofits or in schools.

Learn More

Ideas for Getting Involved

There are many ways to inspire and engage youth at home, in school or in groups. Our DIY projects offer volunteer opportunities for teens and cover a variety of issue areas to help youth get involved in causes they care about. These projects vary in time and scope. We also engage youth and families through issue-focused campaigns and days of service that provide on-ramps to easy activation!

Visit the link below to see opportunities for volunteering for teens or find a project that's right for you.

Disney Family Volunteering Reward Program

Engaging families in volunteer projects helps create and deepen their bonds with each other and with their community.

Nonprofits and schools that host family-friendly volunteer projects are eligible for rewards! Points of Light and Disney Parks launched the Disney Family Volunteering Reward Program to allow nonprofits and schools the chance to earn tickets to Disney Parks for hosting family volunteer projects.

Learn More

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Youth and Family Volunteer Opportunities - Points of Light

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We meet kids, teens and families where they are by creating DIY service projects and youth volunteer opportunities that are simple to execute and have a big impact, while also teaching children that they have the power to make a difference. Additionally, we know that Generation Z is the most civically engaged generation to date.

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A donation to the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (one of the founders of Missing Maps) can help support local people to map their own communities, develop tools and processes so that more people can contribute, and scale this work so that even more responders and humanitarian organisations around the world have maps and open data that enable them to make time-critical, data-driven decisions.

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Putting the World's Vulnerable People on the Map

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© LUC CUYVERS : GALLIFREY FOUNDATION

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© LUC CUYVERS : GALLIFREY FOUNDATION

Empower me and others to make change

Help me organise teams to create a movement

Teach me negotiation techniques and the power of persuasion

Ask me to investigate existing local waste management systems

Lead me to create community awareness of the plastic pollution issue

Inspire behavioural changes at my school, home and community

See the How to Get Started Video: https://youtu.be/3qQG0LhPOS8

Provide students the chance to develop key life skills; teamwork, organisation, communication, negotiation and project management

Improve curriculum links to integrate the issue of plastic pollution and waste management into the classroom

Provide resources and tools to conduct community and locally-focused projects

Help schools better apply the values reflected in school policy

See the How to Get Started Video: https://youtu.be/Vh0BWAYjI3w

Are you ready to make a difference in your school ? If so, here are the three steps to starting the Plastic Free Campus journey:

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Video log at-home workouts to share with your peers/community

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If you have a gym in your building or at home, use the machines and
develop a weekly fitness plan for yourself to follow

Fitness plan templates

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My Virtual Mission - Running Cycling Walking Virtual Fitness Challenges

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HOW IT WORKS

Getting started with My Virtual Mission is easy.

CREATE A MISSION

Click on "Start Your Mission" and then plot your mission path on the easy to use map.

EXERCISE

Go and do your usual exercise such as walking, running, cycling, swimming, rowing or whatever.

RECORD

Enter your exercise distances on your very own mission page or on our smart phone app and see your progress along your mission path.

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My Virtual Mission - Running Cycling Walking Virtual Fitness Challenges

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Set up your own virtual fitness challenges on the My Virtual Mission website or app. Make your running, cycling, walking or other fitness and exercise distances count towards completing your own fitness challenges! Join one of our group fitness challenges or set up a corporate wellness fitness challenge.

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Create a series of baking videos on YouTube

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Create a blog to document what you are doing - pick a focus or theme

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Write a series of short stories. Check out a series in the New York Times on COVID for ideas

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Write a series of poems

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Try out some baking or cooking recipes

Tasty YouTube Channel

5 wholesome breakfast smoothies

Creamy one-pot pastas

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Create an online art portfolio to showcase your work, or take online art classes; Alternatively, use your artistic side to share some
depictions/expression of the current global situation

10 University Art Classes You Can Take for Free Online

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Create a healthy recipes cookbook of international dishes for younger years in the community

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Take part in organising a writing/poetry competition or organise one

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Find out the birthdays of all other students in your year and make birthday cards for each of them, getting other students to sign them and digitally deliver.

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Find a competition or contest that allows you to showcase your creativity. Look at the UN for some ideas.

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Create a school photograph challenge via Instagram account.

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Work with other students to collaborate to write and record a full music album

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Build a site for CAS opportunities for students

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Create audio books for younger kids or blind people

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Create your own CAS page on Instagram and post all CAS experiences

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Select an area of personal growth - public speaking, self-confidence, etc - seek out ways skill/trait development

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Demonstrate your artistic side - and use it in the current political/social context (writing, stand-up comedy, music, ---> a piece that gives us ‘relief’ in these desperate times OR brings attention to a certain aspect of it)

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Take a virtual tour of a museum. See a list here.

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Collaborate with other students and get together to talk about current events and their impact.

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Find the bright spots in the news and share them out

Good News Network

Some Good News

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ethics or choices and actions -  starting  discussion

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Imagine you are standing beside some tram tracks. In the distance, you spot a runaway trolley hurtling down the tracks towards five workers who cannot hear it coming. Even if they do spot it, they won't be able to move out of the way in time.

