The aim of the next 6 modules is to bring the refugee issue to a personal level, where participants are encouraged to think what being a refugee may mean for people experiencing it.

Reasons why people leave their countries
[30 minutes]
A group activity in which participants consider factors which result in people fleeing their homes. Participants are encouraged to imagine where their own threshold might be in deciding to leave their homes.

What people leave behind
[25 minutes]
A game played in small groups where participants have to reach some consensus about what they will take with them when they leave their homes and rank them in order of priority. The aim is for the group to explore the trauma people face when making a decision to leave.

What people might need upon arrival
[20 minutes]
A look at what participants would find most useful when they arrive somewhere new. This is achieved through a game, again in small groups, where participants have to decide what is most useful in terms of them feeling secure and welcome.

Refugee experiences – personal testimony
[20 minutes]
A video presentation of refugees and asylum seekers talking about their real experiences of leaving their own countries and settling in the UK.

Personal accounts within historical perspectives
[20 minutes]
In small groups, participants look at a selection of personal stories or eye-witness accounts of persecution and deduce the places and dates to which the pieces are referring.

A friendly welcome?
[25 minutes]
An exploration, using case studies, of why strangers are not always given a friendly welcome.

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