Our mission

Learning from Anne Frank and the Holocaust, we empower young people aged 9 to 15 to challenge all forms of prejudice

Anne Frank is uniquely powerful as a catalyst for learning and reflection about prejudice. Her experiences as a young Jewish person during the Holocaust provide a powerful insight for young people to learn and reflect on the dangers of antisemitism and all forms of prejudice. Through our programmes, young people gain the knowledge, motivation and skills to make a real difference.  Hear some of their stories here.

We focus on 9- to 15-year-olds because they can relate to Anne, and because this age is crucial to the formation of values and beliefs.

Founded in 1991, we have 30 years of expertise in anti-prejudice education. Our highly skilled, passionate staff offer three strands of learning:

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Online learning open to all, including free learning resources and live online events.

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Our schools programme for whole-class groups in primary or secondary schools. In our workshops, we teach Anne Frank’s story in order to help young people understand antisemitism. We then broaden their learning to include understanding prejudice of all kinds today. Through our core programmes we use peer education to empower young people to share their learning across their school.

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Anne Frank Ambassadors – Peer educators who want to go further as a voice against prejudice, can apply to join our Youth Empowerment Programme. Aimed especially at young people who speak from personal experience of prejudice, if accepted onto the programme, they become an Anne Frank Ambassador. One of our Anne Frank Workers becomes their anti-prejudice mentor until they reach 16 and support them on a journey of learning and empowerment in school and beyond.

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Our impact

In 2021 we reached 41,433 young people. We worked in 135 schools, with 8,327 workshop participants. We trained 1,769 peer guides and 234 Anne Frank Ambassadors. Our peer guides reached 12,932 young people. 

Our online webinars reached 20,174 young people, and we delivered to 640 schools online.  

We have strong evidence of our impact, e.g. that 92.5% of young people aged 11-16 progress in their attitudes towards at least one group of people different from themselves.

Read more about our learning model here.