LiveSimply award for schools guide
This guide explains more about the award and the procedures to achieve it.
The LiveSimply award is open to Catholic schools and colleges within England and Wales.
To apply for the LiveSimply award your school needs to sign up, register your action plan by submitting it online and then complete nine faith inspired actions. These will demonstrate you are living simply, sustainably and in solidarity with communities around the world experiencing poverty.
By signing up to LiveSimply, your school will impact our global family, your local community and your school community as you reflect the teachings of Jesus, Catholic Social Teaching and Laudato Si’ along your journey.
Planning LiveSimply
Please read the LiveSimply for schools guide to help you get started. Scroll to the right to see information on collating evidence once you have registered your action plan.
Actions for your LiveSimply plan
Prior to completing your LiveSimply action plan online, you can review the actions you will be able to choose from.
FAQs for LiveSimply award for schools
Please read the FAQs in conjunction with the LiveSimply award for schools guide.
LiveSimply award for schools evidence
See example slides of how to collate your evidence once you have registered your action plan.
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Catholic Social Teaching and Laudato Si' resources
The LiveSimply award is rooted in the teachings of Jesus and Catholic Social Teaching. These resources will support the faith element of your actions. You can also use scripture, reference to encyclicals such as Laudato Si' and quotes attributed to saints or popes.
CST for children
Explore our resources for children, including an animation, poster and activities featuring our CST animals.
CST resources for young people
Cards, animations and activities to explore Catholic social teaching with young people.
Laudato Si' for schools
Resources for schools on Pope Francis' encyclical, Laudato Si.
Watch more videos about LiveSimply
Resources to use in school
LiveSimply stickers
LiveSimply stickers template compatible with Avery recycled paper labels, square 40x40mm blank, or A4 sticker sheets.
A great way to encourage your pupils to chat with their families about their LiveSimply actions.
LiveSimply pledge resources
A helpful PowerPoint to explain living simply, living sustainably, and living in solidarity with the world's poorest communities, to give pupils/students ideas for creating their own LiveSimply pledge. Teachers script and pledge template also available.
LiveSimply posters, characters and letter to parents
Download posters to support your LiveSimply journey.
Make your own resources with the LiveSimply characters and logos.
Letter to parents to tell them your school is working towards becoming a LiveSimply school.
LiveSimply assembly
Use our assembly to help pupils understand what the LiveSimply award is and to make the connection between their faith and caring for the world and our global neighbours.
Laudato Si' song
You can download the lyrics for the song too.
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LiveSimply prayers
LiveSimply prayer for KS1
Download LiveSimply prayer for KS1 in PowerPoint
LiveSimply prayer for KS2
Download LiveSimply prayer for KS2 in PowerPoint
LiveSimply prayer for KS3/4
Download LiveSimply prayer for KS3/4 in PowerPoint
Additional resources
Campaign resources
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CAFOD resources for schools, chaplains and young people
Explore CAFOD’s unique resources for schools, chaplains and young people.
There are so many exciting ways to help pupils learn about global justice, and fundraise to help end poverty.
100 schools achieve LiveSimply Award
In a momentous occasion for Catholic schools across England and Wales, 100 schools have now achieved the LiveSimply award.
This accomplishment is a testament to the commitment and dedication of over 30,000 pupils in primary and secondary schools across England and Wales.
