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Summary
Tacade is working with Leo Clubs throughout England on a three year project to help them develop health promotion initiatives and campaigns in their local communities. Leos are young people under the age of 25 who undertake a range of voluntary work for their local communities. This project will train up teams of Leos to become health promotion champions amongst their peers and within the wider community. The project is funded by the Department of Health. The Leos will:
- be trained in health issues
- cascade the health promotion learning into their Community-based and School-based clubs
- select materials/health interventions for use with sections of their community
- consult with other local voluntary groups and assess the health intervention needs of the particular community
- deliver a process of community based targeted health promotion interventions to a variety of community groups and organisations through, for example, information stalls, displays and/or sessions at community meetings.
Aims
- To recruit Leo members in three districts
- To train Leos in health education issues
- To assess currently available health education materials/develop materials
- To deliver targeted health intervention sessions to their Community-based and School-based members
- To deliver targeted sessions to a variety of audiences within their communities, to include a wide cross section such as religions/heritage/those with disabilities/vulnerable and hard to reach individuals.
Plan of operation [May 2006 - April 2009]
- Establish an Advisory Group, including representatives from the three districts
- Review existing literature on effective community interventions
- Establish contact with other community-based groups in their areas
- Develop monitoring and evaluation tools
- Develop and calendar the training programmes for Leos
- Assess health intervention materials currently available
- Deliver the training events
- Develop a bank of accessible health education materials for community-based interventions
- Deliver sessions to other Leos in local Clubs
- Link with local voluntary groups
- Assess specific health intervention needs in local areas
- Develop promotional material
- Deliver community-based health intervention initiatives in local areas
For further information please contact Lion Martin Buczkiewicz [Chief Executive, Tacade] or Lion Mandy Broadbent [Communications Manager, Tacade] on 0161 836 6850 or mandy@tacade.co.uk or via www.tacade.com
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Summary
Tacade has received funding from the City Bridge Trust to work with three primary schools and three secondary schools in London to help them develop strategies for tackling homophobia and meeting the needs of lesbian, gay and bisexual members of the school community. The overall aim of this project is to help schools develop a safe supportive learning environment in which all pupils can flourish. The learning from this project will be disseminated throughout the United Kingdom ( UK ).
Homophobic bullying can have a profoundly negative impact on the lives of young people leading to absenteeism from school, under achievement, misuse of alcohol and drugs, self harm and attempted suicide. Research conducted on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) indicated that homophobia is common place in primary and secondary schools. The DCFS have produced excellent guidance for schools about how to tackle homophobia. This project will help schools implement this guidance.
The project is now in its second year and progressing well. Baseline data has been collected from students and staff in the secondary schools and from staff in the primary schools. Whole school training for staff is underway and several schools have begun to develop a range of classroom initiatives.
Aims
The project aims to:
- Consult with members of the school community to develop ways of tackling homophobia and creating a safer more inclusive school environment
- Provide support, advice and resources for staff, students, governors, parents and carers to enable schools to tackle homophobia and meet the needs of lesbian, gay and bisexual young people
- Provide training for teaching, non-teaching staff and governors centred on strategies to address these sensitive issues
- Share learning from the project throughout the UK
Timescale
The project will begin in October 2006 and continue for a three year period.
For further information about the project contact Helen Lee, Tacade Development and Training Manager, on 020 8257 9406 or email: helen@tacade.co.uk or checkout the Tacade website www.tacade.com
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 Tacade is working with the British Council and UNICEF to help develop HIV education materials for children and young people in the Ukraine. Ukraine has the fastest growing HIV epidemic in Europe and is sadly the worst affected country in Europe. Helen Lee, Tacade’s Development and Training Manger has been providing advice and support to enable local professionals to develop effective HIV education materials for primary school children and to develop a range of interactive HIV education games for teenagers in young offenders institutions.
Helen has made several visits to Kiev and surrounding areas meeting primary school children, street children in shelters and young men in young offender’s colonies as they are described in the Ukraine. To stop the devastating consequences of the spread of HIV it is essential that people of all ages learn about HIV prevention. In addition targeted work needs to take place with people who are particularly vulnerable to HIV infection such as street children and young people in prisons. Helen has been able to train; support and guide local professionals to ensure that the HIV education materials produced provide accurate up to date information that children and young people can make use of. Also she has worked in partnership with the Ministry of Education and local non-governmental organisations to ensure that some of the HIV education materials help to build young people’s life skills so that they can make use of information about HIV prevention.
Helen has also been writing a guide for practitioners about involving and consulting children and young people in the development of health promotion materials, so that this work can continue, even when Tacade staff are no longer visiting the Ukraine. Considerable research indicates that health promotion materials are much more effective when the target audience has been involved in the production of the materials. This is standard practise in the development of Tacade’s materials but is a new concept to many professionals involved in HIV education in the Ukraine.
