Inclusion: Reaching out

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Tool "Inclusion: Reaching out"

Language: English

Project Featuring This Tool: All Together

This session was designed as part of a longer inclusion training course but could be adapted for different target groups

The aim is to explore theoretical and practical approaches to reaching out to different target groups

Time	3 hours
Approximate number of participants	20 to 30
Age	not relevant
Date published	24 Feb 2010, 17:39

Reminder session. In the large group, participants look through the handbook and quickly remind themselves of the key approaches people have used to get in contact with their target group. They should also add any general approaches they have used.
Practical Experience. If possible ask someone with experience to share what they did and how it worked.
Small group work. The groups identify a target group and develop a step-by-step strategy for reaching that group. They should consider the following:

What are the potential challenges you can predict?
How would you overcome those challenges?
How do you avoid the feelings people have of being a ’charity case’
How do you deal with rejection?
How do you tell what type of rejection it is (rejection because they’re simply not interested in the work you do or rejection because people don’t want to feel like a ’target group’

Groups prepare a short piece of Forum Theater: visualising one of the potential challenges in action (some people play the youth workers, some play the target group)
The Forum Theater is played out with people offering alternative scenarios/ changes and discussing how these challenges might manifest themselves