As this disaster looms, you glance down and see a lever connected to the tracks. You realise that if you pull the lever, the tram will be diverted down a second set of tracks away from the five unsuspecting workers.

However, down this side track is one lone worker, just as oblivious as his colleagues.

So, would you pull the lever, leading to one death but saving five?

This is the crux of the classic thought experiment known as the trolley dilemma, developed by philosopher Philippa Foot in 1967 and adapted by Judith Jarvis Thomson in 1985.

The trolley dilemma allows us to think through the consequences of an action and consider whether its moral value is determined solely by its outcome.

The trolley dilemma has since proven itself to be a remarkably flexible tool for probing our moral intuitions, and has been adapted to apply to various other scenarios, such as war, torture, drones, abortion and euthanasia.

Variations

Now consider now the second variation of this dilemma.

Imagine you are standing on a footbridge above the tram tracks. You can see the runaway trolley hurtling towards the five unsuspecting workers, but there's no lever to divert it.

However, there is large man standing next to you on the footbridge. You're confident that his bulk would stop the tram in its tracks.

So, would you push the man on to the tracks, sacrificing him in order to stop the tram and thereby saving five others?

The outcome of this scenario is identical to the one with the lever diverting the trolley onto another track: one person dies; five people live. The interesting thing is that, while most people would throw the lever, very few would approve of pushing the fat man off the footbridge.

Thompson and other philosophers have given us other variations on the trolley dilemma that are also scarily entertaining. Some don't even include trolleys.

Imagine you are a doctor and you have five patients who all need transplants in order to live. Two each require one lung, another two each require a kidney and the fifth needs a heart.

In the next ward is another individual recovering from a broken leg. But other than their knitting bones, they're perfectly healthy. So, would you kill the healthy patient and harvest their organs to save five others?

Again, the consequences are the same as the first dilemma, but most people would utterly reject the notion of killing the healthy patient.

Actions, intentions and consequences

If all the dilemmas above have the same consequence, yet most people would only be willing to throw the lever, but not push the fat man or kill the healthy patient, does that mean our moral intuitions are not always reliable, logical or consistent?

Perhaps there's another factor beyond the consequences that influences our moral intuitions?

Foot argued that there's a distinction between killing and letting die. The former is active while the latter is passive.

In the first trolley dilemma, the person who pulls the lever is saving the life of the five workers and letting the one person die. After all, pulling the lever does not inflict direct harm on the person on the side track.

But in the footbridge scenario, pushing the fat man over the side is in intentional act of killing.

This is sometimes described as the principle of double effect, which states that it's permissible to indirectly cause harm (as a side or "double" effect) if the action promotes an even greater good. However, it's not permissible to directly cause harm, even in the pursuit of a greater good.

Thompson offered a different perspective. She argued that moral theories that judge the permissibility of an action based on its consequences alone, such as consequentialism or utilitarianism, cannot explain why some actions that cause killings are permissible while others are not.

If we consider that everyone has equal rights, then we would be doing something wrong in sacrificing one even if our intention was to save five.

Research done by neuroscientists has investigated which parts of the brain were activated when people considered the first two variations of the trolley dilemma.

They noted that the first version activates our logical, rational mind and thus if we decided to pull the lever it was because we intended to save a larger number of lives.

However, when we consider pushing the bystander, our emotional reasoning becomes involved and we therefore feel differently about killing one in order to save five.

Are our emotions in this instance leading us to the correct action? Should we avoid sacrificing one, even if it is to save five?

Real world dilemmas

The trolley dilemma and its variations demonstrate that most people approve of some actions that cause harm, yet other actions with the same outcome are not considered permissible.

Not everyone answers the dilemmas in the same way, and even when people agree, they may vary in their justification of the action they defend.

These thought experiments have been used to stimulate discussion about the difference between killing versus letting die, and have even appeared, in one form or another, in popular culture, such as the film Eye In The Sky.

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The trolley dilemma: would you kill one person to save five?

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Imagine you are standing beside some tram tracks. In the distance, you spot a runaway trolley hurtling down the tracks towards five workers who cannot hear it coming. Even if they do spot it, they won't be able to move out of the way in time.

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Four simple hacks to succeed in every conversation - BBC Reel

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One of the key underrated skills that most people think they can master is providing critical feedback and communicating effectively in thorny situations. A career coach, a choreographer, a chef and a dragon boat captain offer advice and collaborative methods to enable people to better express the…

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How the world’s most creative groups came up with ideas - BBC Reel

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From Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel to Bell Labs’ pioneering computer music, an often overlooked factor behind the most innovative art is collaboration. This video explores the conditions that bred some of the most exciting partnerships in art history and how working together has always been a part…

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I assumed fun is all the same. Fun is fun. But then, when I first heard about Type I and Type II fun, I had to admit there was some validity in there being different types of fun.

Type 1 fun is like eating ice cream, or skiing with ski lifts to whisk you back up to the top - you love it while you're doing it, and when you think back on it you remember how good it was. Straightforward- sounds like fun.

