Activities:

Before viewing

Depending on context, teachers may wish to use the list below to focus viewing and guide class or group discussion afterwards. See outline for timings.

1. Giving young people a voice - youth councillor scheme in Barnsley.
2. Realities of meeting with, and involving, young people in the community.
3. Organising a 'speakout' event - what's involved, what it feels like, usefulness.

After viewing

Activities - for class or small groups.

1. Outline how the youth councillor scheme operates in Barnsley. What are students' views on it? What's good about it? What are the negative aspects? How could it be improved?
2. Produce a checklist of the different things that Kyle had to do in setting up and running the campaign. Why are they necessary? What skills did he need? How did he get these skills? How do students feel about the way he runs the campaign? What are the things that motivate him?
3. Identify the different problems Jenna encounters working as youth councillor. How does she feel about these? How does she try to resolve them? What are the risks she faces in working as a youth councillor? How can she reduce each of the risks to herself? Can you account for her mother's thoughts?
4. Chart:
   
   What is involved in organising a speak out;
   What sort of emotions Jenna experiences organising the event;
   Ways in which young people communicated at the 'speakout'.

Key questions

1. How might those present have benefited from participating in the 'speakout'?
2. How will Jenna herself have benefited?
3. How has the police service benefited?
4. How might other services in Barnsley benefit?
5. What are the potential benefits to the community?

Follow-up

1. Brainstorm on the different ways in which young people could be involved in consultation, and the pros and cons of each. (See background)
2. Map mechanisms currently in place that allow for consultation with students in school, college and elsewhere in their community?
3. What do students think about these? Could they be improved in any way?