Sids journey script v0.

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Phase 1
Narrator: This is the story of Sid, who represents lots of folks whose gifts remain hidden for far too long, who may live their lives labeled bad, because they have not discovered ways to use their hidden treasure usefully in the place they live Sid may live his life in serviceland without ever engaging in a positive way many Sids do and they provide employment and career opportunities for lots of helpful and mostly well meaning people like: social workers, teachers, psychologists, police, prison officers, mental health support workers, addiction counselors you get the picture. Our Sid is now 13, having survived an alcoholic mother, a father absent since he was 5 and unhelpful before then During those 13 years he has not managed to engage with the opportunities presented to him through Sure Start, school or various clubs that operate in his neighbourhood although he found a football coach from the local team and the ICT technician at this school quite friendly. He has developed a little enterprise copying and selling films and games on dvd and makes enough money to supplement the meagre income from his mother . We take up Sids story at age 13, when other possibilities present themselves in a small portion of linear time, presented here as: The Horizontal Line of Possibilities . Which turns out to have up and down bits too hmm So, lets take a trip along this timeline and see what you think . The power of 3 or rule of 3 . You know how messages take time to get through and you need to hear them more than once to resonate.? During Assembly the School Head announces that a new community space has opened on the High Street it is called Spark. It barely registers with Sid who tends to check the Heads words for potential danger more than opportunity Meanwhile, Sids mums drinking has once again brought her and Sid to the attention of Social Services and addiction services for Mum and the possibility of taking Sid into care are considered neither are taken up and opportunity to engage with the local charity offering an informal buddy scheme for kids missing positive adult role models goes by Sids ICT teacher catches him selling his bootleg dvds in class and gives him a warning. And sees a raft of possibilities to engage Sid with what he can do and

maybe make it legal. Wow! Will he engage this time? Does he care enough and is he feeling safe enough to go for it? Maybe and lets go on . Football is on a Wednesday night and Sid gets some caring adult attention from the coach, which he likes . Also his girlfriend Charlene likes to see him on a Wednesday, when her Mum goes out and she can have Sid round for some caring adolescent attention Charlenes best friend Danni tells her about the sexual health clinic at the new community space Spark and they arrange to go along

1 Script
[In School] Sid: sorry Im late & grunt Teacher: thats the third time this week, Sid. Whats the problem? Sid: Me Mams not been well, again Teach: Oh dear, Sid! What are we going to do with you?! Sid: Dunno & grunt Teach: If you dont get cracking soon, I dont know whats going to happen to you

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[In School six months later] Sid: sorry Im late & grunt Teach: Now then Sid, you know that youve got a talent for technology? Sid: grunt Teach: Well, theres a new place opened up on the High Street, called Spark. And theyve got lots of things that you might find interesting Sid: grunt

Phase 3
Reinforcement from trusted adult of validity of Spark community space ICT technician: Hey Sid, did you hear Ive got a job down at that new place Spark? Sid: oh aye? ITC tech: So, are you going to come down now that theyve got the big data stuff getting sorted there Sid: yeah, I might

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Phase 4
[Sids walking down the High Street, and it starts to rain. He sights the Spark sign, and realizes he can go in to seek shelter] ICT Tech: Alreet kidda? Sid: Aye, canny.Yous? ICT Tech: Aye, buzzin. Loads gannin on here. Wanna cup of tea? Sid: Aye, three sugars mate [ICT Tech fixes Sid a cuppa] ICT Tech: This is the community caf. Can you cook, Sid? Sid: A bit ICT Tech: Wanna learn some more? Sid: Mebbes ICT Tech: Great, well get you signed up to Larn yersel cook proper scran Sid: Ok ICT Tech: Come and check oot the big data stuff I was talking aboot Sid: Canny ICT Tech: Have you heard about our Spark credit system? Sid: Nah ICT Tech: You can earn credits for volunteering and deein courses Sid: Aye? ICT Tech: Then you spend them in the caf and buy other stuff like borrowing things. If youve got a dose of the clap, you can pop into the sexual health clinic Sid: Really? What, the sexual health clinic? ICT Tech: Yeah, you can pick up as many condoms as you like Sid: Mint theyve got a Playstation competition o He decides to go along, and finds the computers Could also be walking past, soft portal its somewhere to go into in the rain (its just somewhere warm)

How does it look?

Very carefully designed Quite a flexible space, you can walk around When he walks in, is there someone to catch him when he walks in through the door oh, come on in let me know if youd like some help with anything I know youre here, I know youre not going to nick anything Does the person ask what would you like to drink?; then goes with Sid to the coffee point to explain the set-up Something quite special about being of teenage, and being offered a cup of tea not just juice

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Outcomes
There is no pressure, no need for an output Is it worth calling someone else over? Does Sid value an interaction with others? Sid has a bit of neb around to get used to the layout and feel of the place Action: design the floorplan and consequent flow of people around the room Soft portal o Signposting role of this centre o Maybe other rooms leading off the first point of entry o Workshop or recording studio Wallsend High Street Ernie recycles computers, and then sells them on o Volunteers are a big part of this engagement