http://www.actbyright.org.uk/ 2012-05-20T05:57:09+01:00 http://www.actbyright.org.uk/ http://www.actbyright.org.uk/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-10-20T16:55:44+01:00 http://www.actbyright.org.uk/introduction/charter?rev=1287590144&do=diff Act by Right is rooted in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This is the most important international human rights treaty for the protection, provision and participation of children and young people. A Convention is an agreement between countries to obey the same law. When the government of a country ratifies a Convention that means it agrees to obey the law written down in that Convention. Every country in the world, except two, has ratified this convention. text/html 2010-10-20T16:55:44+01:00 http://www.actbyright.org.uk/introduction/forewords?rev=1287590144&do=diff Tom Wylie (Chief Executive, The National Youth Agency [Tom Wylie]‘It’s all very well encouraging young people to stand up and campaign for what they believe in and change what they don’t like about their community. Of course we’d all like to see more of it. But unless you also give them the knowledge, confidence and experience about how to set about this potentially intimidating task then you may be setting them up to fail. Act by Right complements The NYA and Local Government Association publ… text/html 2010-10-20T16:55:44+01:00 http://www.actbyright.org.uk/introduction/how_does_abr_work?rev=1287590144&do=diff Each unit follows the same outline to make it easy to use. * Purpose * Aims * Snapshot – a short example * What do I know? * The activities * What have we done? Each activity contains these sections: * Aim * You need * What to do * What do you think? text/html 2010-10-20T16:55:44+01:00 http://www.actbyright.org.uk/introduction/needed?rev=1287590144&do=diff The most important resource you have is yourselves as a group. Here are some other important resources to think about as you start this journey. * Support: is there someone helping and encouraging you on this journey? It could be really important to have this support or at least know who to turn to at particular times for ideas and advice. * Commitment: some may come and some may go, but a strong commitment from a core of the group will be vital to make progress and help make change happen … text/html 2009-07-28T13:07:27+01:00 http://www.actbyright.org.uk/introduction/preface?rev=1248782847&do=diff Preface (by young people from the South West of England) Somebody said that taking 30 young people from all over the South West away on a weekend trip to assess this book was completely crazy – and we agreed with them! We decided to risk it anyway. text/html 2010-10-20T16:55:44+01:00 http://www.actbyright.org.uk/introduction/proof?rev=1287590144&do=diff The workbook is accredited by ASDAN, which means you can complete all or some of the units and activities, record your evidence of what you have learnt, gain credits and use these to go towards an award. You can also draw upon previous work you have done as evidence. Having someone supporting you do this will be very important. There is accompanying material to guide those using Act by Right for accreditation. Contact The NYA for more details, or ASDAN directly on 0117 941 1126. E-mail: info@asd… text/html 2009-10-02T17:25:22+01:00 http://www.actbyright.org.uk/introduction/register?rev=1254500722&do=diff Are you using Act by Right? We would love to hear how you are using or planning to use Act by Right. In the future we hope to be able to provide additional support to users of Act by Right and to offer opportunities for networking and resource sharing. text/html 2010-10-20T16:55:44+01:00 http://www.actbyright.org.uk/introduction/stages?rev=1287590144&do=diff Building up a picture of your progress through the workbook is like a journey. You need to make sure you are on track and have everything you need for each stage. The young people who worked on the draft of Act by Right came up with a range of images about journeys. These were given to Brick, the cartoonist and illustrator, who developed from them the five-stage journey planner in which the activists and participants also grow and develop along the way. text/html 2009-07-28T13:15:52+01:00 http://www.actbyright.org.uk/introduction/thanks?rev=1248783352&do=diff There is a long history behind this workbook and many people have contributed to its creation. Bryan Merton devised the original concept, called Getting Involved and Influential (Gi2). Thanks most of all to the many young people whose passion to speak out and activism to help achieve change are the inspiration behind these pages. Thanks especially to the young people who helped shape the book over two massive residential weekends. text/html 2009-09-26T16:52:25+01:00 http://www.actbyright.org.uk/introduction/what_is_abr?rev=1253980345&do=diff Act by Right takes you through five stages of a journey to develop your knowledge and skills as young people to take effective action on issues that concern you. It recognises that children and young people need the chance to develop knowledge and skills to work together to get things done and make the changes you need where you live. text/html 2009-07-28T13:28:15+01:00 http://www.actbyright.org.uk/introduction/what_is_in_abr?rev=1248784095&do=diff Act by Right has five units. While you can pick out the ones of most use to you, they are designed to follow on from each other, to build your understanding and ability to work together on issues and concerns of importance to you. They are like stages of a journey, with five stopping off points, where you pick up what you need for the next stage towards your final destination.