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In 2008 CREW launched our exciting two-part workshop, Express Yourself, the project was commissioned by Tower Hamlets and aimed at the Bangladeshi community. The project went very well and the feedback was extraordinary so we are now offering it as a transition project for KS2 (information is within our CREW leaflet). Express Yourself has already been used successfully in schools in Waltham Forest and Ealing.

Express Yourself helps children learn about communication and self-expression in an environment of collaboration. During the first workshop the children are lead through challenges and games which end with the teacher being given a resource pack, which includes follow up work and parent puzzlers for children to take home. CREW then return for workshop two, after one week, which cements all the work done in workshop one and in the classroom. Express Yourself prepares children for communicating ‘in the big bad world’. They laugh, listen and learn about emotions, speaking, listening, being polite and expressing how they feel!

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CREW have teamed up with Ealing MENCAP and developed the presentation skills in their travel training team. Combining the MENCAP expertise to develop three workshops designed to help children with learning difficulties navigate the pitfalls of independent travel. ‘You’ focuses on building children’s confidence, to travel on their own; ‘ME’ is about communication asking for directions or help, finally the last workshop ‘FREE’, takes all the confidence, and communication concepts and puts them together with role-plays in our big red bus!
2009 will see one CREW presenter and one MENCAP Travel Trainer taking ‘You, Me and Free’ to special needs schools across London.
‘You, Me and Free’ is a rewarding and positive project as it allows these young, and sometimes forgotten members of our society to be an integral part of their community. We have been highly rewarded by the enthusiasm with which the children took to the challenges.

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