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Details
- LEVEL. Beginner/Intermediate
- LOCATION. Zion Arts Centre, Hulme, Manchester
Costs
Consulting with the Under-18s
14 June 2007
CLOSED
Course Details
Ensuring the participation of children and young people in projects that affect them is important, but it can be difficult. This course has been designed to help organisations that have a responsibility for children and young people’s participation or those whose work involves interaction with young people, especially in arts projects.
Outline
Using practical and interactive exercises and activities, and case studies of playtrain consultation projects, the day will help you to reflect on the barriers to and benefits of participation and show you how to avoid the most common pitfalls of encouraging involvement. The day will be tailored to help you apply what you have learned to your own work.
By attending this course you will:
- Cover essential background to children’s rights
- Reflect on the barriers to and benefits of participation
- Recognise and avoid the most common pitfalls of children and young people’s participation
- Learn practical consultation methods for involving children and young people in decision-making
- Plan how to introduce a children and young people’s participation strategy for your own organisation