Peer Education Project

Training 2008

A Group of Young People from Hackney have been trained to co-faciliate at MTR with the help of funding from Team Hackney.

A selected group of young people attended training held by Keith Stewart, focussing on the role of a facilitator. The group trained to be co- facilitators, looking at Leadership, Teamwork skills & how to put them into practice. They discussed the skills that they already have & how they could transfer these skills to the role of facilitator & looked at what actually makes a good facilitator. In addition they discussed the responsibilities of training other young people & how to deliver effective advice within the MTR framework.

This kind of training is essential for young people who want to learn future key skills & is very beneficial for future employment & further education. The young people develop confidence & gain a deeper understanding about the media & learn to speak up & speak out!

MTR has implemented this training for several years & we are delighted with the results & the feedback we get from young participants.

"Today went very well. I learnt how to become a good co-facilitator, it really had an impact on me because it showed me different skills that i can use in my everyday life" Samuel

"Yes, i certainly did feel like a co-facilitator because my views were taken into account and built upon. Next session I am helping facilitate a group of young people in making a music video" Hannah