Type 2 fun, on the other hand, is the sort of enjoyment you get from something like running a marathon or climibing a mountain. You often have to admit that it wasn't necessarily all fun at the time. In fact, it could have been quite hard and might have hurt a bit (like the swimrun event I did last weekend). But when you look back on it, you think of it as often more fun and fulfilling than the Type I fun.

Type 3 fun is usually type 1 or 2 fun that went wrong. Though it was supposed to be fun, things actually got a little hairy - like you got lost, or it got dark, and it got cold, or you had to be rescued - but...it sure makes a great story when you make it back.

HT: my brother shared this with me having learned it from his mountain guide doing classic Type II fun.

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I assumed fun is all the same. Fun is fun. But then, when I first heard about Type I and Type II fun, I had to admit there was some validity in there being different types of fun.

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CAS Trips are running a Virtual CAS Conference in collaboration with United Nations and Extinction Rebellion to provide students with a platform to collaborate, debate and tackle the themes of COVID-19 and The Climate Crisis.

The first conference will take place on the weekend of the 24-25th October for the Africa, Europe, Middle-East region, with seperate conferences for The Americas and Asia-Pacific to come before the end of the year.

CAS Trips are also searching for Coordinators and IB teachers to work with them as Workshop Leaders during the conference so visit castrips.org and get in touch with them if you or your students are interested

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The International Baccalaureate 7 Learning Outcomes – CAS Trips

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IB students are confronted with the 7 Learning Outcomes on a regular basis – but what do they really mean? Read on to find out.

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Online PLC: CAS in a Virtual Environment

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From September 2020 to April 2021 Faria Education Group is hosting a monthly professional learning community, focused on CAS.

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Online Model United Nations – Connecting today’s youth. Empowering tomorrow’s leaders.

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The aim of the CAS Project Challenge is to give you the tools to invent or campaign for something that will make a positive impact in your community. Showcase your project in a short video , and win an all-expenses paid trip for your whole team to present your CAS Project Challenge at one of our Global Student Conferences in Boston, Edinburgh or Singapore.

Watch the video below, and follow the process to get started and make that change!

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During your CAS Trip, you will learn about the importance of the UN Sustainable Development goals [internal hyperlink]. Upon return, you will be equipped with the required skills to implement a unique and personal service project in your own community.

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Book with some interesting chapters on CAS

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The Diploma Programme was the first programme to be devised and implemented by the International Baccalaureate over fifty years ago. Since its creation, the curriculum upon which the programme is based has been continuously developed to take into account the rapidly changing needs of students, schools, higher education and employment contexts. For much of that time, the programme has included three essential components that must be undertaken by students who wish to graduate with the Diploma: Theory of Knowledge, Extended Essay and Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS). Taken together, over time these have come to be regarded as a 'core' of the Diploma Programme, although they were not described as such at the outset.
This edited collection is intended to provide input into the current review of the IB Diploma Programme. It comprises contributions from experienced authors - researchers and practitioners - who were invited to reflect upon the nature of the core as it exists at present, to raise issues in relation to the future development of the core, and to share experience in the learning and teaching of the core components across a wide range of schools, in both national and international systems of education. Questions concerning the concept of the core as a whole, developing students as internationally-minded thinkers, and the challenges of bringing coherence to the core in establishing a holistic approach to the curriculum, underpin the individual chapters throughout.

Contributors: Edward Allanson, Tom Brodie, John Cannings, Christian Chiarenza, Mary Donnellan, Jenny Gillett, Robin Julian, Julian Kitching, Justin Laleh, Ann Lautrette, James MacDonald, Shona McIntosh, Heather Michael, Paul Regan, John Royce, John Sprague, George Walker

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Provided by Tom Brodie - something to make asking questions easier, may need editing for the activity.

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Facebook Page to give and share project ideas.

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IB CAS Coordinator Facebook group. FOR TEACHERS ONLY. 

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IB CAS Coordinator Facebook group. FOR TEACHERS ONLY. 

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IB CAS Coordinator Support Group | Facebook

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This is a cooperative support group for coordinators of IB Diploma CAS. It is independent of the IB organisation but follows the same philosophy and ideals. Please feel free to post links, questions,...

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Another group FOR TEACHERS!

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Many of these experiences add structure to the virtual !

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THE CAS Experiences and the Academic Subjects

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Order the CAS book in paperback or ebook from Cambridge or other booksellers!

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Healthy Inexpensive Meals - YouTube Channel 

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Healthy Inexpensive Meals - YouTube Channel 

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A project that some of my students prepared for service was creating a YouTube channel with healthy recipes that only required 3 or less ingredients, cheap ones, that can be bought in the local market. By doing that, they are helping low income families to eat healthy.

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Students go into Elder Homes and set up a photo booth and take photos of them and then document their history or life story. Great way to build empathy and a link to their community.

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Supporting the Community Through Basic Need Drives

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Supporting the Community Through Basic Need Drives

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Due to COVID and the impact on jobs, homes and the lives of those in our community - work together to support the community. This can be done through a variety of Basic Need Drives (food, supplies, materials) and then do drops of those supplies.