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What would you ask one million people to do?
It's hard enough to get your friends to do anything at all, but one million strangers?
Well that's what we can do. You come up with a simple, world changing idea and we'll get as many as one million people to do it.
Last year we made a simple canvas bag to change how people shop. Our 'I'm NOT A Plastic Bag' made the national news. Before that, we wrote a simple book to influence people's everyday actions. 'Change the World for a Fiver' sold a million copies. Now we want a new simple action that a million people can take. We know it can be done. And we want you to come up with it.
This October, We Are What We Do is asking everyone under eighteen across England: "What simple action would you ask one million people to do to change the world?"
This massive national search will uncover the next generation of Change the World ideas stating that small actions that have a positive impact on communities, families, the environment and the world at large. Every action will be put on the map for all to see and some of the top ideas will feature in the next edition of the Change the World series.
The very best action will be treated to a huge campaign in Spring 2008 that will inspire as many as 1 million people to take part in the action and have a gigantic impact.
In October we'll launch the competition site where you will be able to upload your action and a picture that brings it to life, but till then get working on your action and make sure to tell your mates, your neighbours, your pets and... well... just tell everybody!
If you have any questions or suggestions, you can e-mail us at competition [at]wearewhatwedo[dot]org (change the [bits] for the right symbols, yay!)
Schools and Teachers
We're working with the Department for Children, Schools and Families on the competition, so everything we do is designed to give teachers what they need to participate.We're launching a range of ideas and resources for schools to help teachers use the We Are What We Do competition as part of their work and if you register here you'll be the first to find out about them. If you're on Facebook, there's a group just for you here.
Working with young people in the community?
Local groups, clubs and societies are at the heart of social change and we want them to be at the centre of this competition.If you work with children and young people then we've got a range of ideas and resources to help you use the We Are What We Do competition as part of your work and, if you register here, you'll be the first to find out about them.
Parents and guardians
Could your child be the architect of our winning action? Is your teen keen to catalyse one million others? Help us highlight their social creativity. And we'll help them lead the charge to change the world.Register here and we'll let get you news of the launch first and send you ideas and resources to help you work with your children on world changing competition entries.
