Arc news: July 2019

Powerful new road safety workshops for young people

Now available for booking into selected Barking & Dagenham primary schools, fully funded by BeFirst, working on behalf of the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham.

Streets Ahead is Arc Theatre’s dynamic new accident prevention resource for young people, using an engaging mix of live theatre and multi-media to increase road safety awareness. The programme has been specially developed for schools in collaboration with the funders BeFirst to highlight the risks and consequences of distraction or bad judgement on the street, and the impact upon victims’ families.

Using an exciting mix of interactive theatre, film clips, Q&As and Qwizdom ‘gaming’ handsets, Arc’s Streets Ahead schools programme will explore key road safety messages, including:

• Road collisions are multi-causational and it CAN happen to YOU,
• Risks and consequences of distraction, e.g. friends, phones, headphones etc.,
• Vulnerability of pedestrians (i.e. roads are dangerous and vehicles can kill),
• The importance of taking individual responsibility.

Streets Ahead follows on from Crossing Over - Arc’s highly effective intervention tool already used successfully in secondary schools in the London Borough of Camden since 2009. The programme is delivered by Arc’s skilled, professional team of facilitators and actors and tackles the issues in the safe and inclusive school environment.