| Services |
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| Bridges offers workshops
and staff training on global issues and diversity, that
can be carried out in-house. We offer a core
programme of activities for schools, colleges and community
groups and regularly advertise sessions that tackle topical
issues. We are happy to respond to specific requests and
may be able to give you details of other sources of support
or information. |
| Our workshops and training
sessions are participatory, our aim is to consider the local
relevance of global issues and, where possible, look at how
we can all make a difference to the issue tackled. |
| Before each booking is confirmed,
we will talk on the telephone or in person to help you make
the most of our visit. |
| For more details of our current
services and charging please click on the downloads to the
right of this page. |
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| Schools – Workshops and
CPD training |
Our staff working in
schools are experienced and imaginative facilitators. |
| Below is just a sample of
popular themes for workshops and training sessions. |
| Visit the ‘events’ section
of our site for current CPD sessions offered. |
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| Primary Schools |
• Trade and Fairtrade
• Global Solutions to Recycling
• Global / local links
• Global Citizenship
• Diversity in Shropshire and beyond
• Rights of the Child
• Village life in Africa
• Water in Africa / India
• Holding a themed week e.g. Africa week, Olympics week
(training session only) |
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| Secondary Schools |
Fairtrade and Trade
(often part of Citizenship or Enterprise days) |
Rights
of the Child/Human Rights
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| Teaching Controversial Issues (training session only) |
Exploring the Crisis in
Darfur
2 half day or 1 day session (see also ‘Resources’ page) |
| The following topics are
also popular: |
• Racism
• Diversity in Shropshire and beyond
• Fairtrade
• Ethical Travel
• Human Rights
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| Colleges and Sixth Form Centres
- Workshops |
| Colleges and sixth form
centres often host a series of workshops as part of their
enrichment programme. Workshops pay particular attention
to the students’ potential to take on positive roles
in their future lives and lead activities within their current
and future education environments. |
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| The following topics are
popular: |
• Racism
• Diversity in Shropshire and beyond
• Fairtrade and Ethical Consumption
• Ethical Travel
• Human Rights
• Aid to Developing Countries |
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| Youth and Community Groups |
| Bridges offers a variety
of activities to youth and community groups to explore global
issues and diversity. We will always work in a fun and engaging
way with games, activities and lots of discussion. We want
to get you thinking and talking about some of the biggest
issues facing our world. |
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| Workshops |
| We
can come and visit your group to run a workshop about a
global issue. We can tailor this to meet your needs and
interests so get in touch to let us know what you would
like to talk about. |
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| Events |
| We love to meet
people and chat to them about our work, if you are organising
a community event then please invite us along. We have several
engaging event stands with activities to keep people entertained. |
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| Exhibitions |
| The Views from
Shropshire exhibition tells the story of people who have
moved to Shropshire from other countries and celebrates their
contributions to our community. The exhibition is available
for hire so let us know if you have a venue we could take
it too. |
| A
few examples of our work: |
- A fun and active workshop on Fairtrade chocolate for
a local Girl Guide group
- Exploring the topic of “What couldn’t you
live without?” with an Age Concern group
- Engaging the general public with an interactive display
on the top global issues of today in a busy shopping
centre
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| Community Group Charging
Policy |
| We recognise that most community
groups have limited funds. We try to find funding for our
work to subsidise our services and make them available free
or for a minimal cost. If you are able to contribute towards
our costs then it will help us to develop and sustain our
work. |
