Transformative Repair for Social Change: A toolkit for upskilling at-risk youth in regional communities

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Kalantidou, Eleni
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2022
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This toolkit is designed for regional communities, organisations and practitioners that want to contribute to the supporting and mentoring of young men and women who have been involved with, or at risk of being involved in the youth justice system and at highrisk of social exclusion, by getting them engaged in creative repair practices. It particularly emphasises supporting communities to conduct programs where skills-development, sustainable behaviour and community building intersect. The toolkit’s creation was based on the pilot program “Transformative Repair for Social Change (TRSC)”, designed by Ms. Tammy Brennan (Director, Testimony Arts) and Dr. Eleni Kalantidou (Senior Lecturer, Griffith University). The organisation and facilitation of the workshops and the exhibition were led by Ms. Brennan, while the collection of research data and the co-design workshop were conducted by Dr. Kalantidou. The success of the pilot project is attributed to its people, the volunteers from the Men’s Shed, the artists and repair/craftspeople, the facilitators and the youth participants who exhibited camaraderie, respect for each other and keenness to teach and learn. The pilot program was funded by the Queensland Arts Showcase Program grant (Queensland Government, 2020) and also received a Griffith University grant (Arts, Education and Law group, 2021) for the creation of the toolkit. The program will be expanded with additional funding awarded by the Australian Government (Strong And Resilient Communities/SARC, Social Services), for a two-year program delivered by Testimony Arts in collaboration with Dr. Kalantidou. The aim of this toolkit is to support various initiatives and stakeholders interested in social and environmental sustainability. It is strongly relevant to existing government, non-government, industry or private sector structures that can provide services to at-risk of social exclusion youth, such as educational and art/ design workshops, repair practitioners, Men/Women’s sheds and community centres. The tools included in the toolkit provide an array of methods to make the participants of a program, active evaluators of its processes and outcomes, and designers of their future direction. Co-design is employed as an effective means of genuine participation in defining the values, challenges and expectations of programs. Existing resources have been used to draw from the expertise of other practitioners and examples related to community engagement, co-design and social innovation.

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© 2022 Griffith University. All rights reserved. This toolkit may not be copied, duplicated, transmitted, or used in any way in whole or in part or by any means (other than for the purposes of fair dealing, as defined in the Copyright Act 1968) without permission in writing. For permission, please contact Eleni Kalantidou at: e.kalantidou@griffith.edu.au

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Design

Urban and regional planning

Climate change impacts and adaptation

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, society and community

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Kalantidou, E, Transformative Repair for Social Change: A toolkit for upskilling at-risk youth in regional communities, 2022

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