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Description

Girls in Action: Making the Invisible Visible. Game to think about numbers associated with running away

Resources

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Instructions

Split the girls into groups of four.
Ask the girls to assemble themselves into the shape of the numbers which are read out, eg make a number 11, 6, 4, 9 etc.
When each group has assembled, read out a fact relating to the number from the list below.

5 - Every five minutes a child or young person runs away from home.
9 - One in nine (11%) said they had been hurt or harmed while away from home.
6 - One in six (18%) slept rough or stayed with someone they just met.
8 - One in eight (12%) had stolen in order to survive.
11 - One in eleven (9%) had begged.
4 - One in four (26%) had been hurt or harmed, slept rough or with someone they just met, or had stolen or begged to survive.
70 - 70% of young people who run away are not reported missing.
5 – There are only five emergency refuge accommodation beds for young runaways in the UK.

Tags

• girls in action
• Issues
• Making the Invisible Visible
• problems
• running away

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