General Mentor Resources
People & Planet Groups’ Guide — a comprehensive guide to running student campaigns. Whilst it is designed for university students, a lot of the information is equally applicable for work with sixth formers.
Extra posters, campaign guides and action cards
Specific advice on how to run groups and campaigns in schools
Specialist knowledge on how best to achieve campaign aims (e.g. details on how to get Fairtrade vending machines in schools, or how to get in contact with Fairtrade wholesale suppliers)
Workshop packs — scripts and activities to aid mentors in delivering Fairtrade workshops
For any of the above resources, please feel free to email us at mentors@peopleandplanet.org. Alternatively, you can contact us via phone on 01865 245678.
In addition, a variety of organisations have have free resources for youth leaders on their websites:
CAFOD
Oxfam
Fairtrade Foundation
Christian Aid
Fairtrade / Trade Justice Resources
For further information on the Fairtrade and trade issue see:
The Fairtrade Foundation
The Trade Justice Movement
The World Development Movement
Oxfam
Christian Aid
For alternative arguments on the trade issue see:
The International Monetary Fund
The World Bank
The World Trade Organisation
The Economist
HIV/AIDS:
People & Planetīs gateway to further resources
AIDS in the Twenty-First Century: Disease and Globalisation
Tony Barnett and Alan Whiteside
Palgrave Macmillan (2006)
ISBN: 1403997683
Climate Change:
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — an in-depth but very informative site on the science and impacts of climate change
The Tyndall Centre, one of the UKīs major research centres on climate change
Centre for Alternative Technology
Global Warming: The Greenpeace Report
Jeremy Leggett
Oxford University Press (1990)
ISBN: 0192177818
The “Up in Smoke” reports published by the IIED, which show the link between climate change and economic development:
The Sceptical Environmentalist (an alternative viewpoint)
Bjorn Ljomberg
Cambridge University Press (2001)
ISBN: 0521010683
This list is not exhaustive!
If you know of any other good websites or books, please let us know and we’ll pass the information on to other mentors.