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pageType of ActivityAimObjectivesPartnersSessions LeadersArtistAge GroupVenueEvaluationCUTTINGDOWN THECHALK&TALKVictim Empathy Group with Arts - Community Payback SessionsMark Sheehan, Group Co-ordinator &Adrian Giles, Victims’ Officer (YOS)Visual Arts Intervention - PilotDevelop an arts activity to deliver specificparts of the victim empathy sessions innewer, more stimulating waysYoung people to learn techniquesto demonstrate their learning andunderstanding through visualrepresentations.Group leaders and the artist to worktogether to investigate ways in whichthe arts can be best integrated intoYOS practiceLeicester YOS/The Big DifferenceCompany/The Y (Leicester YMCA)Mark Sheehan/Adrian Giles/Richard WrightPaul Barrand (Artist)13-19 yearsThe Y - East Street, LeicesterPete Mosley (Umbrella)Funding Leicester YOS/The Y/Big Difference CompanyBIG DIFFERENCECOMPANY - MAYA BISWASThis exciting pilot projectis a collaboration betweenThe Y, Leicester YouthOffending Service (YOS) andBig Difference Company.The project started with theexisting YOS programmes foryoung offenders that look atVictim Empathy and AngerAwareness.Beverley Sterling, Arts Development Officer (Youth Offending)based at The Y, suggested that there might be an opportunityto investigate ways that arts and creativity could add to theprogramme. She approached the Big Difference Companywho brought in a fine artist/animator to use comic bookstyle storyboarding. Big Difference Company run the ‘MakeMe Happy’ programme which uses the arts and humour ina variety of different settings. The techniques involved inanimation and cartooning are simple tools that can be usedto express and illustrate thoughts and understanding.The pilot was independently evaluated by Umbrella and wasdemonstrated to be very successful, effective and engagingfor the young people.Victim Awareness ProgrammeThe aim of the programme is to give young people anunderstanding of how a victim feels when an offence iscommitted. The course is victim not offence focused, thereforethe programme can be offered to a wider range of offenders.The programme supports young people to develop a greaterempathy for victims. This will give young offenders a morein-depth understanding of the affects of crime and thereforelowers the chance of them re-offending.Target GroupThe programme was designed solely for young people whoare working with the city YOS. The preferred age for any youngperson attending our groups is 13 - 17. The course itself issuitable for males and females. Often the mixture of genderwithin such groups adds to the success of the programme.ContentThe programme usually runs over three sessions of two and ahalf hours. However with the creative addition of ‘art’ as a toolto assist young people in their understanding the programmewas extended to five sessions.The original programme begins with an understanding ofwho is a victim and an understanding of the word empathy.It then goes on to discuss the ‘six states of a victim’: social,emotional, physical, spiritual, financial and mental. Afterlooking at emotions the programme goes on to examiningthe thoughts, feelings and emotions a victim may experienceduring and after an offence has been committed. Theprogramme asks why people commit crimes, hierarchy ofoffences (a victims perspective), denial, and a discussion onRestorative Justice. Role play (Joe Blagg), large and sub groupdiscussion as well as ice breakers and DVDs are used astools to assist young people’s learning and to accommodatedifferent learning styles. Depending on the types of offenceswithin the group specific topics i.e. shop theft, violent attackscan be added.Victim Empathy Group with ArtsWe added the arts element as a pilot study to see how othercreative ways of assisting young people within group workcould be used. The programme changed little however, artrather than drama was used as the creative tool to assistlearning. Drama is a very useful tool within group work but dueto the low confidence and esteem of group members it cansometimes be very difficult to encourage and motivate youngpeople to take part. Art on the other hand we felt would be lessconfrontational and more successfully encourage and motivategroup members.VisualArts
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