Not everyone loves football but we’re able to use the excitement around the euros to help tackle hate in the classroom.Hi John,

Thanks to the support of HOPE Education Fund members, we’re able to use the
excitement of the Euro Championships, which start this week, to talk to young
people about hateful language and what they can do to counter it. Because it’s
thanks to supporters like you that we can provide this support, I wanted to tell
you a bit about what we’re doing.

But first, I should say, if you’re a teacher, you can get this class plan and
video to use with your students totally free of charge. All you need to do is
register here.

GET THE RESOURCES

I know it’s not for everyone but I love football (despite the hopeless travails
of my team Ipswich). I love the game itself, but as HOPE not hate education and
training director, it’s a great tool for connecting with young people.

Football is the beautiful game, but its relationship with racism is anything
but. Over the decades, social problems have made their way onto the terraces,
and it's no different today. Even in a time when we won’t see full houses at the
championships, the nasty elements within our society can make their hateful
voices heard via social media.

Children can often get stuck in the middle of this. Sport is often their first
venture into adult spaces and some of the unsavoury characters that lurk online
can upset and hurt those most impacted by racism, and draw others into
developing hateful views.

This is why HOPE not hate has created a video lesson resource to help teachers
in classes to directly challenge the impact of ‘low-level’ discriminatory
language online.

This is one part of our Education programme which sees our team of educators in
classes, week-in-week-out, supporting teachers and speaking directly to
students. And we do it all completely free-of-charge to schools.

If you’re a teacher and you’d like to get these resources for your school, it’s
easy – just register here.
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I know not everyone who supports us is a teacher, but we wanted to let you know
what we’re up to in schools. This is a key part of our work to counter the far
right and all the forces of hate that seek to divide us. Thanks to you all, our
work is going from strength to strength.

Best wishes,

Owen

Owen Jones
Director of Education & Training

Young people in this country are increasingly at risk to radicalisation. The
HOPE not hate Education Team works tirelessly in schools every day to counter
this.

The HOPE Education Fund is how we make that work happen. Will you become a member today to help us continue that work?

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