Designing Shoes with Young people

2. YOUTH WORK IRELAND
MISSION STATEMENT
• Through our work and programmes we aim to
assist young people to improve their lives by
providing access to self development opportunities,
information, advice and services for young people
aged 8-25 in County Monaghan, thereby promoting
and encouraging and acceptance, respect and
tolerance of one’s self and others without stigma,
discrimination, bias or labelling.

3. BACKGROUND OF YOUTH WORK
IRELAND MONAGHAN
• Youth Work Ireland Monaghan is managed by a
voluntary Board of Directors and the Board of
Directors employ a team of staff to carry out
the functions of the organisation.
• Youth Work Ireland Monaghan was established
as a Youth Service for County Monaghan in
1985 and is affiliated to Youth Work Ireland.

4. SERVICES PROVIDED
• Youth Work Ireland Monaghan provides a variety of services
to young people throughout the county. These can be
broken up into a number of main headings:
• Youth Information
• Youth Cafe Services
• After School Clubs
• Youth Outreach Information and Training Services
• Youth Club Development Projects
• Early School Leavers Projects

5. SERVICES PROVIDED
CONTINUED
• The Youth Cafe offers a safe, friendly alcohol
free environment for young people to meet
and mix with their peers. Facilities available to
young people are: Pool table, internet, X box,
playstations, games, shop, chill out area, tea
and coffee, pool competitions, band nights,
movie nights, day trips and residential trips.

6. MY FACILITATION
• For my facilitation I asked the service users
their opinions in regards to what activity they
would like to do.
• From listening to the service users I came up
with the activity of doodle shoes.
• I chose this activity as it allows the services
users to be and exercise their creativity and
be imaginative while devorating their own
shoes.

7. • The facilitation consisted of 12 services users.
• The service users brought new runners in for the
facilitation which was purchased the week before as
a shopping trip was organised as an outing for the
after school club.
• I provided markers, glitter, coloured laces and
accessories for the facilitation.
• My facilitation took place after school so I provided
some light snacks for the service users as they were
coming straight from school.
• The services really enjoyed designing their own
runners and had great fun with other.

8. MATERIALS:
•Runners
•Markers
•Glitter
•Coloured Laces

9. DURING THE FACILIATATION

14. LEARNING POINTS FROM THE
ART FACILITATION
• The service users really enjoyed the facilitation and
were very creative in designing their shoes.
• The service users also interacted very well with
each other and even swapped shoes to sign them .
• This was a good way for the service users to
socialise with each other.
• The service users took pride in their shoes and
couldn’t wait to sow their families.

15. LIMITATIONS TO THE
FACILITATION
• Time was a constraint during the facilitation as
the after school club only lasts for one hour.

16. EVALUATION
• Overall my facilitation went really well and all
the service users were very eager and co-operative
through out the whole facilitation.
• The service users seemed to enjoy decorating
their shoes and couldn’t wait to wear them.
• The service users were very creative and
exercised some real artistic work on their
shoes.

17. Thank you for listening
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