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Feedback from The Schools Forum Project

After conducting the Schools Forum Project, we send the school a feedback questionnaire. The following feedback has been collated from various schools. Names have been changed on legal advice. Staff: "Lively and well-paced sessions that engaged the pupils from the word go": Deputy Head, London "The scenarios were about real issues": Head of Pastoral Care, London "All staff who saw the session were very impressed": Head Teacher, London "They (the pupils) enjoyed the pace, the interaction and the control to change outcomes": Head of Special Needs, London From Students: "I liked it because you could see the results and consequences of bullying" John, 13, London "It was good because they worked with small groups of pupils": Syreeta, 15, London "You really felt involved in it": Gemma, 12, Berkshire "We were the ones who chose how to resolve it": Chris, 16, London "A really powerful message": Noor, 14, London " We could control the characters. It was good": Rachel, 12, Chiswick "They showed real life situations; these things happen": Asim, London

Schools Training Programmes

We have successfully developed and piloted our Forum Theatre training schemes at a number of schools, including Twyford Church of England and Drayton Manor High schools. This is a new departure for Issues!Ltd, but one we are keen to continue. For further details, contactJames or Gillian at the usual address.

Race and Diversity Business Case

Issues!Ltd has been commissioned to produce a short information film on the Race and Diversity Business Case for the Home Office. The script is currently being finalised and filming will take place in November. The final product will be issued to every police station in the country. We are also still in discussion with the NIM team regarding the National Generic NIM Training Film. More details as we have them...

National NIM Training Film

We are now in the early stages of preproduction of an as of yet untitled NIM Training Film. This is being created with the guidance of Centrex. A letter to this effect, with a request for feedback, has been sent to every British Police Force. More news as it follows.

Home Office National Stop & Search Conference

Issues! Ltd are proud to have been invited to display a Training Demonstration at The Home Office National Stop & Search Conference on July 15th. This is as a result of Issues!Ltd's training methods being reccommended as Best Practice to Police Authorities countrywide. The day will consist of excerpts from "Flashpoint" and Forum Theatre Training Sessions. The Home Office have also invited us to take part in a further conference in November, focussing on the work of The SSAT. Updates on this will follow.

Issues!Ltd

Issues!Ltd is currently in discussion with the National Centre for Policing Excellence and the National Crime Intelligence Service to create a National Training Video for the National Intelligence Model. Developments will be posted on this site.

Classroom Workshops

Classroom Workshops are currently being run for the COLP, which deal with the issues surrounding bullying in the workplace.