Young people in Palestine

Support children and educators in Palestine

Thank You for Supporting the Save the Children Gaza emergency appeal

The NEU is proud to announce that the NEU/Save the Children Gaza appeal raised over £150,000. We would like to thank all members, districts and regions that donated to the appeal and raised this phenomenal sum to support Save the Children's humanitarian work in Gaza, which has helped Save the Children and its partners to reach over 1 million people across 50 locations.

The appeal is now closed but members can continue to donate to the to the DEC Middle East Appeal and the EI Emergency Fund for Teachers in Gaza and Palestine - details below.

Find out more about Save the Children’s work in Gaza.

DEC Middle East Appeal

The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) brings together 15 leading UK aid charities to work as a united front in times of crisis, with one shared mission – to help as many children and families as possible.

With ceasefires now in place in Gaza and Lebanon, DEC charities and their local partners are expanding their operations to reach people with food, shelter and medical support.

Any support districts or members can give to the appeal will make an enormous difference. Your donation will be used to provide lifesaving support in Gaza and Lebanon, and other areas affected including the West Bank and Syria.

Donate to the DEC Middle East Humanitarian Appeal.

Support to teachers in Gaza and Palestine

Our continued solidarity and support with educators in Palestine is more important than ever.

Teachers have been killed and injured, and many have lost their homes and loved ones. Wages have been withheld, forcing Palestinian teachers to go months without pay. Many lack basic life necessities including shelter, food, water, electricity, sanitation and health.

The NEU is proud to support Education International’s (EI) solidarity fund for teachers in Gaza and Palestine. The fund is providing direct assistance to teachers affected by the war, as well as supporting the General Union of Palestinian Teachers (GUPT) to organise training sessions for members to provide emotional support to their students who are traumatised by the war.

Districts and members can donate to the Solidarity Fund here: Education International ING Bank 24, Avenue Marnix 1000 Brussels IBAN: BE05 3101 0061 7075 Swift: BBRUBEBB With the indication: Humanitarian Assistance Appeal 2023/11. Please do not include the word ‘Palestine’ in labelling your payment, as banks are suspicious of bank transfers to zones at war or undergoing political instability.

Solidarity actions with Palestine

Nakba 77: Workplace day of action for Palestine  - Thursday, 15 May 2025 

The Nakba, which means “catastrophe” in Arabic, refers to the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians from their land, which started in 1948.
 
Palestinian workers have called on workers around the world to stand in solidarity with them in calling for an end to 77 years of Nakba. In response, UK solidarity organisations have called for a Workplace Day of Action in solidarity with Palestine on 15th May, Nakba Day.
 
This is an opportunity to come together to demand an end to government and corporate complicity in Israel’s atrocities, call for a permanent ceasefire and justice for Palestine, and mobilise for the national demonstration in London on 17 May.    
 
The NEU calls on its members to discuss with their colleagues what kind of action best suits their workplace and its circumstances. 
 
Examples of workplace action might include: 

1. Organising a lunchtime meeting in solidarity with Palestinians. You might also like to gather outside to organise a photo with members holding solidarity messages. 
2. Circulate a petition calling for the boycott of companies complicit in Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian land and arms companies supplying Israel with the weapons it uses in its attacks on Gaza and the West Bank.
3. Organise a letter-writing session for your NEU members to write to their local MPs calling on them to work towards an immediate ceasefire and to put pressure on Israel to reverse its ban on UNRWA.
4. Organise a lunchtime or after-school film screening or speaker to educate colleagues about the Palestinian struggle for freedom. 
5. Distribute leaflets for, and urge colleagues to attend, the national demonstration on 17 May.
    

Nakba 77: National demonstration - Saturday, 17 May 2025

The 77th anniversary of the Nakba will be commemorated on the 17th of May in central London.
 
Join PSC and other groups on the march from Victoria Embankment to 10 Downing Street to demand that the UK government take action to end the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land.
 
The Trade Union bloc will assemble at 12 PM at Cleopatra’s Needle, Victoria Embankment. NEU General Secretary Daniel Kebede will be addressing the rally, and members are encouraged to attend and bring union banners.

Further details can be found on the PSC website.

National Demonstration for Palestine

Saturday 21st June, 12:00 – 16:00

Central London (route to be confirmed)

No aid has reached starving Palestinians in Gaza for 3 months. Meanwhile, the British government continues to provide arms to Israel. Words will not cut it. We need action now to bring this genocide to an end.

Join PSC and other groups on this march through Central London on Saturday 21st June to show our politicians that the people of this country will not stay silent in the face of the ongoing atrocities  comitted against the Palestinian people.

Further details can be found on the PSC website.