School of Education

What is ActivateActivate is a highly successful adult outreach programme delivered by the University of Glasgow’s Community Development team to help participants reflect on their community involvement and link it to the values and practice principles of community work.

Building on the success of the ‘ACTIVATE’ course, the team have developed and piloted a small number of Activate courses for young people who are active in their own communities.

Young Peoples Activate residential weekend - @ the CONFORTI Institute, Coatbridge 7th-9th FebruaryThis short programme will bring together a group of 24 young people aged 14-17 years from across a number of communities within Glasgow, Argyle & Isles and Inverclyde in order to explore some of the key issues around young people today, and the impact this may have on them and the wider community.

Long term Partnership work between Glasgow University and Branchton CC provided the opportunity for Branchton to facilitate the Inverclyde community’s 5 participants invited to experience the ‘ACTIVATE’ pilot initiative. The Inverclyde group consisted of active young people connected to Branchton CC, Gourock Yac Boys Club and Broomhill Boys Club

Inverclyde Youth Project 2014

Blaise, Zoe, Lewis P, Lewis G & Dean

Relationship’s between

Young People & Police Scotland

Why???............ we chose the theme

• Because everyone in our group has been pulled by the police

• We were keen to find out how many young people have been pulled by the police, and why?

• We planned to meet up each Monday from the 17th February and revisit what we learned from our experience and begin planning how to complete our task.

• We agreed that the police hold power which is maybe why we feel that this power is being used as a type of discrimination when dealing with young people.

What???..............................we aimed to do

• Hear other people opinions on the subject. • To have young people, police and local

authorities discuss the topic.• Talk together about causes and share ideas on

possible solutions to the issue.• We decide to do and will it move forward?• How can we do this?

HOW???.......we will do this

• Invite local councillors, policemen/women, young people, youth workers and Branchton committee to an event Monday 3rd March.

• Carry out an icebreaker so as everyone feels comfortable.

• Deliver an activity.• Create a discussion.• What next?

How we felt while discussing our experiences with our group…

• Annoyed, confused, angry, picked on, easy target’s, labelled,

Our process• At our first meeting with our youth worker we discussed what

we had learned and why we chose the topic. Then we invited the other young people from the club to listen to our stories and asked them to get involved

• We then shared ideas on the best way to get the information we need and who to get it from. We then done a brainstorming activity on what we will do then we agreed on how to report our findings

WHAT?after our discussion on 09/02/14 we realised our own experiences with the local police have not been very good and we agreed that it makes us feel that the relationship between us, aren't to good.

WHY?We feel that they just pick on us because they judge us on what they hear about young people in general.

HOW?We decided to hear what other young peoples experiences are, and hope to talk to local police, councillors, teachers etc, about what we find out… and then listen to their response

Our Overview

What next

• Visit to police station• Visits two the local prison• Go out on the beat with the local police• Have more group discussions like that in our

schools because every one was interested.

Suggestions to improve relationships

• What could we do to improve relationship with police and break down the barriers with young people and the police

Answers >• more respect for each other • don’t prejudge each other• invite them to young peoples projects & events • their uniform• lack of opportunities communication • age difference

Planning

Intro & Icebreaker

Role Play Activity

Group Questions & What next

In attendance…Monday 03/03/14Clr James McColgan Blaise Milne Broomhill BCClr Ciano Rebbechi Lewis Gallagher Gourock YACPC David McLuskey Lewis Piggott Broomhill BCCld Josie Robertson Zoe Williams YW Branchton CCClaude Ryumba Adult Learner Dean McDairmid Broomhill BCMark Boyd Adult learnerShelly McIlroy CommitteeAmy & Olivia O’Connor YP Liam Story YPNatasha Scoular YWShannon Carruthers YWAlicia Maxwell YPHolly McCullough YPKevin Rogers PC

Zoe, Lewis P, Blaise, Lewis G and Dean would like to thank……………………..

Progressions and Developments• Applied and secured funding for Activate course to be delivered at

Branchton CC• Was able to incorporate young people on the course• Partnership work with Active schools resulted with 7 more young people

receiving activate awards• School has requested my involvement with a S3 group to assist with a

YPI project• Delivered an accredited LSA with active schools• Partnership work between myself and local schools in assessing the

outcomes from the activities has identified and evidenced an effective learning environment

• Meeting with the Governor and headmistress to discuss my proposal for next activate course.

Benefits

• For myself – Developing my communication, relationship and engagement skills with both young people and partner agencies. Becoming more confident and motivated in supporting young people to achieve and be given chances.

• For young people – Opportunities and scope to identify career paths. Opportunities to share life experiences and discuss problem solving approaches.