LiveSimply awarded schools
St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School, Godalming
Worth School, Crawley
Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School, Coventry
Bishop Walsh Catholic School, Sutton Coldfield
Blessed Mother Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Stafford
Blessed William Howard High School, Stafford
Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Coventry
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Birmingham
Christ the King Catholic Primary School, Coundon
Christ the King Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary Academy, Wolverhampton
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Stechford
English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, Sutton Coldfield
Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Small Heath
Holy Rosary Catholic Primary Academy, Wolverhampton
Our Lady & St Benedict Catholic Academy, Stoke-on-Trent
Our Lady & St Chad Catholic Academy, Wolverhampton
Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Nuneaton
Our Lady & St Kenelm Catholic Primary School, Halesowen
Our Lady & St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Leamington Spa
Our Lady & St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy, Biddulph
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC First School, Redditch
Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School, Coventry
Our Lady of the Wayside Primary School, Solihull
Painsley Catholic College, Cheadle
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
SS John & Monica Catholic Primary School, Moseley
SS Mary & John Catholic Primary School, Erdington
SS Peter & Paul Catholic Primary School, Lichfield
SS Peter & Paul Catholic Primary School, Coventry
SS Peter & Paul Catholic Primary School, Erdington
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy, Wolverhampton
St Ambrose Catholic Primary School, Kidderminster
St Anne's Catholic Academy, Nuneaton
St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Coventry
St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Stafford
St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Caversham
St Anthony's Catholic Primary Academy, Wolverhampton
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Leamington Spa
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Coventry
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Solihull
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Kenilworth
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Handsworth
St Benedict's Catholic Academy, Atherstone
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Yardley
St Bernard's Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
St Brigid's Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Dudley
St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Rednal
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
St Dominic's Catholic Primary School, Stone
St Dominic's Priory School, Stone
St Edmund Campion Catholic School, Birmingham
St Edmund's Catholic Academy, Wolverhampton
St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Selly Park
St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School, Coventry
St Filumena's Catholic Primary School, Caverswall
St Francis of Assisi Catholic College, Walsall
St Francis's Catholic Primary School, Walsall
St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School, Tamworth
St George & St Martin's Catholic Academy, Stoke-on-Trent
St Gerard's Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
St Gregory's Catholic Academy, Stoke-on-Trent
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Stratford-upon-Avon
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Coventry
St James' Catholic Primary School, Rednal
St John Fisher Catholic College, Newcastle-under-Lyme
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Coventry
St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, Coventry
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Stourbridge
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Cannock
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Sutton Coldfield
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Lichfield
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Malvern
St Joseph's Primary School, Dudley
St Margaret Mary's Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy, Stoke-on-Trent
St Marie's Catholic Primary School, Rugby
St Mary's Catholic Academy, Leek
St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy, Wolverhampton
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle-under-Lyme
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Studley
St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School, Walsall
St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School, Walsall
St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery, Wolverhampton
St Modwen's Catholic Primary School, Burton-on-Trent
St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy, Wolverhampton
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Leamington Spa
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Wood Green
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall
St Paul's School for Girls, Birmingham
St Peter's Catholic First School, Bromsgrove
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Stoke-on-Trent
St Thomas More Catholic Academy, Stoke-on-Trent
St Thomas More Catholic Academy & Sixth Form College, Nuneaton
St Thomas More Catholic First School, Redditch
St Thomas More RC School, Bilston
St Thomas of Canterbury RC School, Walsall
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
St Wulstan's Primary School, Stourport-on-Severn
The Abbey Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
The Rosary Catholic Primary School
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The Romero Catholic MAC, Coventry
Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Witham
Holy Family Catholic School & Sixth Form, London
St Alban's Catholic Academy, Harlow
St Luke's Catholic Academy, Harlow
St Thomas More High School, Westcliffe on Sea
Christ the King Catholic Primary School, Cardiff
St Mary's RC Primary School, Ebbw Vale
St Robert's Catholic Primary School, Bridgend
St Catharine's Catholic Primary School, Chipping Campden
St Edward's School, Romsey
St Joseph's & St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Wells
St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Gloucester
St Alban's Catholic High School, Ipswich
Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Doncaster
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary, Shotton Colliery
Sacred Heart Primary School, Newcastle upon Tyne
St Cuthbert's Catholic High School, Newcastle upon Tyne
St Godric's Catholic Primary School, Durham
St James' Catholic Primary School, Hebburn
St John Boste School, Washington
