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This toolkit provides youth workers with strategies to create inclusive, safe spaces that foster trust and motivation among participants. By embracing diversity and building collective understanding, young people can engage fully in activities that help them discover their unique strengths and perspectives.

Activity 1

CONCENTRIC CIRCLES

Estimated Time 20-40 Minutes

This icebreaker activity helps participants build connections and get to know each other through fun and engaging questions in a rotating circle format.

Materials and equipment required:

  • Questions list printed for every participant

Description of the activity:

This ice-breaker activity is particularly effective if participants do not know each other well. The facilitator will distribute the participants in two concentric circles facing each other. Each group will rotate in opposite directions and the participants who are face to face will introduce themselves around a set of questions. After a few minutes (2, 3, 4… the facilitator will choose the exact time depending on different factors such as number of participants, time available and depth you want to reach) they will rotate again and the process will be repeated.

Questions:

  • If you were a pasta meal, what sauce would you serve yourself with?
  • If you could be a famous artist for a day, who would you be?
  • If you were a season of the year... would you be autumn, winter, spring or summer?
  • If you could go on an all-expenses-paid trip to a country right now, which one would you choose?
  • You have just crash-landed on a desert island and you can only take one person with you; who would it be?
  • Any other questions you want to create

Tips for Youth Workers:

  • If you want each face-to-face meeting to be long, we recommend setting up as many chairs as there are participants, so that they don't get tired.
  • Sometimes participants in this activity are so preoccupied with thinking about their answer that they do not concentrate on listening to their partner. To alleviate this, encourage them to ask supplementary questions to force them to listen to the answers they are given.