Street Outreach Skills Training
Handy tips & tricks (see handout below) and how to use 'ALLESHA' for effective street outreach:
- A for Ask a question.
- L for Listen.
- L for LISTEN twice as long as you usually do! We often want to interrupt, give facts, etc too soon.
- E for Empathise. Say "I understand that you are concerned about..." or "You seem to be feeling a bit hopeless".
- S is for sharing your personal story of why you are involved.
- H is for Hope. Talk about historical / current examples, e.g. Suffragettes, Gay rights, Civil Rights Movement / Acquittals of activists, successful prosecution of the government.
- A is for inviting them to ACT... GET THEM TO the Sign-up / Info table. Ask them to join the mailing list, take a leaflet, come to this event, take a photo of the activity and share it on Social Media, etc. Better still, have a clipboard in your hand to sign up now for the mailing list and take their phone number. Start at the bottom of the ladder with simple actions.
Street Outreach Skills handout with further linked resources