What to do
Designate three areas of your space – ‘true’, ‘false’, ‘undecided’
Read out a set of statements (some examples below), ask the Venturers/DFs to run to the part of the room that reflects how they feel about the statement.
Make a tally chart of choices, as you go along, as a few people why they chose to go where they went
Statements:
- Young people are involved enough in Woodcraft Folk decision making already
- Young people’s involvement has had a significant effect on the movement
- Adults encourage young people to voice their ideas
- Young people are not listened to and are asked tokenistically for their ideas
- Participation of young people in Woodcraft Folk is the most important part of Woodcraft Folk
- Young people can easily get involved with Woodcraft Folk on a national scale
- Young people can easily get involved with decision making in their district
- Young people’s opinions are seen as valuable by our leaders
- Young people are asked their opinions on a regular basis
- The participation of young people is a central commitment of Woodcraft Folk
Share the tally chart at the end and lead a discussion. Questions to guide discussion
- how can we support young people to support decision making more in our group / district?
- Would the group like to be more involved in national activities?
- Why do members like coming to the group?
- What do you think could be better about the group?
- How can we improve anything with our group?