respectme 'Listen Up! (Respect our Rights)' Episodes 1, 2, 3
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In this series we have produced three Podcast episodes with our Youth Action Group for Anti-Bullying Week 2023.
Listen Up! (Respect our Rights) has been co-designed with young people from respectme’s Youth Action Group who want every child and young person to be heard and taken seriously when bullying is reported and for children’s rights to be respected and placed at the heart of all effective responses to bullying.
Young people talked at length about feeling unheard in the past and shared experiences of not being taken seriously when they reported bullying to a professional or trusted adult.
Listen Up! (Respect our Rights) aims to open a national conversation to inspire adults to listen and take action for children to help stop bullying in its tracks.
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respectme 'Listen Up! (Respect our Rights)' Episodes 1, 2, 3
Listen Up! Episode 3
Two members of our Youth Action Group teamed up to develop the three scripts you will hear which support our adult background briefing A, B and C – as set out on Page 5 of our 'Listen Up! (Respect our Rights) Secondary Age Resource.
Their brief was to portray one adult who is too busy and doesn’t listen well at all; one adult who tries to listen and is caring but is a bit over the top and emotional; and one adult who gets it pretty much right from a young person’s perspective.
The Podcast features both young people taking turns to play the part of an adult and a young person who is being bullied to support all three background briefings. Scripting of the drama scenes were all youth-led, with exaggeration for effect, and feature some humorous aspects.
The supporting learning resource to this Podcast 'Podcast Drama' is also available at: www.respectme.org.uk/listenup ref: 2023 resources. This activity is aimed at Secondary age pupils (S1 – S6).