Youth Voice Yorkshire and Humber Residential 2014 - Hannah Berzins' Effective Campaigning Workshop Powerpoint

2. Ice Breaker!
The evolution game
First you will start out as an egg, you will walk around the
room and meet another egg. You’ll play rock paper
scissors, and the winner will evolve into a chicken!
So, if you win, you will evolve, if you lose
you devolve, this is the evolution scale:
-Egg
-Chicken
-Dinosaur
-Ultimate
Note: you can
not devolve
from an egg! (If
you lose an egg
battle you will
stay as an egg)
dinosaur:
-And you
win, you
become an
ultimate
-And you
lose, you
become a
chicken!
When two ultimates’ battle; the winner
becomes the champion, and the loser, becomes
an egg again :c
We will play until there are 3 champions!
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3. How to get involved with
campaigns
It’s easier than you think to get involved with campaigns!
Ingredients:
-A spoonful of background knowledge of the campaign
-A cup and a half of enthusiasm
But what if you don’t know what campaigns are out there?
Sign up to The Voice– The British Youth Councils fortnightly e-newsletter which contains all the
latest information about how to support campaign actions.
Become a member of the Online Action Network- this is a special group on Facebook for young
people who want to campaign online.
Get it contact with your local youth council – and discover what’s happening in your local area
Remember as much of this
as you can for the quiz at
the end!

4. Our recent campaigns
Anti-bullying
Charter Mark
Your challenge; if you
choose to accept it:
-Try and explain one of
the campaigns without
using the words on the
key words sheet
10
Votes at 16
Transport
campaign
Curriculum
for Life
Young
Carers card

5. Votes at 16
Voting
Age
Equality
Democracy
Transport Campaign
Vehicles
Fares
Cheaper
Affordable
Rural
Areas
Curriculum for Life
PSHCE
Education

6. How to lead a campaign
4. Collate results –Take a
look at your findings
1. Gather initial
ideas within your
Youth Council /
Youth group
2. Look at cost and logistics as a
group to see if your campaign is
realistic
3. Split initial research
tasks between your
group to see if you idea
is relevant to the young
people in Your Local
Authority
5. If the
results are
there, and you
think your campaign will be
supported by the young people –
you can get key decision makers on
board – and start campaigning! Get
your voice heard and represent the
young people in your local area!

7. How can you get
others involved in
your campaign?
Go into schools Use Social
Networking sites
Writing to Local
Newspapers
Ask for a Radio
interview
Start a petition
You can visit your
local schools to
promote your
campaign, and to see
if anyone’s interested
in getting involved.
Using Social
Networking sites helps
to get your voice heard;
if it’s Facebook, Twitter
or alternatively, you can
create a blog!
Newspapers are usually very
interested in collaborating with
young people! Get in contact
with them, sending them a
little information about the
campaign, plus a few pictures!
If you feel confident you can
always ask for an interview
with a local radio station;
this opens your campaign
up to support from all ages
This is clear evidence that your
campaign is supported by young
people. It also lets them know
the kind of campaigns out
there, so they have the
opportunity to get involved
Here are a number of
ways you can spread
your message:

8. Plan your own
local campaign…
-What is your local campaign?
(e.g. For a local park)
-How will you gain the young peoples views?
-Once you have the young peoples support, how will you
spread your message and gain support?
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After 15 minutes
you will be
presenting your
local campaign
plan to the group!

9. QUIZZZZZZ!

10. Where can you go to find
out about new
campaigns?
(2 points)
1.

11. List 5 ways you can get
others involved in your
campaign
(How can you spread
your message?)
2.

12. How to lead a campaign
Gather initial (a) _ _ _ _ _ within your (b) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Look at the (c) _ _ _ _ in your group to see if your campaign is (d) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Split initial (e) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ tasks between your group
Collate results – look at your (f) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Get key (g) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ makers involved
GET CAMPAINGING, AND GET YOUNG PEOPLE’S VOICES (h) _ _ _ _ _
3.

13. 377
Tie breaker
In 2010, teenagers gave
how many million hours
of volunteering to
communities across the
United Kingdom?