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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
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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?
SU Campaigns
Advantaged Thinking Action
1) One thing you could do differently
based on what you have heard today.
