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Waltham Forest College - ‘Campaign for Change' Challenge!

The Challenge:

ESSA delivered Campaign for Change training to students
Four groups of students from Waltham Forest College were given one week to put together a campaign of their choice
The following week, students presented their campaigns and a winning group was chosen!

If you are interested in running the ‘Campaign for Change' Challenge in your school or college, contact us for more information.

Group 1 - Stop the Postcode War

Gizem, explained the campaign: "Postcode wars are when people, usually young teenagers, are not allowed to go into other areas without feeling threatened as they are not from that post code."
Students created a petition to get support from other students and wrote letters to the Council about the need for more activities for young people to help solve the problem
Students put on a role play to act out the problem between rival gangs


Stop the Postcode War - artwork	Stop the Postcode War - petition

Group 2 - Keep the driving age at 17

Campaign against the Government's plans to raise the driving age to 18
Students were unhappy as they wanted to be mechanics and raising the driving age would affect their careers.
Students created artwork for a noticeboard; sent text messages around the college; and created tv and radio interviews to broadcast throughout the college
Riaz said: "we thought about what we could do to change the law and decided to speak to the Prime Minister as we don't have a vote!"

Sign their petition here:

Support us by joining our campaign which is: 'keeping the
driving age at 17 & not raising it with out consulting us; we don't have
a vote remember!'

Just log on and sign up to this PM's Petition
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/teendrivers

Thank you!


Keep the driving age at 17 noticeboard to raise awarene	Keep the driving age at 17 brainstorming ideas

Group 3 - Campaign 2 Escape

Students want more school trips
They presented their ideas to the judges with a funky PowerPoint presentation
They researched the cost of going to places like Alton Towers and created a petition to get support from other students
Nueman, said: "I liked doing the campaign, it was good"


Students presented Campaign 2 Escape	Campaign 2 Escape petition

Campaign 2 Escape posters

Group 4 - Club 16

Students wanted to allow 16 and 17 year olds to go clubbing
Students did lots of research to find out about club nights for 16 and 17 year olds
Students decided to put on a play about the issue and invite other students along - they created posters and leaflets to hand out at the train station

Club 16 - poster