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How young people cope with trying to make a living
Situation
Young people's basic living situation
Expectations
How young people feel they have achieved and expect of the future
Emotions
How young people cope emotionally with making a living
Actions
How young people cope practically to make a living and what support they look for
Attitudes
Effect of the young people's work situation on their attitudes on society
We are exploring the following areas to understand this issue.
The survey is divided up into these above sections
How can you get involved?
Every person that completes the survey will get a personalised analysis to help them understand their situation
Every city with +10 people completing the survey will get a local analysis you can use to stimulate debate on precarity in your group
Responses from cities ross Europe will provide a transnational analysis we can use to develop future projects
Please encourage your local members to fill in the survey and carry out interviews that we can turn into stories .
What methods can you use?As well as the survey, you can also select from one of the following methods on the next slide to gather the research. Whichever method you choose, please:
This will help us produce an analysis that can help us compare between cities to produce the scenarios & guide. On the next slide are examples of how you can interview young people, do share other methods you want to use! Any questions ask Project Team at [email protected]
Use the same questions from the survey
Document the responses from people
Send us the responses
Send out the survey to your members
Interview groups or organisations working with young people
Interview young people face-to-face, by email, audio or video
Interview young people in public spaces they interact in
Research Methods
Ask organisations if you can interview their members
Ask your local members to interview each other using the questions
Organise a meeting using the questions to stimulate discussion
Invite speakers to debate some of questions
Method Template
Description of the Method
Time it will take People you need Link to examples of method
Resources Needed This is a template for how the different research methods are described on the following pages.
If you would like to suggest a method, let us know at [email protected]
Day in the Life
Description of the Method Describe the person based on one of the personas and how they go about the day based on
the elements of the persona you have chosen in the below. Describe how they would act, react, feel, think & interact using the template below in 2020! Use photos from Make a Living or take your own photos that represent what you’ve written.
30 minutes 1 or 2 people See http://slidesha.re/YkVk7U
Resources Needed Day in the Life Template Photos (optional)
Interview people one to one
Invite your members to a local meeting to interview each other using Survey Questions At the meeting, show Project Video/Presentation to introduce the purpose of the project Invite members to select whether they want to be Interviewer, Interviewee or Reporter Ask them to get into groups of three (one Interviewer, Interviewee & Reporter) Give them 45 minutes to ask the questions & answer & document the answers
Resources Needed Printouts of Survey Project Video Project Presentation Paper & Pens
People needed Interviewer Interviewee & Reporter
60 minutes Do it in threes Check http://bit.ly/121interviews
Walk around the room to check everyone understands what to do Advise Interviewers that if they haven’t finished asking all the Survey Questions, then they
can continue this outside the meeting if they want If they’ve finished all the Survey Questions, before then, they can do the Debriefing Ask the Reporter & Interviewer to write up the interview and send it to the Project Team
Resources Needed Survey Questions Project Video Project Presentation Paper & Pens
People needed Interviewer Interviewee & Reporter
60 minutes60 minutes Do it in threes Check http://bit.ly/121interviews
Questions
(1) What's your job, now?(2) What was your dream when you were ten years old and what is it now?(3) If you weren’t paid for your job any more, would you still want to do it?(4) What would you do if you suddenly won two hundred thousand euros?(5) How much control and freedom do you feel about your working life?(6) Did you ever feel disillusioned about your work situation and why?
