On the 18th February Street Trainers from Sceaux Gardens Estate delivered a training session for 10 members of Southwark Police. At the end of the session we asked two questions.

"What is the most important thing you have learned today?"

There are easier ways or different ways to interact with young people.

How many officers can fit in a telephone box.

Sceaux Street Trainers kicked off the February half term with an afternoon of fun, games and challenges.

Working on team building, communication and leadership skills we began to prepare for what will be an eventful half term...

Some of the challenges:

standing on one leg
racing each other
spelling words backwards
reciting poems
making and keeping promises
describing our surroundings

he told me that Sao Paulo is very dangerous and that i should be careful 'cuitatdo' or a word like that. he said there is a lot of crack and that usually this place would be more dodgy but its quiet today because its a holiday. I was hungry and thirsty and found a wonderful place on a corner to have something to eat. them i was sleepy again and there was a park right there so i went and tried to lie down on the grass but people walk their dogs in the park so it was covered in dog shit and impossible to sit down.

he told me that Sao Paulo is very dangerous and that i should be careful 'cuitatdo' or a word like that. he said there is a lot of crack and that usually this place would be more dodgy but its quiet today because its a holiday. I was hungry and thirsty and found a wonderful place on a corner to have something to eat. them i was sleepy again and there was a park right there so i went and tried to lie down on the grass but people walk their dogs in the park so it was covered in dog shit and impossible to sit down.

he told me that Sao Paulo is very dangerous and that i should be careful 'cuitatdo' or a word like that. he said there is a lot of crack and that usually this place would be more dodgy but its quiet today because its a holiday. I was hungry and thirsty and found a wonderful place on a corner to have something to eat. them i was sleepy again and there was a park right there so i went and tried to lie down on the grass but people walk their dogs in the park so it was covered in dog shit and impossible to sit down.

Come to the South London Gallery to see the first screening of the Street Training documentary. It talks about the Street Training we've been doing internationally since 2002 and about the team I've been training with in Camberwell. We are now in top form ready to train policy makers, police, planners, architects and developers. Our first engagement will be to train Southwark Police in February 2010.

see you there - Lottie

on December 19th, from 4-6pm.

SOUTH LONDON GALLERY
65 Peckham Road
London SE5 8UH
T: 020 7703 6120
F: 020 7252 4730
www.southlondongallery.org