advice

Before we ask anyone anything, we think about what will help people feel comfortable and able to share their ideas. This means making sure that children understand the activities we can do together and the way we will use any ideas that they share.

It means we have to prepare for :

• Basic needs for food, time and accessible locations
• Special needs, for specific communication techniques, but also space or environment
• Different spoken languages
• Preferences for activities that involve
  • Movement
  • Visual and arts activities
  • Talking and writing
  • Individual or group activities
  • Privacy or public sharing

We ask people to use activities to tell us about the issues we are investigating. Sometimes we suggest topics or questions. We try to let children and young people choose activities that they think will work.

We have used activities such as storytelling, drama, music, poetry, painting, graffiti, photography, video, sculpture, walking, talking, eating together, gardening, mapping and events.