As the organisers of the ESU Schools Mace, the national debating championship and the founders of the phenomenally successful London Debate Challenge, the ESU is the UK's leading provider of debate training to secondary schools.

Our expertise covers all Key Stages and subject areas, and Discover Your Voice will help you develop both debate within the classroom and as an extra-curricular activity.

Secondary school membership and handbook

£50 (one-off payment exc. VAT)

When you join Discover Your Voice, you get the following benefits:

• 5 copies* of our new handbook (available from April 2007) which explains the basics of a range of public speaking activities, details games and exercises for classroom use and takes you through running and assessing formal 'parliamentary' debates. There are plenty of suggestions for involving a whole class of 30 in each debate lesson, and for topics and approaches in a wide range of National Curriculum subjects.
• Bi-termly newsletters to complement the book, with tips and stimulus materials for new debate motions and information about other opportunities for you and your pupils to use your new-found skills.
• Access to our new password-protected section of this website (coming in Spring 2007) with an archive of newsletters and contact details of other schools in your area interested in holding inter-school debates or speaking activities.

* Additional copies available at £5 each (exc. VAT).