Exercise bank

Search our collection of over 70 participatory learning exercises to find different types of exercise, for different audiences, focusing on different FORB related topics.

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FORB other rights and development

Match the SDGs

A groupwork exercise where participants work together to match various statements relating to FORB with the relevant SDGs and their sub-goals.

  • 40 min
  • Group exercise
  • Sorting exercise
Evaluation and follow-up

Head, heart, hands

A simple personal evaluation exercise for participants, using the imagery of head (knowledge), heart (attitudes) and hands (skills, action).

  • 25 min
  • Individual exercise
  • Reflect and share
Exploring freedom of religion or belief

Once upon a time

This exercise is based around the story ‘The songs of the flute and the drum’. The story illustrates seven key words that relate to the rights protected by FORB.

  • 45 min
  • Group exercise
  • Storytelling
Exploring human rights

Human needs – human rights

An exercise that combines groupwork and plenary discussion to help participants connect their human needs and their human rights under international law.

  • 60 min
  • Multi-format exercise
  • Discuss, Reflect
Context analysis

A FORB map of our town

This exercise uses a flipchart ‘map’ of a town along with a set of characters to help participants map violations in their context.

  • 1 h 45 min
  • Plenary exercise
  • Mapping exercise
Evaluation and follow-up

Ripples of change

A reflection and discussion based participatory exercise for longer-term evaluation of the difference a training has made.

  • 2 h 20 min
  • Multi-format exercise
  • Reflect and discuss
Exploring freedom of religion or belief

The traffic lights

A twist on the classic ‘agree-disagree’ style exercise. This exercise can be used as an interactive way to provide knowledge input or reflect on attitudes.

  • 30-60 min
  • Plenary exercise
  • Quiz
Action planning

Our change journey

Following a brief knowledge input on a simple ten-step process for action planning, groups draw and write their action plans as a visual ‘journey’ on flipchart sheets.

  • 2 h 30 min
  • Group exercise
  • Groupwork
Recognising and analysing violations

Two minute FORB mini-dramas

In this exercise, groups create and rehearse 2-minute dramas based on simple scenarios that they are provided with.

  • 1 h 30 min
  • Group exercise
  • Role-play/drama

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Illustration Pakistani Christian women holding lit candles at mass.Illustration Pakistani Christian women holding lit candles at mass.

The FORB learning platform’s collection of exercises on FORB is such a treasure trove. There are so many useful exercises – my favourites are One step forwards and Once upon a time.