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Reducing Extremism
Through Lived
Experience Training
Young People's Video Support Page
Activists Stories
Seeking to get people to have honest conversations about extremism,
we have created several videos in a cartoon format, which is intentional to protect people's identities again.
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Encouraging open conversations please watch the videos and talk to your friends, your class and your lecturers about how the videos make you feel and what you could do to support someone who got involved,
it could be someone you know or even a friend because extremists are recruiting 24/7.
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Darren's Story
Darren's door into extremism is not uncommon, feeling lost and wanting answers, Darren went online.
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Find out what happened to Darren and have a think ho Darren could be supported today.
Please think about how do you think he could be supported.
What could his friends have done?
What about his family?
What do you think about why he said he got involved in extremism?
John's Story
Non-stop Fun
John's story is like many, active online, people changed the way they interacted with him and he needed a new start.
In need of help, who do you think could have helped him?
How do you think he could have been helped?
What support do you think could really make a difference to John's life?
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Josh's Story
Josh, like many people, became interested in the ERW (Extreme Right-Wing) via the online space.
Watch this video and see what Josh did and then have a discussion about how this video makes you feel and also if anything could have helped Josh.
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Discuss what you think.
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What do you think Josh must have felt like?
What do you think Josh's family and friends felt like?
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Understanding how Extremists want to recruit young people for recruitment.
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We have set up this web page to help people understand the ERW (Extreme Right-Wing) better, using various differently formatted videos.
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HOW TO USE THIS WEBSITE
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When you watch our videos, think about how they make you feel, why did people get involved and what could be done either to stop people from getting involved or how people can be helped to walk away from hate.
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If you are watching this video on your own, make some notes about what you think could be done and discuss with others once they have watched the video. If you are in a group, watch the videos together and then discuss.​​T
Friends Matter
Now you know how people get involved, what would you do in these situations?
Here we have 3 different scenarios.
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The first short film looks at what you should do if you see some racist material online.
After watching Storyline 1, what would you do?
Have a chat with your friends and discuss what actions you would take.
In Storyline 2, we have mixed things up a bit in this one.
In this film, we seek to show you what it is like, when someone gets involved in an extremist group,
via online engagement.
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Here you can either watch the film and have a discussion at the end or you can hit the pause button
and have a discussion about what you think.
In storyline 3, we see a little bit of a different approach, here we see how a young person, initially interested, doesn't like what he sees in the group and then things change.
Watch the video and talk about what you see.
What didn't the young person like about the group?
How did it make him feel?
What do you think about who he spoke to?
What do you think about what they said?
Do you have any thoughts or questions?
When friends hear people talking about extremism, it can often be worrying and talking about it with others is often the first step to helping friends, see the danger they are in and look for ways to help them.
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This isn't about getting your friend in trouble, its about getting help for a friend, you care about who is being used and putting themselves in danger.
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Let's have a look about how this impacts friends with someone they care about.........
How Would You Help?
Now that you know how people get involved, we want you to look at the next set of videos and see how you might help someone.
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The videos will explain the story of Steve, a young person still at school/college.
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He has a friend called Becky, they get on really well. They trust each other and have known each
other for ages.
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But Becky has a secret, she has become involved with some people online, and now they get her to recruit others. As the story develops, think about what is happening to Ste, but also have a think about Becky, how did she get into this?​
People Don't Wake Up Extremist ............................
People get involved in extremism in many ways. Looking specifically at how young people get recruited, the next set of videos show how "Ste" is recruited by a friend. Please use these videos to learn more and also to think about how people getting involved in extremism can be helped to walk away from hate.
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After each video, take time to have a discussion and share your ideas about what is happening, how people can become extremists and how they could be supported.
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Ready to start? Just click on the next video...............................
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Having seen how easy it is to get exposed to extremism, what should Ste do? Below we have differnt options you can take. What one will you choose? Click on the option video you think Ste should take.
OPTION 1 - Talk to a family member or friend and get support
OPTION 2 - Get support from someone at school/college
OPTION 3 - Meet someone from the group Becky is involved in.
Continuing Ste's journey into extremism, in this video we see Becky trying to get Ste involved by talking to him at school. Click on the video below, to continue Ste's extremist journey.
Continuing to try and recruit Ste, in the next video we see Becky bringing in support to recruit Ste. Click on the video below to find out more.
Having recruited Ste into extremism, in this video we see Ste getting further involved...............
Now fully committed to the cause, is Ste into deep? Find out by clicking the next video.....................
Enough Is Enough!
Having seen Ste recruited into the ERW (Extreme Right-Wing), we have seen how easy that journey can be. Building on that understanding, we need to find out why people get involved, what the ERW offers people and build barriers to stop people getting involved and assist people to leave.
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Not easy, it can be done and with support, people can change. To highlight this, let's listen to one person who changed.​​
Darren, a founding member of the English Defence League,
realised being involved in extremism solves nothing and with support left. Highlighting how people can change,
Darren is a great example of how people can turn their lives around and become a positive role model.
Extremists Use People, The Best Thing We Can Do Is
Educate People Not To Get Involved Or If They Are
To Speak To Someone They Trust And Get Help To Leave
Need To Talk?
Seeking to help people, if you are worried about someone or need help yourself,
we always recommend you speak to someone where you are receiving your education. The best person to speak to is your
Designated Safeguarding Lead or DSL if you have one,
if you dont know who they are, just ask a teacher or one of the admin team,
they will be able to help you.​