About The Scheme
The Black Curriculum is a social enterprise founded by Lavinya Stennett in 2019 to address the lack of Black British history in the UK Curriculum. We believe that by delivering arts focused Black history programmes, providing teacher training and campaigning through mobilising young people, we can facilitate social change.
The National Ambassador Scheme (NAS) is a paid 6 month arts, heritage and cultural programme for Year 9 to Year 13.
NAS is an ASDAN accredited award and participants of the award receive a certificate and access to The Black Curriculum’s career hub. This provides them creative opportunities and propels them with access to creative spaces (university applications, workshops, work experience, lectures and more).
At the end of the programme, young people will gain a certificate, the opportunity to opt into TBC’s Career Hub and showcase their work at a TBC event.
Please click for more information on the scheme and view the programme timeline below.
Timeline
Phase 1
January – February - Phase 1 - Education: Participate in workshops delivered by The Black Curriculum (TBC), to support foundational knowledge of Black British history. By the end of this phase, young people will produce a piece of educational content around an aspect of Black British history.
(Example of content: create a lesson for a younger year group, an activity for a younger year group, create an assembly, a poster for display, an informational zine for the school library).
Phase 2
March – April - Phase 2 - Research: Build on their learning from Phase 1 by either choosing an aspect of Black British history to research or an aspect of their own personal heritage and identity. This will be in the form of a creative project. This phase also includes working with organisations to support their research and bring their project to life (usually during the Easter holidays).
(Example of a creative project: a zine, recipe book, a pamphlet of poetry, a short story, a poster, a series of interviews, embed diverse books into the school library).
Phase 3
May – June - Phase 3 - Campaigning: Young people use the knowledge and research from Phase 1 and 2, and deliver a short campaign to spread awareness on the work they have done.
(Example of a campaign activity: create a display board, deliver a lesson to a younger year group, deliver an assembly).