The huge growth in the HIV epidemic in the Ukraine has been fuelled by widespread drug use particularly injecting drug use amongst teenagers and young people in their twenties. Young men are most affected; over 75% of people infected with HIV are male. The massive increase in drug use is a result of the availability of drugs and difficulties people are facing as the country goes through tremendous economic, social and cultural transitions. Illegal drugs are now much more widely available throughout the Ukraine then they were under the Soviet Union. Many young people find it very difficult to cope with the challenges of the new economic system and poverty is now common place. The epidemic is also being spread through unprotected sex. Traditionally when the Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union people infected with HIV were locked up in hospitals or institutions and very little HIV education took place, so professionals are only now learning about effective ways of educating people about HIV. The work is proving to be successful in part because of the partnership between Tacade, the British Council, UNICEF and the World Health Organisation. But also in large measure due to the energy and commitment of local professionals determined to work to safeguard the health of children and young people throughout the Ukraine. It is a massive task given the speed at which the HIV epidemic is moving.
 Update December 2007
Helen Lee, Tacade Development & Training Manager returned to the Ukraine in November and December 2006 to advise on the development of interactive HIV education materials and train psychologists and social workers from the Youth Offending Colonies about using participatory teaching methods in health promotion and HIV education. This work is part of a joint initiative between the British Council Ukraine, UNICEF, The State Department of Ukraine on Enforcement of Sentences and Ukrainian NGOs to promote the health and wellbeing of young people in Youth Offending Colonies and street children.
'A guide to consulting and involving children and young people in the development of health promotion materials' has now been published in Ukrainian by UNICEF.
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For further information contact Helen Lee, Development and Training Manager of Tacade on 0161 836 6850 or via email helen@tacade.co.uk
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The Responsibility in Gambling Trust (RIGT) appointed Tacade (www.tacade.com), working in partnership with the Nottingham Trent University International Gaming Research Unit (IGRU), to develop and disseminate gambling educational materials. These materials will enable young people to develop their knowledge and understanding, checkout their attitudes and develop their skills around gambling issues.
Stage 1: 'You bet!' Gambling education materials for young people aged 11 - 16 years'
 These materials have now been researched, developed, trialled and printed. 'You bet!' contains:
- Ten lessons for 11 - 14 year olds
- Eight lessons for 14 - 16 year olds
- Twenty eight photocopiable handouts for use with students to support the lessons
- Three background papers for professionals
- Appendices containing further information for both young people and professionals
- Photocopiable parents/carers sheets on help for young problem gamblers
- A CD Rom containing information about gambling and all the handouts
The responses from the trials were all extremely positive, including:
- 'You bet!' is an excellent resource and an essential tool for all secondary schools
- It looks good and follows your tried and tested format, very comprehensive
- Very comprehensive pack and a very good range of teaching and learning materials
- Very useful pack on a growing issue of concern in young
- Very good, very positive feedback from teachers and students
Stage 2: 'Just another game? Gambling education materials for young people aged 13 - 19 years'
 These materials have been produced in partnership with young people from the Darlington Youth Service and Peacemakers Oldham . 'Just another game?' contains:
- Ten sessions for young people aged 13 - 19 years
- Fifteen photocopiable handouts for use in the sessions
- Ten photographs of young people in gambling related situations
- Eight 'reel deal' information cards
- Open College Network Accredited Course pack, applicable to any young person in the UK
- Two background papers for professionals
- Appendices containing further information for young people, professionals and parents/carers
- A DVD containing the development process with the young people and ideas for activities, plus the handouts
Stage 3: Dissemination process
This stage consists of a launch at the House of Lords, ten regional seminars and sixty twilight sessions.
- The House of Lords launch was held on Thursday 8th March 2007. The event was hosted by Baroness Massey of Darwen.
- Regional seminars, aimed at key stakeholders such as Education Advisers and Principal Youth Officers, have been held during 2007, including London (10th May 2007), Blackpool (7th June 2007), Cardiff (20th September 2007) and Edinburgh (8th November 2007).
- In 2008 seminars will be held in Manchester (7th February 2008), Birmingham (6th March 2008), Exeter (8th May 2008), Newcastle (5th June 2008), Leeds, (10 July 2008) and Southampton (2 October 2008).
- Forty twilight sessions, aimed at teachers and youth workers, will be held during 2007. Those already confirmed include: Wiltshire, Skegness, Blackpool, Gloucester , Bristol , Swansea , East Sussex, Devon, Glasgow , Hounslow, Edinburgh , Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Bolton, Windsor and Maidenhead, Knowsley, Hackney, Coventry and Llandudno.
- A further twenty twilight sessions will be held during 2008. Those already confirmed include: Runcorn, Northumberland, Stockton on Tees, Leighton Buzzard, Renfrewshire, North Yorkshire and Leicester.
Summary
The two resources have been extremely well received and welcomed by a range of professionals working with young people. The seminars and the 'twilight' sessions have provided them with the opportunity to understand the issues about gambling and have given them a detailed insight into the content and the approach of the materials. The evaluation sheets completed indicate that this will enable them to deliver effective gambling education sessions to the young people with whom they work on a daily basis.
Adolescent Attitudes Towards Gambling - Some Preliminary Findings
For further information contact Martin Buczkiewicz, Chief Executive of Tacade on 0161 836 6850 or via email martin@tacade.co.uk
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 Tacade has been funded by Barclay's Community Programme to work with hostel and housing association staff in East London to enable them to enhance their drug, alcohol and sexual health promotion work with young people. The project is working in partnership with the Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust and the City and Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust, with support from the East London Supporting People Team.
