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The Anne Frank Trust
Education Programme
Who we are
In 1990 family and friends of Otto Frank set up
the Anne Frank Trust to fulfil his wish to see an
educational charity in the UK in his daughter’s name.
The charity draws on the power of Anne Frank’s life
and diary to challenge prejudice, encouraging
young people to embrace positive attitudes and
respect for others.
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Where we work
Our teams deliver education and exhibition
programmes in schools, criminal justice institutions
and in local communities. Working across six regions
of the UK, we target areas of multiple deprivation with
high community tensions.
What we do
In schools
School children visit our Anne Frank exhibition
and participate in workshops exploring issues such
as identity and diversity. Small groups of pupils are
trained as exhibition guides, who take their peers, school
teachers and visitors around the exhibition. The end of the
project is marked by a closing ceremony at which the school
hears a Holocaust survivor talk about their experiences.
Guides then have the opportunity to become Anne Frank
Ambassadors. The Ambassadors Programme creates even more
engaged, educated, pro-active young people whose learning and
development is deepened through guiding at our flagship public
exhibitions or running workshops on prejudice in schools.
In prisons
Our programme combines an exhibition and talk by a Holocaust survivor with
workshops. In each prison that we work, around 10 participants are trained as guides,
showing other prisoners and staff around the exhibition. For many of these guides, this
is the first time they will have taken on the role of public speaker or informal educator.
In communities
We all live with the objective of
being happy; our lives are all
different and yet the same.
– Anne Frank
Our flagship Anne Frank and You travelling exhibition builds upon our work in local schools,
taking these messages to the rest of the community in which we are working. These community
activities teach about Anne Frank’s life and diary and their relevance to local and social issues today.
Why our work is needed
Our work educates both young and old about the
damage and suffering caused by prejudice and hatred.
We all have a part to play in taking a stand against it.
The impact of our work is significant and far reaching,
but unfortunately the need for it does not diminish:
43,748 hate crimes
were recorded in 2011/2012
47% of Britons
see Muslims as a threat
82% of these were race hate crimes
and 4% religious hate crimes
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