Citizenship Theme A

• ✨ Values are standards/behaviours that are accepted by society
• ✨ Principles are basic truths/ideas that underpin a system of beliefs associated with a given society
• ✨ in the UK there are 5 British Values
• ✨ Democracy - the democratic system should be allowed access to all and everyone should be able to vote
• ✨ Individual Liberty - the power to decide
• ✨ Rule of Law - no one is above the law, not even the king
• ✨ Tolerance - accepting other people's differences
• ✨ There are 2 British Principles
• ✨ Equality - everyone should be treated equally without excuse
• ✨ Participation - people are involved in decision that affect their lives
• ✨ Immigrant - a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country
• ✨ Migrant - person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work or better living
• ✨ Refugee - a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
• ✨ Asylum Seeker - a person who has left their country because they are seeking protection but they have not been legally recognized as a refugee
• ✨ Emigration - the act of leaving one country with the intent to settle in another.
• ✨ Immigration - the movement of people into one country from another and both are acts of migration.
• ✨ Push factor - what ‘pushes someone away from a place or area.
• ✨ Pull factor - is what ‘pulls’ you in towards a new place or area.
• The Equality Act provides Britain with a discrimination law which protects individuals from unfair treatment and promotes a fair and more equal society.
• The Equality Act provides a legal framework to protect the rights of individuals
• There are 9 protected characteristics:

  1. Sex
  2. Religion/Belief
  3. Pregnancy
  4. Sexual orientation
  5. Age
  6. Marriage
  7. Race
  8. Disability
  9. Transgender
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR → 1948)

  • Signed after WW2 is response to all the horrors
  • Civil, Political, Economic & Social Rights
• The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR → 1950)

  • international treaty between the States and Council of Europe
• The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC → 1989)

  • A list of rights that all children have
• Human Rights Act (HRA → 1998)

  • Gives effect to the human rights set out in the ECHR
  • Passed by the Labour Party
• In the UK we have political rights, meaning that we are allowed to vote and stand in election.
• Census date shows that:

  • Less people are Christian (46%)
  • Increase in Muslims
  • Increase in other religious groups
  • Increase in people with no religion
  • London is the most diverse
• Religion in terms of young people:

  • 71% of 18-24 say they belong to no religion
  • Only 3% said that they belong to the Church of England
  • 5% said that they are Catholic
  • 31% of schools have a religious character
• Leader

  Cabinet

  • Members of the party that won the most seats in election

  Council

  Commissions
• Mayors have little power but take part in local ceremonies
• The council collects money through Council Tax, Business Rates and Central Government Grants
• Council Tax - all residents pay. Based on the value and size of you house
• Business rates - all local businesses pay rates to the council. The amount they pay depends on use of business
• Central Government Grants - the amount the Council receives depends on the needs of the area
• Local councils are responsible for providing services such as education, social care, housing, transport and waste management.