Understanding advocacy – Identifying issues & solutions – Planning a campaign
| Duration (hours) | 6 hours |
| Aim of Activity | Understanding advocacy Identifying issues & solutions Planning a campaign |
| Description of Participants/ Target Group | Participants are all adult learners in Further Education and Training. They are a very diverse group of mixed nationalities and ages. What they have in common is that they have all experiences some degree of education exclusion or marginalisation and have joined a Student Council to work towards making changes. |
| Activities Carried Out | IN PERSON – Get up stand up- talking about when you stood up for yourself – Gallery Walk- recognising advocates and movements – Idenifiying Issues – Planning a Campaign Practice |
| Feedback from Participants | Thoughts shared afterwards: “I understand more now” “I feel like I can do something about what care about” “fun” “good” “educational” “satisfying” “energising” “the group were enthused afterwards” |
| Reflection on Impact | The participants all want to make change but needed help identifying the issues they want to focus on. The training workshop got people talking, planning, laughing and working towards developing a clear message whilst identifying the decsion maklers who need to hear this message. |