‘In Our Shoes’ is a training course with a difference; instead of asking the participants to move forward and grow as adults, we’re asking everyone to take a step back, a step closer to childhood and to alter the way they see the world; if only for a day.
The training was designed by children and young people to be different. It is about putting the participants inside the minds of children in care and seeing things from the inside out rather than the outside in. The day is an immersive experience, educational, interactive and above all else fun. There are no Powerpoints, but plenty of activities and interactive exercises using DVD clips of Bristol children in care talking about what’s important to them.
Thursday October 20 2011
"In Our Shoes" - a training package designed by YOU, to let adults know what it's like to be in care, has won 2 national awards!
The Children & Young People Awards 2011 have announced that "In Our Shoes" has won the following awards:
Best Corporate Parent
Workforce Development Award
The awards ceremony was in November 2011 with some of the YP involved in designing and delivering the training picking up the awards. Click here for more information.
Click here for the photos from the event.
Well done to all everyone who was involved in designing and delivering the training, your hard work has meant IOS has won these national awards!
Watch this space for a video and photos of Bristol children and young people picking up the awards!
Click on the video box on the R Voice home page to see a video of the making of In Our Shoes.
Author: R Voice
