O2 Think Bigger and SAV project

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!

BETT show 2011

SAV attended the BETT show at the London Olympia on the 13th Jan.

A very successful day, lots of interest and between two of us we managed to hand out nearly 1000 leaflets and some pens and wrist bands to our target audience.

This experience has also put us in very good sted for the Education Show in March and adjustments to the SAV stand have already been made.


Brilliant opportunity. Thank you Kudlian Software!

STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE UNVEILS NEW SCHOOL CAMPAIGN

Local Taunton based charity Stand Against Violence launched plans to start violence prevention lessons in schools across Somerset and Bristol.

Brooke Kinsella will soon be releasing a report on tackling youth violence in the UK with the expectation that she will advise the Government that schools should include lessons on youth violence as a part of the national curriculum. The Big Society mentioned by David Cameron PM focuses on services being provided by the voluntary sector. With this in mind Stand Against Violence has geared itself to face this new challenge by starting a facilitation service for Somerset and Bristol schools.

A fully trained local teacher who has in depth experience in PSHE and has previously used the Stand Against Violence educational resources has joined the charity as their first 'facilitator'. Stand Against Violence spokes person said 'this is a long awaited step in the right direction for the charity. We have played with the idea of providing schools with a service such as this and now seems the perfect time'. Stand Against Violence will be starting lesson facilitation in the coming months with promotional material being sent out to schools already. Services on offer will include school assemblies, PSHE/Citizenship lessons and full day sessions. The service can also be individually tailored to meet each schools needs. This service is also available to Youth groups in the area. Issues focused on will be violence, alcohol and the law. Stand Against Violence hopes that this service can be rolled out across the South West in coming years.

For more information please email c.anderson@sav-ed.co.uk, a.fouracre@sav-ed.co.uk or call 07599688896

TKAP event Plymouth

I attended an event in Plymouth over the last two days to talk to groups of young people about the consequences of violence. The film was shown then followed by a talk and finished off with our awareness advert. The audience were wonderful and very receptive. I think they took it all in and certainly the comments left demonstrated that.
At the end of the day they were all asked to write down on a paper table cloth words that had stuck with them and any emotions they felt from the day. You can see below what words and thoughts those were.

Education Show drawing closer

The Education Show is now 4 months away. It seems like ages i know but there is still much to do and with xmas on the way that means even less prep time. We now have a design for the stand and are preparing to order and submit the plan. To keep costs down and save money my family have been kind enough to lend a hand in building the set tables! A bit of DIY fun and father son bonding for me. Ha. So here are the designs for your viewing pleasure.

The leaflets have been ordered, we have our new look pens, the bands are on their way and our branded clothing is here!
Yes i said it...branded clothing! Very snazzy and professional! We have shirts for public and smart events, t-shirts for the more informal and fundraising events and most excitingly we have posh jackets for the winter street collecting!

All the accomodation and train tickets are booked for us to get to the BETT show in January too.

Im off to Plymouth Monday to give a few talks at a knife crime prevention day which will be interesting!

We have also recruited a couple of new volunteers who have qualifications in counseling and psycology. We are looking in to ANOTHER website redevelopment where we will add a branch aimed more at young people with an online forum and counseling service.

One of our trustees has now been appointed as Youth Coordinator and is leading the website changes and working on getting us into the college community safety weeks around the south west, we are doing this in association with FM entertainments. Kirsty has also attended a rather important O2 conference in London to represent our charity. I am eager to catch up with her following her brief but promissing text!

So thats the main developments for now i think. I believe Josh is keeping you posted on the development of the new resource which we will soon be submitting an application for funding.

Oh and on that same note we may soon be applying for funding to facilitate lessons in Devon! Exciting!

Cheers

Adam