Classroom kit teaches about homelessness
4 November 2009
Shelter Scotland has launched a specially designed classroom kit to help teach children important lessons about housing and homelessness.
The kit follows an interactive programme of themed work, packed with exciting and stimulating free resources designed for teachers to use in the classroom to educate primary and secondary children in a fun and interesting way about the complex issues of homelessness.
Homeless children are two to three times more likely to be absent from school than other children due to the disruption caused by constantly moving around. Currently there are over 9,500 households in temporary accommodation across Scotland. Of these households, there were 3,682 households with dependent children and pregnant women in temporary accommodation across Scotland.
Graeme Brown, Director of Shelter Scotland, said: 'Bad housing and homelessness can have a devastating effect on every area of a child's life. The classroom kit is a fantastic way to educate children in an informative way about aspects of bad housing and also encourage a younger age group to get involved and help support the work Shelter Scotland does to end bad housing for the next generation of children.'
More information about our classroom kit.
