General activities
Instruction sheets have been provided in black and white and colour (you choose) but the elements like character cards, maps and such, are all in colour. And if you can, it really is worth getting a lot of this stuff printed professionally and laminated – it makes it all nice and hard-wearing and professional-like.
The downloads come in handy ZIP file bundles. You’ll need WinZip to unzip the bundles and Acrobat Reader to view the pdf files inside. If you’ve dreamt up an ace activity you’d like to make widely available online, please drop us a line at nationalrap@refugee-action.org.uk
Mapping - Where do they come from? Where do they go?
This activity uses maps and stickers to guess where asylum seekers come from and where they go to.
Quiz
Like a pub quiz but about refugees and without the booze. Comes in different formats – true/false for novices, multiple choice for the boffins.
What's in a name?
By giving participants some of the labels given to asylum seekers, it explores the impact of labelling and stereotyping, and builds empathy with refugees and understanding of the labels they are faced with.
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The How-Many-Do-We-Take Cake
Ilustrates graphically the proportion of refugees living here in the UK by using a cake. Yum.
Dealing with definitions
Explores the different terms and definitions relating to migration and highlights the difference between accurate terms and negative labels.
Experiences, needs and support throughout the asylum process
Using case studies, this activity explores the different issues that people face at different stages of their journey to and settlement in the UK. It allows participants to understand how people might feel, identify the services available to people and how their group can help them.
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There's no place like home
Explores what home means to you, looks at what people would miss most if they had to leave their homes, improves people’s understanding of what asylum seekers give up to come to the UK.
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Understanding local communities' concerns
Helps people identify what the concerns of local people might be and the questions they may ask. Useful for professionals working in local communities that have to respond to local rumours.
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Can you understand me?
Very simple ice breaker to open a session. Only works if you can speak another language!
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Asylum seeker and refugee word associations
Simple ice breaker to open a session – looks at the words and ideas people associate with these terms.
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Your migration history
Again not rocket science but a nice simple ice-breaker.
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Footsteps
Adapted from an activity by a clever trainer we know, this activity highlights the barriers and challenges faced by refugees and asylum seekers in accessing mainstream services or community activities.
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Loss - departure
Empathy-building activity that helps put people in the situation of civil war or state repression.
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Loss - arrival
Empathy-building activity that puts people in the situation of someone arriving in the UK.
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Talking straight
Matching commonly asked questions with real answers through group interaction; addresses FAQs and provides starting point for broader discussion.
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Asylum process activity
Involves mixing and matching cards to come up with the correct stages of the asylum process.
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Flags
Again very simple but effective gimmick for use in short talks for big groups. An easy way of getting info across visually in a talk and chalk session.
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Navigating safety
Brilliantly involving interactive game that takes people through the asylum journey and process.
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People bingo
Ice breaker that someone very clever called Roisin taught us. This is our version but it’s something most trainers will have used sometime.
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