1. Trainer:Jo Birch-Phaure
28 January 2015
WELCOME

2. HOUSEKEEPING

3. PRESENT
Name Location
Antony Kenya
Billy Manchester UK
Chaz UK
Chloe UK
Dom UK
Esmerelda Nigeria
Hamza Palestine
Lewis UK
Michael UK
Ranier Egypt
Saman UK

4. AIM OF THE DAY
• To introduce UK Youth
• To think about Social Action

5. PROGRAMME
• Introductions
• What is Social Action?

6. INTROS
Your Name
Sum yourself up in a tweet
@ukyouth
Passionate communicator, social
media enthusiast, feminist, veggie,
opinionated leftie, active talker, into
wine, cheese, dancing and dogs…

7. GROUP AGREEMENT
 We agree that what is said in the group stays in the group unless it
is an issue of personal safety
 The learning we gain from this group can be discussed with others
 We will treat each other with respect and recognise the value of
each member’s views and opinions
 One member of the group should talk at a time
 Sometimes we will need to agree to disagree
 Individuals have the right to pass if they want to
 Please turn your phone to silent
 We are all responsible for the success of the day
 Timekeeping
 Enjoy ourselves and have fun

8. SOCIAL ACTION
Discuss on your table :-
Think about your experience of social action?
What do you think it is?

9. SOCIAL ACTION
Write a one line statement to say what Social Action means
to you.
The King of cool
who brings joy
to all spaces he
enters and
yeah…he knows
it #bigheaded
#ignore
Social Action is action on
both a small and large
scale that improves a
community and the lives of
the people in that
community- most people
who are doing social
action, won’t know that it
is called social action.
Being
Different!
Social Action
is…activity and
behaviour which
means people are
becoming more
connected with each
other and with our
environment.
-Change comes
from people to
people.
-Helping myself
through helping the
community.
Social Action-
Commitment to
making a difference
via small actions
that could lead to
big change.
Social Action- A
group of people
(active citizens)
coming together to
make a positive
change to the
community.

10. SOCIAL ACTION Social Action for me is
when there are issues or
deprivation in communities
or areas in communities
that can be improved to
regulate that particular area
for example if there is
vandalism in an area
possibly build a youth
centre or host a football
tournament.
Social Action- A
group of people
(active citizens)
coming together
to make a positive
change to the
community.
I think that social action is an
act or an event that is designed
to benefit or bring some sort of
progress to a group or an
individual, a community or the
country at large to bring about
positive change. Social
Entrepreneurship should be
included to sustain the life of a
long term social action as well.
Social Action is the
something that can
lead the community
to progress as it
focuses on working
with youth and the
youth are the real
treasure in any
community.
A collective
community action
that brings positive
change in a
community/impleme
ntal by the people
coming together to
over come a certain
challenge.
The work and
energy put in by
citizens that has
the aim of bringing
about a positive
change in their
society.

11. SOCIAL ACTION
What are your experiences of Social Action?
• BIRMINGHAM SINGULAR CULTURE
• CRIME
• COHESION
• VOLUNTEERING > SOCIAL ACTION?
• PROBLEMS IN THE COMMUNITY
• MAKE A CHANGE IN YOUR COMMUNITY
• ACTS OF KINDNESS

12. SOCIAL ACTION
SOCIAL ACTION
VOLUNTEERING
SOCIAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP

13. SOCIAL ACTION
What do you think it gives to the communities around you?
• CHANGES
• NEED> CHANGED SERVICES
• GIVES PEOPLE SKILLS
• IMPROVES RELATIONSHIPS
• MOTIVATES OTHERS TO DO STUFF!
• COHESION
• KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
• STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE

14. SOCIAL ACTION AND SOCIETY
• VOLUNTARY
• SOCIAL ACTION
• NGO’S
• DIRECTING OTHERS TO SOCIAL ACTION
• HELPING CHILDREN LESS ABLE
• CAMPAIGNING