Resources Needed Paper & Pens
People needed Interviewer Interviewee & Reporter
Ask the interviewee the following questions
60 minutes60 minutes Do it in threes Check http://slideshare.net/transnarrative
Interview people from organisations
You can use the Interview people one to one method or you can email them a selection of the Survey Questions for an email interview
Explain the content of the debate will be published on www.euroalter.com Advise that it could also feature in a printed publication with content from other cities Ask them if they would like to get further involved in the Project or with EA
Resources Needed Project Issues Project Video Project Presentation Stakeholder Matrix
People Needed Reporter Organisation
60 minutes60 minutes Do by yourself Check www.euroalter.com/journal
Interview people where they interact
Identify places where young people meet or “hang out” (parks, malls, youth clubs) Invite a member to accompany you to the place you have selected Decide between you who will be the Interviewer and who will be the Reporter Introduce yourself & purpose of the project to young people Use the Interview people one to one method
Resources Needed Survey Questions Project Issues Pen & Notebook
People Needed Interviewer Reporter Young people
60 minutes60 minutes Do it in pairs Look at http://bit.ly/spaceinterview
Observe your neighbourhood
Go on a tour of your neighbourhood Take photos of places, objects & interactions that make you think of the Project Issues or
represent what it feels like to be out of work, look for a job or try and make a living Write down why you chose what you shot and what it makes you think about the issues Upload the photos & description to www.flickr.com with the #transeuropa tag
60 minutes60 minutes Do by yourself Check http://bit.ly/photoneighbourhood
Resources Needed Survey Questions Project Issues Pen & Notebook Camera / Smartphone
People Needed Reporter
Identify relevant organisations
Download Stakeholder Matrix & identify Organisations working on the Project Issues Contact them and introduce yourself & EA, the purpose of the project Say you’re interested in the issue they’re working on Ask them if they would be happy to be interviewed and/or be speak at a debate on the
issue they are working on relevant to the Project.
60 minutes Do by yourself Check http://bit.ly/stakeholdermatrix
Resources Needed Project Issues Project Video Project Presentation Stakeholder Matrix
Invite speakers to debate the issues
Find a venue and invite speakers from the Organisations you’ve identified Ask the organisations whose speakers you’ve invited to promote event to their members Email your local members to invite them to the event Nominate a Chair to ask questions to the speakers & take questions from the audience Nominate a Reporter to document the speakers’ responses and the audience’s questions
Resources Needed Organisations Contacts Project Issues Project Video Camera
People needed Chair & Reporter Speaker
30 minutes Do as a group Check http://bit.ly/planyouractivity
Organise a debate on the issues
Photograph the debate, write up the answers and send to Project Team Explain the content of the debate will be published on www.euroalter.com Advise that it could also feature in a printed publication with content from other cities Thank the organisation for participating and send them the Project Presentation Ask them if they would like to get further involved in the Project or with EA
Resources Needed Organisations Contacts Project Issues Project Video Venue
People needed Chair & Reporter Speakers
180 minutes Do as a group Check http://bit.ly/planyouractivity
Document the support virtually
Search online for types of organisations featured in Support section of the Project Survey Write down how important you think the types of support are to help young people in
precarious work situations make a living? Write up your thoughts and include a link to the documents and send to Project Team
Resources Needed Survey Questions Project Issues Pen & Notebook
People Needed Interviewer Reporter Young people
60 minutes60 minutes Do it by yourself Look at http://bit.ly/spaceinterview
Create a fictional feed
Create a fictional Facebook/Twitter feed that show how people are coping or tackling with the issues on being out of work, finding a job or trying to make a livingIt can be everyday people or even leaders like this example above
60 minutes60 minutes Do by yourself Check http://bit.ly/fictionalfacebook
Resources Needed Project Issues Project Video Project Presentation
Write a precarious poem
Create a poem about issues on how it feels being out of work, find a job or make a livingEach person submits two lines that rhyme We will connect up the different submissions to turn them into a poemYou can scribble it down however it comes to you, even if it doesn’t initially rhyme
60 minutes60 minutes Do by yourself
Resources Needed Project Issues Project Video Project Presentation
Your role is to ask the interviewee the Survey Question and make sure they’ve understood the exercise and your questions
Concentrate on the answers from the interviewee If you feel they want to talk more about a question, ask them to tell you more Question anything you don’t understand from the interviewee
At the end of the interview Ask them at the end if there is something you haven’t asked they’d like to share Thank them for participating, ask them for their email address so they can check the
interview, get a self assessment and find out how they can get more involved in the Project
Advise them that their interview will be published on www.euroalter.com and may be featured in guide on how young people cope with precarity
Advise them that their interview will be used to develop the personas & scenarios
After the interview Organise a debriefing with the Reporter documenting your interview Make sure the Reporter sends the interview to the Project Team
Interviewer
Your role is to document the answers in the Interview using the Survey Questionnaire and send it to the Project Team
Concentrate on the answers from the interviewee Write down the answers in the Survey Questionnaire
After the interview Organise a debriefing with the Interviewer documenting your interview Write up the interview Send the interview to the Interviewee to check they are happy with it Send the interview to the Project Team
Reporter