Using data to investigate citizenship issues in your area:

For accessible data from school children surveyed in the UK, South Africa and Australia www.censusatschool.ntu.ac.uk

For data about your local area www.statistics.gov.uk/neighbourhood

Investigating - ‘Who decides?’:

Birmingham Northern Relief Road - site sharing information about this development from the people involved in the construction
www.urbantransport-technology.com/projects/birmingham/
www.birminghamfoe.org.uk/bnrr/

Exploring citizenship in our local area:

See your local Council website [eg www.solihull.gov.uk] for details of who is on the Council, and details of meeting agendas, press releases etc.

Focus on the Kenya flower trade:

Search for 'flowers Kenya' with www.google.com

A report from the BBC about the flower trade: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1820000/1820515.stm

A site sharing overview information about the flower trade from a Kenyan perspective: www.kenyaweb.com/horticulture

Pesticide Action Network’s newsletter report about the use of pesticides and the development of codes of practice: www.pan-uk.org/pestnews/pn39/pn39p15.htm

The site of the Kenya Flower Council [an association of independent growers]. Their motto is 'a growing responsibility': www.kenyaflowers.co.ke

Investigating our involvement:

Community Service Volunteers see: www.csv.org.uk

Citizenship Education:

A very useful portal site developed by a consortium of national organisations supporting a global approach to citizenship education - www.citizenship-global.org.uk. Supported by DFES and the Department for International Development.

www.globaldimension.org.uk - A website specifically designed for teachers and supported by the Department for International Development

For information about the West Midlands:

Advantage West Midlands [The Regional Development Agency] www.advantage-westmidlands.co.uk

Government Office West Midlands www.go-wm.gov.uk

Improvement and Development Agency [helps local government produce Agenda 21 strategies] www.idea.gov.uk/menu/index.html

West Midlands Regional Sustainability Forum http://birminghamfoe.org.uk/wmrsf/main.htm

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