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blackhall Colliery
St Mary's Catholic First School, Hexham
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead
St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Billingham
Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Blackpool
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wetherby
St Mary's Menston, Menston
Bellerive FCJ Catholic College, Liverpool
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School, Liverpool
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School, West Derby
Carleton House Preparatory School, Liverpool
Christ the King Catholic Primary School, Wavertree
Great Crosby Catholic Primary School, Liverpool
Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Liverpool L8
Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Southport
Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Liverpool L25
Our Lady & All Saints Catholic Primary School, Parbold
Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School, Formby
Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School, Southport
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Primary School, Widnes
Our Lady of the Assumption RC Primary School, Liverpool
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Seaforth
Our Lady's Bishop Eton Catholic Primary School, Mossley Hill
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Prescot
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Wigan
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Warrington
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Chorley
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hindley Green
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Winstanley
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Liverpool
St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Huyton
St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Ormskirk
St Anne's RC Primary School, Liverpool
St Bartholomew's Primary School, Prescot
St Bede's Catholic Infant School, Widnes
St Bede's Catholic Junior School, Widnes
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School, Bootle
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Shevington
St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School, Lowton
St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Whittle-le-Woods
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Stanley
St Edmund's & St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Waterloo
St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School, Litherland
St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School, Leigh
St Gerard's Catholic Primary & Nursery School, Widnes
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Chorley
St Hugh's Catholic Primary School, Liverpool
St James' Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Widnes
St John's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersale
St John's Catholic Primary School, Liverpool
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Leigh
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chorley
St Jude's Catholic Primary School, Wigan
St Julie's Catholic High School, Woolton
St Julie's Catholic Primary School, Eccleston
St Lewis' Catholic Primary School, Croft
St Margaret Mary's Catholic Infant School, Liverpool
St Marie's Catholic Primary School, Standish
St Mary's Catholic Primary Blackbrook, St Helen's
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Chorley
St Mary's College Preparatory School, Blundellsands
St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School, Liverpool
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Liverpool
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Wigan
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Woolston
St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale
St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School, Liverpool
St Teresa of Lisieux Catholic Primary School, Liverpool
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School. Penwortham
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Upholland
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary, Denton's Green
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School, Penketh
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
St William's Catholic Primary School, Ince
Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary School, Leigh
Christ the King Catholic Primary School, Thornaby
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School, Redcar
St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Middlesborough
St Mary Queen of Martyrs VC Academy, Hull
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Thornaby
St Therese of Lisieux Catholic Primary School, Ingleby Barwick
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Monkston
St Bernard's Preparatory School, Slough
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Northampton
St Thomas More Catholic Secondary School, Bedford
Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Academy, Burton-on-Trent
Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Voluntary Academy, Nottingham
English Martyrs' Catholic Voluntary Academy, Long Eaton
Holy Rosary Catholic Voluntary Academy, Burton-on-Trent
Holy Trinity Catholic Voluntary Academy, Newark
Our Lady's Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy, Bulwell
St George's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Derby
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy, New Mills
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Derby
St Mary's RC Primary Academy, Boston
St Philip Neri with St Bede C.V. Academy, Mansfield
St Thomas Catholic Voluntary Academy, Ilkeston
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Buckfast
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Marnhull
St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School, Chandler's Ford
Holy Trinity RC Primary School, Nelson
St Antony's RC Primary School, Blackburn
St John the Baptist RC Primary School, Burnley
St John Vianney RC School, Firswood
St Joseph & Bede RC Primary School, Bury
St Joseph's RC Academy, Todmorden
St Joseph's RC Primary School, Stockport
St Mary's RC Primary School, Manchester
St Michael & St John RC Primary School, Clitheroe
St Michael's RC Primary School, Whitefield
St Wulstan's RC Primary School, Great Harwood
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School, Altrincham
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Northwich
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Dartford
St Thomas of Canterbury RC School, Gillingham
Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School, London
St Christina's School, London
St John's Catholic Primary School, Baldock
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Isleworth