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Discover the British Red Cross free Humankind CPD courses for educators of young people, offering training, teaching resources and support on humanitarian and life skills topics. 

 

How does it work?

Our CPD courses give you the confidence to lead crucial classroom discussions and equip young people with vital life skills. Topics include First Aid, War & Conflict, and Climate Preparedness.


You’ll learn through flexible eLearning, with the option to join a live masterclass led by a British Red Cross facilitator. These sessions support you to complete one of the two modules in each Humankind course and build confidence in delivering the content in your classroom.


Masterclasses are available for groups of five or more and can be delivered online or face-to-face, subject to facilitator availability. To book a group masterclass, email redcrosseducation@redcross.org.uk with your group size, preferred dates, location and delivery method.


Sign up today to access free, curriculum-linked teaching resources and help shape the next generation of humanitarians.

Build confidence

Gain the skills and resources to teach challenging humanitarian topics.

National Curriculum aligned

All courses are aligned and ready to be used in PSHE, Health & Wellbeing and Learning for Life and Work.

Flexible learning options

Learn at your own pace with eLearning, plus optional live masterclasses for groups, delivered online or face-to-face.

Available Courses

CLIMATE

Young person collecting waste on a beach

Teaching Climate Preparedness

Learn how to teach climate preparedness using a holistic framework.

MIGRATION

Young person carrying personal belongings.

Teaching about Migration

Learn to teach about migration using a trauma-informed approach. 

WAR AND CONFLICT

Aid workers clearing rubble

Teaching about War and Conflict

An introduction to teaching about global conflicts through the rules of war.

FIRST AID

Knee being bandaged

Teaching First Aid

Teach first aid to young people using the Everyday First Aid approach.

RESILIENCE

Adult and young people having discussion

Teaching Resilience

Learn how to teach resilience using a practical learning approach. 

Teaching climate preparedness

Course summary
Welcome to Teaching Climate Preparedness, a comprehensive course designed to empower you with the confidence and skills to effectively teach climate preparedness using a holistic framework, developed by the British Red Cross. This course equips you with the resources, skills and training needed to successfully implement the holistic framework when teaching climate preparedness with your young people. 


Learning outcomes
By completing this course, you will:
  • Demonstrated an understanding of a holistic approach to climate education and why this is appropriate given the topic.
  • Have gained an understanding of what extreme weather and eco-anxiety are, how they affect young people, and how to support emotional wellbeing through climate education.
  • Identified key benefits of using the Weather Together toolkit to teach climate preparedness.
  • Gained practical skills to use the Weather Together toolkit with young people.

Teaching about war and conflict

Course summary
 This course covers an introduction to teaching about global conflicts through the rules of war. It also includes handling the challenging conversations that can arise from this topic.


Learning outcomes

By completing this course, you will: 

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the principle of neutrality and the rules of war.
  • Apply a five-step method to confidently facilitate challenging classroom discussions.
  • Use our teaching resources to engage and support your students.

Teaching about migration

Course summary
This course covers an introduction to teaching about migration using a trauma-informed approach, including the tools, knowledge and resources you need to feel confident teaching about migration, even if you have young people with lived experience of migration in the room.


Learning outcomes
By completing this course, you will:
  • Understand the experiences of people with refugee status or people seeking asylum, whilst defining key terminology.
  • Understand the impact of trauma on learners and apply six trauma-informed principles to teaching about migration.
  • Use our teacher resources to engage and support your students.

Teaching First Aid

Course summary
Learn how to teach first aid to young people using the British Red Cross's Everyday First Aid approach, and using free medically approved, educationally sound resources. 


Learning outcomes

By completing this course, you will:

  • Understand the Everyday First Aid approach and how to use it to effectively teach first aid to your young people.
  • Understand how to navigate and utilise our resources and activities on the First Aid Champions website to effectively teach first aid skills to young people.
  • Be able to use our teaching resources to engage with your young people on the topic of first aid.
  • Be able to use our first aid skill videos, which use the Everyday First Aid approach, to enhance your confidence and knowledge in first aid.

Teaching Resilience

Course summary
This course will cover an introduction to teaching resilience using a practical learning approach. Young people are faced with many different challenges each day. As educators, it is important that we help young people develop the skills that can help them to grow their resilience in order to help them cope with adversities they may be faced with.


Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, you will:

  • Understand what personal resilience is and the challenges facing young people today.
  • Understand the social and emotional skills needed to build resilience and how to teach these in a practical way.
  • Use our teaching resources to engage with the topic of resilience with your students.
 

Empower your teaching of humanitarian topics

Join our programme of humanitarian education and get instant access to FREE CPD courses 

Free humanitarian CPD

This first-of-its-kind programme of humanitarian education is a free collection of short courses that will give you all the tools to educate 11-18 year-olds in vital humanitarian topics and life skills.  
 
Young people face increasingly complex challenges. These skills will help them engage in meaningful conversations, develop emotional tools and understand world issues.

What our educators say

How our programme of humanitarian education is making an impact for educators like you. 

Abigail - Subject Teacher

"Very user friendly"

"Very user friendly layout and information set out in a digestible way. The scenarios with practical tips and strategies was the most useful part"

Kelly- Secondary Senior leader

"Engaging and Interactive"

"This course is very accessible and informative. It is engaging and interactive"

Sharron - Subject Teacher

"This sort of training I think is just essential at the moment"

"I would love to be able to roll this out to all my staff tomorrow""

Rebecca - Youth Organisation Staff

"A useful tool"

"It's really interesting and a useful tool when speaking to young people"

Frequently asked questions

Our approach blends evidence-based pedagogy with real-world relevance. We focus on humanitarian principles, social action and empathy-building, delivered through flexible formats that suit diverse learning environments. Whether it's live training, self-directed courses, or whole-school CPD, our methods are designed to be engaging, inclusive, and impactful - empowering educators and young people to make a difference. 

Our CPD courses are ideal for:
  • secondary school teachers across the UK and educators of young people aged 11-18, particularly in subjects like PSHE, Citizenship, English Literature, Geography, and Religious Education
  • college educators supporting students up to 18 years old
  • youth workers working with young people aged 11-18
  • individuals who support young people in both formal and informal education settings

We’re a passionate team of educators, researchers and programme designers committed to creating meaningful change through education. Our work is grounded in pilot data, impact evaluation and user feedback, ensuring that every resource we offer is usable, feasible, and valuable. We collaborate closely with schools and communities to ensure our content aligns with curriculum goals, pastoral priorities and the real needs of learners. 

This flowchart shows how you can progress through the courses.

Thanks to the generous funding and support from our partners, this programme of Humanitarian Education is free to access for all schools, educators and youth organisations. 


If your school or organisation is in a position to contribute, we invite you to support our mission through donations or fundraising. Your generosity helps us pay it forward - enabling us to reach more schools and youth groups who might not otherwise have the opportunity.


Together, we can build a more compassionate, informed and empowered generation.
We’ve worked hard to make the programme easy to understand and implement, with clear pathways and practical tools. But beneath that simplicity is a robust framework built on research, evaluation and continuous improvement. Whether you're dipping in or embedding these skills across your school, you’ll find depth, flexibility and support every step of the way.