First Give Staff

Here at First Give we know that our school, student and charity partners are the best people to tell us the impact of our programme.… Read More »Sparks of Social Consciousness 2023/2024

We are sad to say that after 10 years, Louisa Searle is stepping down as our Director. In 2014 she left teaching to join First… Read More »New Leadership at First Give

First Give is a social action programme which empowers students across England and Wales to drive positive change in their communities. At Havant Academy, the… Read More »Empowering Student Voices at Havant Academy 

Students plan multiple social action activities in aid of local charity

This week is National Careers Week. It’s a one-week celebration of careers guidance in education across the UK, and it’s got us thinking about how… Read More »National Careers Week

Lend a hand. Make a change. You may have seen on the news that the Big Help Out, the UK’s largest volunteering campaign is back.… Read More »The Big Help Out

Willows High School in Cardiff are in their fourth year of running the First Give programme, led by the Lead Teacher, Andrew Roberts. In their… Read More »‘Buy a plate to help a family fill theirs this Christmas’

In the last academic year, First Give worked in partnership with over 190 schools, completing 196 programmes across England and Wales. Over 35,000 young people… Read More »First Give Impact Report 2023

Running the First Give social action programme in our partner schools across England and Wales would be impossible without our fantastic team of facilitators. They… Read More »Meet our facilitators!

The academic year of 2022/23 was a busy and highly impactful at First Give. We worked with over 35,500 young people and issued First Give… Read More »End of year stats – students social issues 2022/2023