To celebrate Global Goals Week, we’re sharing free resources, live webinars and inspiring recordings with students, teachers and partners from the GSL movement.

✨ Join us to be inspired and take action on the Global Goals!

Global Goals Week Live Webinars! 📣

To mark Global Goals Week, we are hosting two live webinars designed to empower schools and students to take meaningful action on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

📅 Choose the time that works best for you:

TUESDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER | 09.15-10.00 (BST) | PAST EVENT
THURSDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER | 13.15-14.00 (BST) | Click here to register

About the Webinar

Join Global Social Leaders (GSL) for an inspiring session on how schools can embed high-impact service learning and empower young people to design and deliver social action projects that make a real difference.

You will hear directly from students and teachers who have led impactful projects tackling issues such as climate action, education inequality, and wellbeing.

They will share their stories, experiences, and insights into embedding service learning that is meaningful, sustainable and connected to the SDGs.

The sessions will be chaired by the Co-Founder of Global Social Leaders, Jonathan Harper FRSA.

In this session, you will:

Hear real-life stories from students and teachers in the GSL movement.
Gain inspiration and insights to bring the Global Goals to life in your school.
Discover more about the GSL programme and opportunities to get involved.

Who should attend?

Teachers and school leaders interested in service learning and social action.
Students aged 11–18 (you are welcome to attend together with your class or team).
Anyone keen to explore how schools can advance the Global Goals.

This is a unique opportunity to connect with the global GSL movement and be part of a community shaping the next generation of socially conscious leaders.

🎥 We have also shared below our recorded webinars from last year, which you can watch with your students at any time, along with the 2025 Global Goals Week Toolkit designed especially for schools new to the Goals.

Global Goals Week Webinars – further details & video recordings!

SDG 13: CLIMATE ACTION | IN CONVERSATION WITH CHERRY SUNG – GSL 2020 WINNER, FOUNDER OF GREENER IS CLEANER & RISE 2023 WINNER

In this webinar, Cherry Sung, from Chadwick School, South Korea will share her journey from GSL participant, to Global winner for her project Greener is Cleaner, and how she has continued her journey as a changemaker to become a Rise winner. This will be an inspiring and interactive conversation, chaired by Jonathan Harper FRSA, Co-Founder of Global Social Leaders.

Greener is Cleaner is a youth-led project that runs an international network of youth climate advocates. Cherry founded the organization in 2019 to show youth they can get involved in the fight for climate justice and make a difference and won the GSL Global Goals project in 2020.

Click here to read Cherry’s GSL journey
Click here to listen to Cherry’s GSL Podcast
Click here to visit the GSL project page

Watch the recording of this webinar below!

HOW TO EMBED HIGH IMPACT SERVICE LEARNING IN YOUR SCHOOL ADVANCING THE GLOBAL GOALS

This webinar will feature a panel of lead teachers from GSL. They will share their insights, the social action projects implemented by their students, how they addressed the Global Goals and their insights into how to embed high-quality social action in your school and community. This will be a unique opportunity to connect and learn from teachers who are leading social action in schools around the world, who will share their insights with you.

Sanem Senel Meakins from Isikkent School, CAS Coordinator, High School English Teacher, Turkey
David Larking, Head of Humanities, Colegio Anglo-Colombiano, Colombia
Folasade Thomas, Leadership centre Coordinator, Potters Touch School, Nigeria
Özge Aydemir Kaya, Science Teacher, Hisar School, Turkey
Jonathan Harper, Co-Founder, Global Social Leaders, UK

Watch the recording of this webinar below!

SDG 16 focus: How do we reduce conflict & foster peace in our communities?

Equipping educators and young people with the tools and insights to create student-led impactful projects that promote peace, justice, and strong institutions, aligned with Global Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.

During this webinar we will:

Provide practical tools and insights to help educators and young people develop projects that foster peace and justice within their communities.
Showcase how young people can use their voices and leadership skills to drive positive change, particularly in conflict and post-conflict settings.
Highlight key skills and mindsets from the new GSL Learning Framework that are essential for effective social action.
Signpost to resources and support for taking action on Global Goals 16.

Partner panel with Never Such Innocence, and Svitlo School.

This is a past event, we will publish a session recording soon.

Global Goals Week Resources!

If your school is new to GSL and the Global Goals in addition to attending our live webinars and watching our recorded webinars we recommend sharing with your students the following resources:

GSL Global Goals Half-Time Assembly | Click here to watch in your own time with your students.
- This is a one-hour assembly, led by GSL Co-Founder Jonathan Harper with World’s Largest Lesson which introduces the Global Goals and the actions we can take to help get us back on track. This is a great foundation webinar to introduce the key concepts and help inspire your students to think about the difference they can make.
2025 Global Goals Week Toolkit | Click here to access and download.
- In the toolkit, our friends at World’s Largest Lesson have launched this year’s toolkit packed with ready-to-use, SDG skills resources to help you:
  - Bring the Global Goals into your teaching in new ways
  - Explore timely topics like global trade, supply chains and peace-building
  - Foster peace, empathy, and hope in the classroom
  “Systems Bingo!” explores how global trade connects us all – and why it’s crucial to make these systems fair and sustainable for both people and planet. Fast-paced discussion, plus a bit of healthy competition!
  
  “Be Hope” invites students to imagine a brighter future and share their visions with the world on the Map of Hope, to be hope for others.
  
  “SDG 16 in Action” demonstrates how peace-building can begin in the classroom, through empathy, fairness and creative collaboration.
- This toolkit is a great foundation for your students to learn the knowledge and skills/competencies they need to become social leaders and start taking action on the Global Goals. Our GSL membership supports your students to implement high-quality social action projects addressing the Global Goals in teams.