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Building Blocks also relies on the recycling of mobile phones and donations.
The Trust is always grateful to receive contributions, not only by way of fundraising activities but also as an option through the employee ‘Always There’ attendance award scheme.
All monies received directly fund projects which tackle the issues of drug and alcohol abuse, as well as providing diversionary tactics for young people who have, or are, at risk of offending.
If you would like to make a donation to the Trust you can send a cheque or postal order made out to Building Blocks and send it to the address below, or alternatively if you have an old mobile phone that could be recycled please forward it to:
Ann Penfold
Building Blocks
Force Community Safety Bureau
Force Headquarters
Colmore Circus Queensway
Birmingham
B4 6NW
Thank you for your interest!
Building Blocks relies on the sale of education resources for the promotion of social and emotional competence and positive behaviour in children and young people which mostly goes under the name of ‘Trouble’.
Trouble is a social behaviour game for young people aged 9 – 15 years which can be incorporated into Citizenship and PSHE in schools and other curriculum based studies including English, language and literacy, moral issues and values.
The game itself covers a range of situations, in the wider community, school and in the home. It is designed to address young people’s behaviour in a given situation, e.g., Bullying, Crime, Anti-Social Behaviour and Society.
A class is divided up into teams and asked to response to a series of situations that are written down on different cards. There is a choice of possible actions and a score accompanies each behaviour choice. Choices range from safe/responsible to totally irresponsible/dangerous and the scoring reflects these choices, ranging from +5 to -5. The more responsible the behavioural choice the higher the score obtained.
Each group must discuss the situation and select a response which they believe is best. A student from another group calculates the scoring from each group.