April 20, 2006 – 11:49 am
In April 2006 One For All were invited to meet our biggest challenge yet! We ventured out of our ‘safety zone’ of inclusive education and entered into the housing sector. We designed and carried out two three hour workshops aiming to introduce and demonstrate the importance of housing as an inclusive tool. The main focus of the day was to highlight diversity in all areas of society. For the first time we used PowerPoint and video clips to deliver our message whilst using our usual pratical activities such as the barrier wall and question and answer sessions.
In feedback from the Housing Association Training and Learning Manager we were told that;
“94% of delegates rated the training as very good or excellent”
September 30, 2005 – 1:31 pm
We were welcomed in to Fernwood Primary School for two assemblies! One with years 3 and 4 and another with years 5 and 6. We used some of our tried and tested methods such as the role play and the ‘differences task’, whilst also introducing a new story written by Maresa. The children were very responsive to our presentation. The older children especially made some very apt comments which showed they had real insight in to some of the problems disabled young people have with going out and making friends.
A member of staff told One For All,
‘It is great that the children can learn something form other young people.’
A child told us,
‘I really enjoyed the story about being friends with disabled people!’
Well we’re back in Derby again to share our experience of education, but we only have 20 mins so we have to keep it brief! With Masson Mills shopping centre just below us, there might just be time to do a bit of shopping afterwards! During the workshop Maresa gets their grey matter working with her thought provoking questions and once again One For All rely on the trusty graphic that illustrates our main objectives. It seems to be working, as the group are really responsive!
One member of the group told us,
‘It’s so good to hear the veiws of young people!’
