What a great weekend with UK Youth and the O2 Think Bigger team. It was brilliant to meet other inspiring people who are all doing fantastic projects in their areas.
So following the weekend i am now equipped with more knowledge, money and even have a notebook PC!
The new project is now underway and dates are booked. Its now a case of getting the schools along!
Following the TKAP event in Plymouth which was a huge success and had a positive impact of the young people that attended i am using this as a starting block for the basis of our workshops.
With the help of O2 Think Bigger and working in conjunction with St John Ambulance SAV is launching a new project that is desperately needed by young people in today's society. Continuing to use Lloyds story we will be starting workshop days to educate young people away from school. Young people are our future society and the people that can make a difference. We will be educating them about the consequences of violence and equipping them with the skills to think before they act and stay safe.
The Stand Against Violence project pilot will invite schools to send a group of pupils from a group of local schools to take part in a day workshop where Lloyds story will be used to challenge attitudes and increase awareness. We will also be providing carousel workshops to include an hour of first aid training, an hour of personal safety and conflict resolution and an hour of more in depth discussion around the topic of violence and alcohol with the option to quiz myself.
The first aid training will be provided and accredited by St John to enhance CV's. We hope that some basic first aid will enable young people to be more equipped to deal with experiences they may encounter if they go out in the evenings and the personal safety training to enable them to be a little wiser and more protected on nights out.
This project meets all of the following;
- Healthy Schools
- SEAL
- Every Child Matters outcomes
and is an essential element and fits perfectly into the PSHE curriculum. To add to this we are looking into the possibility of this workshop meeting a required outcome or contributing to an ASDAN award and I have volunteered myself to train as a Youth Achievement Award assessor so we will be able to offer the hours spent on this day workshop as a contributor to pupils working towards the nationally recognised Youth Achievement Award.
The day will be supported by St John and will be held in their Head Office in Bridgwater on the 29th April and 26th May. We have room for 60 pupils on both days including a couple of school support workers from each school which we would ask them to send. All those working with the young people will be enhanced CRB checked.
Our first two workshop days will be provided free of charge to schools following successful funding bids secured from Benchmark and O2 but future workshops will be charged at a low rate. All profits will be put back into the charity to help us continue our work and develop new resources.
These one day workshops will be hugely beneficial to schools, their pupils and they have the potential to save a life. Im asking for the support of the Somerset County Council to support and promote this in Somerset and in particular to schools.
Ill look forward to updating this blog on the progress!
