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Tell the world

After taking action on social issues choose the best method to tell people what you’ve done, then get stuck in.
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You will need

  • Access to a computer
  • Camera or phone
  • A4 paper
  • Pens or pencils
  1. Everyone should chat about how they took action. They should also talk about what they’ve learned about an issue, how they planned their action, and what they did to reflect on what they’ve learned.
  2. Everyone should think about different ways people share messages. How do they find out about things like new music, or new films? How do companies advertise things, and charities raise awareness? How does everyone learn things?
  3. Everyone should share their ideas – the person leading the game can decide whether they’ll go around the circle, or choose people with their hands up. Someone should volunteer to write down each idea, to make a big list of ways to share messages. 
  4. Everyone should talk about the ideas, and see if they can group them into categories.
  1. Someone should write each category in the middle of a piece of paper. They should spread these out around the meeting place.
  2. Split into groups. Give each group one of the categories, and a pen.
  1. In their new category groups, everyone should think about what they could do in their category, why they might choose it, whether it’s realistic, and how they’d go about it. They should jot their ideas down on the piece of paper they stood by. We've included some questions below:
  1. Each group should present their ideas to everyone else. What different things does their category contain? Why is it a good way to tell the world about what they’ve done?
  2. Each group should put their pieces of paper in the middle of the room. They should now vote on their favourite three ideas – the ways they’d like to tell the world.

It’s up to the person leading the activity how everyone votes. They could put their hands up, or stick sticky dots on their top three.

  1. The person leading the activity should count up all of the votes, and let everyone know which category has won.
  2. Everyone should talk about how they’ll do the winning option together, as a whole group. People can also do other things on their own, if they want to.
  3. Everyone should follow their plan, and use the winning option to tell the world about their community impact.

Reflection

This activity was a great chance to help you community. Why is it important to be help your community understand important issues? How were you active when you were sharing your message? How does telling the world about the issue and what you’ve done make things better for people? Did you encourage and support people in your community, as well as people further away? How would the world be a better place if everyone you told did something to help?

This activity was also a chance to be a great leader. Did anyone take the lead when you were discussing the different categories? Did you choose a leader, or did they emerge naturally? Do you think it’s helpful to have a leader when talking in a group? What makes a good leader? Did you make sure everyone got a chance to have their say? Did anyone take the lead when you were telling the world? Did you need people to help each other get things done? 

Safety

Online safety

Supervise young people when they’re online and give them advice about staying safe.

For more support around online safety or bullying, check out the NSPCC website. If you want to know more about specific social networks and games, Childnet has information and safety tips for apps. You can also report anything that’s worried you online to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection command.

As always, if you’ve got concerns about a young person’s welfare (including their online experiences), follow the Yellow Card reporting processes.