Our Work
Supporting young people to explore identity, build connections and strengthen communities
Our Vision
Our vision is one in which children and young people have confidence in their own and others’ identities and are inspired to create welcoming, kind and connected communities where everyone can live well together.
How We Do This
We empower teachers to confidently support children and young people to explore their own and other people’s identities
We bring younger and older people together to share time, experiences, stories, and build connections.
We support schools to be transformative places of connection, community and belonging.
How We Can Work With You
Schools Linking
Build links between schools in your area and help students connect with others from different backgrounds.
View Schools LinkingIntergenerational Linking
Bring younger and older people together to share time, experiences, stories, and build connections.
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Access resources, guidance and training to enhance the delivery of SMSC development in your school.
View SMSC TrainingResources for the classroom
A library of classroom resources designed by teachers covering SMSC, Social Action, PSHE and Citizenship.
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Our Work Is Driven By Four Key Questions
Who am I?
Who are we?
Where do we live?
How can we all live well together?
The Linking Network is here to support your school explore these questions with your students.
What Is "Linking"?
At the heart of our work is the unique process of ‘linking’ which we’ve developed over the past 2 decades.
Linking describes the act of sharing of time and experiences with people from different backgrounds. This might be different social, ethnic, faith, geographical or ages. Linking is not a complex idea – but it is hard to get it right.
Therefore we offer teachers and school leaders training and high-quality resources that can be used to support explorations of identity and belonging in ways that are embedded in the curriculum.
