Taster Evening

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Taster Evening

We started the year 2022 with a taster evening. This meant inviting potential participants to come along with a friend, family member, or support worker, to come and find out what the project has to offer! The whole team was there to welcome people into the space. There were live demonstrations of digital fabrication equipment that we would be learning during the programme, such as digital embroidery machines, laser cutting and vinyl cutting!

One of the main focuses at FLP is young people developing their own social action campaign around something they feel passionate about, a change they want to see or something they want to raise awareness about. During the taster evening, the potential participants had the chance to discuss what social action means to them. This sparked some interesting discussions amongst the FLP team and the participants.

During the taster evening, there were a few different presentations, we were able to show the film from year 1, which gave a flavour of the programme and also allowed the participants to hear from the previous cohort of young people. We did an overview of what to expect, which meant we were able to answer any questions anyone had and talk about how it could work for people on an individual level. This ensured everyone’s needs would be met along the way. At the end of the event, potential participants were able to take away the sign-up forms, information packs and a sticker and keyring for a keep’s sake!

Overall, we had a brilliant success rate, with the overall majority signing up and taking part in the programme and inviting friends to come along to the introduction day.