The project has involved:
- Training for hostel and housing workers around drug, alcohol and sexual health promotion work with young people
- In-house tailored training courses for staff groups
- Consultation with a range of professionals, including the Teenage Pregnancy Co-ordinators, to inform the project process
- Work with young people to develop information promoting safer sexual health
The project started in September 2004, ending in March 2006.
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 In 2003/2004 Tacade was funded by Diageo Great Britain to develop a pilot peer alcohol education project in four secondary schools in England and Wales. This involved reviewing relevant literature about peer education, gathering information about existing peer alcohol education projects and developing materials for use with students. Tacade alcohol resources were provided to each school to utilise in their work.
A Briefing Paper was produced outlining the key learning and a synopsis of the work in the four schools. To download a copy of this click here
In 2004/2005, as a result of the successful pilot project, Diageo Great Britain funded the work that was extended to over thirty secondary schools in Barnsley, Manchester, Salford, West Sussex and Portsmouth. A draft 'toolkit' was developed to reflect the work undertaken with students during the pilot phase. Working in partnership with the Local Education Authority (LEA) personnel the 'toolkit' was trialled in the schools participating in the project. An independent evaluation indicated that the peer alcohol education project had been effective where certain elements were in place. One reflection from Plant Hill High School in Manchester sums up the work: 'As co-ordinators of the scheme we are amazed at the success of the students'.
A Briefing Paper summarising the outcomes of the extended project is available by clicking here
One major outcome of the project has been the development and publication of the 'Peer Alcohol Education Toolkit', which is a flexible resource for developing a peer alcohol education project. This may be ordered from the publications section on the web site at the price of �34.99
Several LEAs have developed their own Peer Alcohol Education Projects utilising the 'Peer Alcohol Education Toolkit'. In 2005/2006 Tacade worked in partnership with the Dublin Lions Club to run a pilot project in six secondary schools in Dublin, which was very positively received.
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 Tacade has been funded by the Department of Health to develop tools for practitioners to use with young people in clinical settings to encourage consistent condom use and safer sexual practices. The tools will enable young people to analyse their current sexual behaviour and develop safer sex action plans.
The three year project, which began in April 2005, involves:
- A literature review
- An Advisory Group comprising experts from a variety of settings and agencies, including the Sex Education Forum, the Department of Health, fpa and the Black Health Agency, which first met in September 2005
- Recruiting pilot sites, including Nottingham and London
- Consulting young people and practitioners in a variety of settings: this process began in December 2005
- The development and piloting of materials for use in clinical settings
- The publication of the materials (Winter 2008)
- The dissemination of the materials via four regional training events (Winter 2008/Spring and Summer 2009)
In Winter 2008, Tacade will launch the Safer Sex Toolkit with a series of training dissemination events. The toolkit is primarily designed for use by sexual health practitioners with young people in sexual health clinics. The kit will have a series of theoretically based tools from which practitioners can select those most appropriate for use with their client(s). These tools will include:
- Quizzes exploring attitudes and behaviour relating to condom use
- Prompt questions to help practitioners tailor their interventions
- Illustrations to encourage discussion about the different aspects of negotiating safer pleasurable sex.
The toolkit is designed for use with all young people using sexual health clinics. It has been developed through extensive consultation with young people and practitioners. The sexual health needs of young people of black African and Caribbean heritage was the starting point for this resource along with the need to encourage consistent condom use and safer sex amongst all young people.
In addition to using the materials in clinic settings, they are suitable for experienced sexual health practitioners to adapt to use with small groups of young people.
If you would like to be kept informed of the development of the Toolkit, please register your interest by emailing your name, address and telephone number to the following email address resources@tacade.co.uk.
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 This was a three year European project managed by Tacade and funded by the European Commission.
The projects aim was to provide young adults in university settings across Europe with increased access to drugs advice and information services.
It involved working in partnership with organisations in Germany, Greece and Spain to.
The objectives were:
- To establish, within existing frameworks of advice, guidance and support available to university students, Specifically targeted drug advice, information and referral services
- To provide specific training for those already working in the field of student advice services in universities to enable them to extend their skills to offer drug-related support services
- To develop and publish drug-related information leaflets and other materials that are specifically targeted at university students and which address their unique circumstances.
The outcomes were:
- University advice workers having increased knowledge, skills and confidence to discuss drug related issues with their client group
- Increased knowledge and understanding of drug related issues amongst students using advice services
- Students having easier access to support and confidential information and advice about drug related issues
The outputs:
Working in partnership with drug education agencies and universities in Manchester - United Kingdom, Athens - Greece, Barcelona - Spain, Kiel - Germany, of which a range of different approaches were used. The outputs included:
- Training programmes for university advice staff
- Training programmes for students working as welfare advisers or educators
- A range of health education materials including: booklets, postcards, information leaflets and posters
- Appropriate recording and referral forms for use by advice staff
For more information about this project please e-mail info@tacade.co.uk |
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