WORKSHOPS, Campbelltown (Term 1, 2010)
Week 1, 05/02/2010, Code of Conduct / Rules
Objective: Players to have a good understanding of the Program (the workshop component, basketball, dinner and transport), the people involved (volunteers, tournament manager, youth worker) and to come up with their own rules / code of conduct to take ownership.
Facilitator: Jenna Perry and Tony Pelligrino, Campbelltown Youth Services
Week 2, 12/02/2010, Team Building
Objective: Players to learn the importance of team work. Get to know each other. Come up with team name and create their own team flag.
Facilitator: Jenna Perry and Joe Angert-Quilter (artist), Campbelltown Youth Services
Week 3, 19/02/2010, Safer Celebrations
Objective: Explore safer celebrations for young people with a focus on drug and alcohol. Harm minimisation - young people to have a greater understanding of issues with drug and alcohol use.
Facilitator: Sally Berry, Youth Solutions
Week 4, 26/02/2010, Youth Safety in the Rail Environment
Objective: Information for young people on dangers of rail environment. Help young people identify behaviour that is unsafe in the rail environment and devise alternatives to dangerous and at times potentially fatal behaviour.
Facilitator: Jonathon Beninca, City Rail
Week 5, 05/03/2010, The HOT Game (Sexual Health)
Objective: Game exploring sexual health issues for young people. Provide greater awareness of sexual health issues through the provision of information and opportunities for questions/discussion.
Facilitator: Jo Ayoub, Traxside
Week 6, 12/03/2010, Leadership & Cultural Diversity
Objective: Interactive workshop looking at leadership roles and understanding differences between people and learning to work with them.
Facilitator: Malaemie and Charlie Fruean, SWYPE
Week 7, 19/03/2010, Education Pathways
Objective: Information on education avenues/opportunities for young people. Young people have greater knowledge of opportunities for further study and careers.
Facilitator: Yvonne Gatt, University of Western Sydney
Week 8, 18/06/2010, Player Evaluation / Questionnaire
Objective: All players to complete questionnaire provided by Midnight Basketball Australia for independent evaluation by CIRCA Research for final tournament report.
Facilitator: Team Managers