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Turning the world the right way up

Students’ Unions, 6 July 2016

Nicola Kidston, Director of Development And Partnership, The Foyer

Federation

Making change with Advantaged Thinking

6Th July 1972

Championing Equality

The Foyer Federation

Reflective thinking

A different vantage point

Spotting opportunities

Explore the concept of Advantaged Thinking

Discover how Advantaged Thinking can work in

practice for Student Unions

Plan to take Advantaged Thinking Action

Language!

What words do people

use when talking about

young people?

The Diss Society

• Disengaged

• Disadvantaged

• Disaffected

• Disconnected

• Defined by risks, needs, and supports

• Determined by labels of offender, care leaver, NEET

• In need of another intervention based on ‘deficits’

• Best served by organisations using the above

Young people are NOT:

Young people have

• Assets that can be harnessed and

developed

• Talents that can provide solutions

• Experiences we can draw on

• Resources we can tap into

• Energy to spark change

• Potential to lead society and

• Ability to be authors of their own destiny

Let’s TrustYouth- Pioneers

How do you engage students?

1) How we TALK about people

Do you always try to use positive language

to talk about and describe people, instead

of negatives and stereotypes?

2) How we UNDERSTAND people

Do you always try to learn about someone’s

strengths and potential above their

weaknesses and limits?

3) How we WORK with people

When working with others, do you focus on

developing solutions and assets, instead of

just supporting problems and deficits?

4) How we INVEST in people

Do you allocate your resources – money,

time, etc. - on enabling people to thrive,

instead of just supporting them to cope?

5) How we BELIEVE in people

Do you always hold out an aspiration for

someone’s future that is the same you

would have for yourself and your family?

6) How we INVOLVE people

Do you always involve the person you are

working with to use their experiences to

develop their own solutions?

7) How we CHALLENGE people

Do you always listen out for and respond to

the advantaged and disadvantaged thinking

of others?

I see me….

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Advantaged Thinking Action

1) One thing you could do differently

based on what you have heard today.