Values Education for Children and Young Adults, Morals, Character

Welcome - And Our Invitation

While education is itself inherently a values-laden endeavour and forms the beating heart of quality education so also values are an integral and defining aspect of the human being and we extend a warm welcome to this website to all those concerned with the place and extent of values in their lives.

We hope that you will find ideas for quiet reflection and contemplation, inspiration for ways of thinking, being and doing that you would like to adopt and practical resources that you can use for teaching in a wide variety of settings.

Values-based education then has an essential part to play in the development of the individual and the path towards a better world for all.

What is Living Values Education?

Living Values Education is a global endeavour dedicated to nurturing hearts and educating minds. LVE provides an approach, and tools, to help people connect with their own values and live them.

Living Values in Business

No matter whether you a small corner store or a large corporate, the essential ingredient for success in every business is 'Values'. We must build a Values Based Atmosphere in our workplace. Values that guarantee a happy and efficient environment, a quality product, and most important, service satisfaction. In this small booklet, discover the simplest ingredient - the one value that will bring success to your business.

Why Develop Values?

No matter what role we are currently playing, whether it be child in a family, parent, person in business, employee, school teacher, government official, retiree, whatever age, gender, nationality, spiritual belief, we all have one thing in common; a human requirement to meet our basic needs - to be Safe, Respected, Understood, Loved, Valued.

ALIVE Brochure

For an overview of the organisation, its vision and aims, and how the Living Values Education Approach may be used in a wide variety of settings and ways including in schools, at home, and to support care for the environment, please download and read the ALIVE brochure. There are also brief introductions to our professional development courses for teachers, workshops, various online offerings, and extensive resource materials, all of which are designed to help nurture humanity's inherent goodness and made available around the world through our network of member organisations and supporting individuals.

Download ALIVE Brochure

Values For Schools

Living Values Education has all the components to brighten up not only the energy of the classroom, but also change the dynamic of your students themselves. Our full range of Values-based Resources for use with the three age groups, 3-7, 8-14 and young adults is all available to you listed here. Download our overview and choose what you feel would make the changes you would enjoy.

VAFT FREE Online Course

You’re invited to take part in the FREE Values Awareness Facilitator Training (VAFT) Online Course. This is more than a Course - it is an invitation to grow, connect, and contribute to something deeply meaningful. Across the globe, our LVE family includes a network of dedicated volunteers, country representatives, and workshop facilitators. You can explore these connections and find ways to support local initiatives or even start your own.

In a world that’s navigating so much uncertainty, Living Values Education offers something steady, supportive, and hopeful. Our strength lies in our community - 25 years of committed volunteers, and a shared vision of a more values-based world. We would love for you to stay involved and continue growing with us.

If the VAFT Course speaks to you and you would like more information click here.

Current News

This News section brings you up-to-moment activities and goings on from Living Values activities around the world source from our global membership of Associates and Focal Points in some 40 countries.

LVE Events & Activities Book 2024

LVE Events and Activities Book for 2024 is out now! See what has been going on during the year by downloading annual 2024 book.

LVE Download Materials Available

As we are continuously adding more resource material, support information, books, values promotional material, etc., to the website it seems appropriate to show a summary of the current Living Values aspects available for FREE Download.

We know that many school teachers access these files to support their classroom activities as well as organisations, parents, and others seeking to engage in Living Values personally with family at home. Please feel welcome to use all the aspects presented to encourage the expansion of Values Awareness and the building of a values-based atmosphere in your work and home environment. Please share with friends and colleagues.

Download an overview of the Free LVE Download Materials available

Why do I want Values? Take our 15 min quiz...

How self-aware are you?

Try for yourself, and perhaps together with family members, this simple 15-minute"Living Values Awareness Quiz" to see the important role values play in all our lives.

The 'Wheel of Life' can show you where and how your ride is through life, whether smooth or bumpy, and most importantly, highlights where corrections can be made.

This simple and quick to engage quiz was requested by our friend Guma from Uganda. Guma was seeking a means to capture the attention of people in his village bringing them to see the important role values play in all our lives.

Download the Quiz here

Living Values Education: Parenting Guide

Parents have the possibility to be the most valuable asset for any child, or the greatest detriment. From womb to our old age the experience we have with our parents has a lasting effect. Our parents laid down the foundation upon which we built our lives, the values and morals that are embedded in our foundation set the standard for how we live our lives, act with others around us and our environment.

VbA FREE Online Course

In this FREE Values-based Atmosphere (VbA) Online Course, you choose to engage as an individual in your own time over fourteen days from the application. The Course is interactive and based on a points score for certification. You will engage the philosophy and difference between facilitation and teaching – bringing out, rather than putting in, how students open themselves to meeting their innate needs of feeling safe, loved, heard, respected, and valued.

Completing the VbA is a meaningful first step into the world of Living Values Education, and you will have continued access to all LVE resources to support your personal growth, work, or school communities.

For more information click here.

Living Values Education: Climate Change & Values Book

In celebration of World Values Day 2022, we are offering everyone from around the world the opportunity to receive a FREE download copy of our Climate Change and Values Book.

Reflect for a moment on the world your heart longs for. How might the values of peace, love, respect, honesty, cooperation and freedom create a social fabric of harmony and change? Our goal is to affirm our Values and stimulate positive action in our daily lives, to change the way we live, and start to give our Earth and Her Oceans the opportunity to heal - before it is too late.

NOW AVAILABLE! Rainbow Booklets - Values Activities for Children 3-7, 8-14 and Young Adults

We have created a Library of Values Activity booklets that are invaluable for families and teachers. They are designed to encourage awareness of how Values play a big part in our lives by engaging activities to assist in dealing with specific home or classroom issues.

Find your country on Facebook

Thirteen countries are now represented on Facebook providing us the opportunity to feature new projects and resources that various countries are offering including, Zoom meetings, webinars, news and new resources available. There is also the opportunity for viewers to join the LV Self Reflection, a weekly Values personal self development game.

Simply search for your own country's Facebook page, like and follow.

Webinars

The Covid-19 pandemic made us consider how we can continue to promote LVE without meeting in traditional ways. We have consequently, like so many others, used Zoom to put on a series of webinars. We welcome everyone to join in.

Workshops

LVE has a cadre of trainers on every continent. They are a unique group of people - professional educators who are dedicated to helping young people grow toward their potential in safe, caring, quality learning environments and committed to 'living the values'.