Age Workshop amended

							An Authority for Effective
        Policing
    Age Workshop
     GMPA Embracing Difference
           Consultation
• Consultation focussed on strands of diversity
- e.g. gender, faith, age
• Variety of different settings
- e.g. schools, residential homes, community events
• Different engagement delivery methods
- e.g. qwizdom, focus groups, questionnaires
      AGE Consultation Results
     The top three problems stated by
       respondents (under 25’s) of the
            questionnaires were:

1st Anti-social behaviour
2nd Burglary
3rd Drug Dealers
Intergenerational Project
          Aims and Objectives

• Consult on policing and crime and
  disorder issues
• Improve feeling of community safety
• Reduce fear of crime
• Challenge stereotypes which may exist
  between people of different generations
• Improve relationships between the community
  and the police
                      How?

• Young and older people of different generations
  from the same geographical area
• Community setting
• Safe environment
• Share experiences
• Learn from others
• Interactive day with fun exercises
         Programme Content

• Pre questionnaire
• Icebreaker
• Exercises
            Exercise One

• In small groups each person write a
  single word on a post-it note which
  describes the following groups…
    Examples of what some people
        said at the events…

• Police
- e.g. protect people, hard job, necessity, overworked, waste of time

• Hoodie
- e.g. trendy, misunderstood, comfy, chilled, disrespectful, criminals
• Older person
- e.g. nanna, mature, need help, wise, vulnerable, always ill
How can we Challenge Perceptions and
           Stereotypes?
  Olive Holland – Monologue (Dear Doctor)
            Exercise Two

• In groups, read your statement and
  write down which groups or
  communities you think it could be
  describing?
              Statement A

People find
me offensive
People think we’re
all the same
I don’t expect to
live long
                  Statement B

I don’t feel I belong
   anywhere
I carry protection
People often find
   evidence of
 where I’ve been
Is this a true representation of older people?
             Thora Beddard
     London 2012 Olympic Torch Carrier
    Intergenerational Programme Content

•   Pre questionnaire
•   Icebreaker
•   Exercises
•   Quiz
•   Identity parade
•   Question time
Quiz – The British Policeman
An Authority for Effective
        Policing