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training & facilitation for
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young people
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youth organisations
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professionals who work with youth
Gerry Thompson works extensively with schools and colleges, with teachers and pupils, and with a wide range of youth organisations
Awards
Gerry's work with Company Paradiso for young people has won awards including:
- 2010 Sony Gold award, community broadcasting category
- 2009 Lemos and Crane Prisoneractionnet Award, for excellence in work strengthening positive identity and belonging in prisoners and ex-offenders ( chosen from 80 projects nationwide)
- a number of Koestler arts awards in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
- another project has been broadcast as a BBC Radio 4 drama
Gerry is presenting a session at the Dec 7th Lemos and Crane conference on literacy and exclusion
at Inmersat, East London. Here's some more information on the conference, or go to their website
Positive Comedy makes learning fun while also incorporating serious learning outcomes
Comedy based learning is highly involving for young people who are disengaged or at risk of exclusion
Training sessions can be geared to address particular issues such as bullying, or exploring curriculum subjects
Youth organisations, schools and colleges...
for which Positive Comedy has delivered programmes:
UK Youth Parliament
Sussex University
Bognor Regis Community College (video clip available on video page)
Foundation 4 Life
Brighton City College
E Sussex School Improvement Service
YMCA Right Here
Sussex Downs College
Reading Prison YOI
W and E Sussex and Brighton YOTs
Young Carers Volunteer Project
W Sussex Healthy Schools Team
Shoreham Academy
Oakgrove College
Springboard PRU
Bexhill College
and lots and lots of young individuals!