15. COMMON LANGUAGE
• PEOPLE – CHANGE- SCALE
• CONNECTED- PROGRESS
• COMMUNITY- ACTIVE CITIZENS
• HELPING- YOUTH
• POSITIVE- DIFFERENT/ ENCE
• SOCIETY- WORK/ ENERGY
• ENTREPRENEURSHIP- INDIVIDUAL
• LONG TERM- SUSTAINABILITY

16. SOCIAL ACTION
The Centre for Social Action supports programmes that encourage people to create
positive change through social action.
Social action can broadly be defined as practical action in the service of others, which is:
carried out by individuals or groups of people working together
not mandated and not for profit
done for the good of others - individuals, communities and/or society
bringing about social change and/or value
Social action can include formal or informal volunteering, the giving of time and money
or simply people helping people.
The government originally set out its intentions on how to promote social action in the:
Giving green paper
Giving white paper
https://www.gov.uk/centre-for-social-action

17. YOUTH PARTICIPATION
UK YOUTH SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAMMES
NATIONAL CITIZEN SERVICE (NCS)
STARBUCKS YOUTH ACTION
02 THINK BIG

18. ANY
QUESTIONS?

19. THANK YOU AND
SAFE TRAVELS

20. How To Play Doggy Doggy Who's Got Your
Bone?
This is a classic kids party game and is great fun
even for a group of older youth people.
One person will sit on a chair facing away from the
group with their eyes closed and have the keys or
coin underneath their chair.
One kid from the rest of the group can be chosen
(silently) to take the object and sit back down. At
this points everyone pretends hey have the object
behind their back or hidden in their hands.
Tell the person on the chair to open their eyes and
turn around. The group of young people can chant
"Doggy, Doggy, who's got your bone?" or "Doggy,
Doggy, where's your bone?". They have three
guesses to guess who's got their bone.
If they guess correctly, they can stay as the dog. If
they guess incorrectly, then they must swap over to
give someone else a go.
Materials Needed
keys or a coin
THIS ACTIVITY WILL DEPEND ON THE TYPE OF
GROUP YOU HAVE – IF THEY’RE VERY SURE
OF THEMSELVES THEN IT JUST WONT WORK
BUT IF THEY’RE GCSE AGE OR YOUNGER IT
MIGHT BE A GIGGLE – YOU’LL HAVE TO SEE
WHEN YOU GET THERE
How To Play Mingle Mingle Mingle
This is a good youth group game to get people mingling together
and to help them to get to know one another better.
Get the whole group together. The leader running the game calls
out a category question (for example - what is your favourite
colour?). Everyone in the group would then have to start calling
out their favourite colour to each other and find the others in the
group who have the same favourite colour as them.
When a player finds another player who has the same answer as
them they then join together (by linking arms) and continue to go
round the group looking for more people with the same answer.
After a minute or so (completely up to the leader running the
game) the leader can call "STOP". Each group needs to call out
their answer. If there are two people/groups who have the same
answer but are not linked together then they are eliminated from
the next round. Or alternatively, to keep everyone involved, you
can give each kid five wrapped lollies or popsticks to start with
and if they lose one each time this happens.
Be creative with the questions you ask:
- Favourite pizza topping
- Favourite ice cream flavour
- Favourite TV show
- Favourite band
- Favourite book of the Bible
THIS MIGHT BE A BIT OF A LONG GAME FOR A SHORT
SESSION – REALLY FITS RESIDENTIALS BUT ITS AN
OPTION WHEN YOU GET THERE

21. How To Play Mix & Meet
Get each person to grab some sweets - Tell them not to eat them.
Assign a different meaning to each colour:
Blue = family
Green = school
Yellow = friends
Red = hobbies
Brown = music/movies
However many sweets they have in their hands, that is how many facts they have to tell. For example, if they have three
blue, they would have to say three facts about their family.
Materials Needed
Sweets
SWEETS ALWAYS WORK! I ALWAYS HAVE SWEETS AND LOLLIES ON THE TABLE WHEN I TRAIN!