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We’ve found 22 activities:
What makes a house a home?
Work together to think about what makes a home in this simple, creative activity.
30 mins
Indoors
Picture postcards
Post a card and share what you’ve learned with the world.
30 mins
Indoors
Believe and achieve
Reflect on everything you’ve learned and share a positive statement to inspire people to work towards ending homelessness.
2 hrs
Indoors
Better together
Connect with another group, share what you’ve learned, and plan how you’ll work together to help end homelessness.
2 hrs
Indoors
Create the next chapter
Reflect on taking action, then storyboard what more you could do to help end homelessness.
2 hrs
Indoors
Make a house pledge
Look back at what you’ve done and make a pledge that’ll help end homelessness for good.
2 hrs
Indoors
Help a local foodbank
Visit a local food bank to find out about what they do and how you can help.
1 hr
Outdoors
Questions for change
Start conversations in your local community and discover people’s perceptions about homelessness.
4 hrs
Indoors
Perform to inform
Take to the stage and raise awareness of issues surrounding homelessness.
4 hrs
Indoors
Share the invisible struggle
Get creative and show people that there’s more to homelessness than meets the eye.
4 hrs
Indoors
Cook for change
Cook up a storm, then bring your community together to share a meal and chat about how to end homelessness for good.
4 hrs
Indoors
Channel your inner journalist
Channel your inner journalist as you reshape the news and narratives around homelessness and explain the solutions.
1 hr
Indoors
The art of recycling
Get crafty to learn about endangered animals and how recycling can help everyone.
30 mins
Indoors
Walk on the wild side
Find your way back and escape the wilderness, as we see what it might be like to find yourself in unknown territory.
2 hrs
Outdoors
Unfair rules
Choose your chair with care in this rule-changing challenge, as we see how some rules make life tough for homeless people.
30 mins
Indoors
What do you believe?
Being homeless means more than just not having a home. Think about what this means as we look at what people believe.
30 mins
Indoors
Change of plan
Everything’s been planned out, but where’s the equipment? See what it’s like to lose important things that you need or take for granted.
30 mins
Indoors
The pyramid
Build blocks into pyramids as we learn about the fundamentals of happiness, and what can happen if they’re taken away.
30 mins
Indoors
Safety net
Stay as close as you can to take your shot at glory, and think about the impact that choices we make have on our lives.
30 mins
Indoors
Would you rather?
Decide what you would do in these tricky scenarios and think about the impossible choices many homeless people face.
30 mins
Indoors
Make animal masks
Make animal masks, then see how much you know about endangered species around the world.
45 mins
Indoors
Learn how homelessness can happen
Discover the pressures that can cause people to experience homelessness in this bridge-building activity.
1 hr
Indoors