'Work It Out!'
The ‘Work It Out!’ Good Relations Programme
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The programme addresses sectarianism & racism, and helps individuals
to promote the building of good relations within communities
What is the ‘Work it Out!’ Good Relations Programme?
The way that many of us will work in the future will be on a series of tasks and projects, or workpieces (paid, voluntary and working in our local communities) - rather than one traditional full time job.
‘Work it Out!’ shows individuals how to build their careers and their communities (at the same time) through a series of individual pieces of work, how to put ‘workpieces’ together, and how to integrate them into different aspects of our lives.
By working together on community sustainability workpieces individuals build relationships in a robust and grounded way.
Project Aims
- Address the realities of sectarianism/racism and other social factors, such as poverty and unemployment, which may impact upon sectarian/racist behaviour
- Develop positive attitudes towards engagement and inclusion
- Create practical outputs of purposeful activity for the benefit of participants and their community
- Promote the idea of shared space in today’s context (physical space and on-line space)
Target Group
- Individuals who may be susceptible to involvement in sectarian/racist behaviour
- Individuals in socially disadvantaged groups
- Individuals living in areas of high unemployment and high deprivation
Programme Outline
- What is Sectarianism/Good Relations/Shared Space? What would make our community better? What would we like to change?
- Making Good Relations and Shared Space part of our everyday activities.
- How can we as individuals make a positive impact in our communities? Working for a better future – strategies and tools. Shared Space is now local and global with the internet.
- Looking at yourself and your community in 6 new ways. Identifying engagement and inclusion workpieces. Building an inclusive future piece by piece with ‘Work It Out!’.
- We don’t just have to be one thing – moving beyond old stereotypes. How to find work that you really want to do and make a difference locally. Working with others you don’t know – creating your own pockets of Shared Space.
- How to make the most of on-line Shared Space. Using social media to find co-workers and partners. How to turn social networking into networking for inclusion.
- How to create Good Relations workpieces from nothing. Partners, teams and networks – making good relations work. Creating local community projects – what does this mean?
- How can we make Good Relations initiatives sustainable? 100 ways to tackle sectarianism. Funding and income generation ideas to support inclusion.
- Designing your ‘Work It Out!’ Good Relations initiatives. Making more Shared Spaces
- Personal priorities – the 3 big action points.
Key Benefits
- ‘Work it Out!’ encourages new thinking and creativity about community work, removing the one-dimensional, traditional view of voluntary activity.
- ‘Work it Out!’ provides the assurance that the route to personal and community sustainability can be made up of small steps and not necessarily one big leap.
- ‘Work it Out!’ defines the skills and approaches needed to be proactive and effective in finding workpieces - rather than the reactive and dependent way that groups often chase after funding for projects.
- ‘Work it Out!’ enables us to build our own community capital. We are investing in self-development, applying the experience gained in one workpiece to acquiring and completing new workpieces.
- ‘Work it Out!’ means that not all of our community development is limited to one or two projects. That dread thought, “What would happen if funding dries up?” no longer causes panic. Now we not only have other workpieces, but more importantly we have the skills, experience and contacts to create new workpieces to replace the one that is gone. Indeed, this continuous churning of workpieces within ‘Work it Out!’ is the norm - because our situation (personally and within our communities) is changing all the time.
- ‘Work it Out!’ provides a route to developing community based enterprises because workpieces can underpin partnership and collaboration.
Impact
- Reduction in the likelihood of sectarian/racist involvement by participants
- Potential for positive engagement by participants as a result of skills/tools developed
- Potential for participants to become positive role models within their own community as a result of skills/tools developed
- Continuation of positive participant relationships long after the Programme has been delivered
Delivery
There are 2 main delivery formats
1. A half day introduction for Policy Makers, Managers and Trainers (9.30 am - 1.00pm)
We work with grant bodies and delivery agencies to design specific Good Relations Programmes in line with local needs. We have a half day workshop where we work with decision makers to address key issues locally and look at options around delivery, target groups and costs.
If you'd like to arrange one of these workshops for your team (3 - 12 people) then please use the Buy Now button below. We will then contact you to discuss your preferred dates and times. If you prefer to pay by invoice please email mail@diversiton.com or call 02841 754777 and we will contact you. Thank you.
Alternatively, please email mail@diversiton.com or call Des McCabe on 02841 754777 if you'd like to discuss this further.
2. A five week programme for 12 delegates (1 day per week) Please click here for more information..
Please email mail@diversiton.com or call Des McCabe on 02841 754777 to discuss your particular needs or if you would like to discuss the possibility of hosting a programme your area. Thank you.
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