I have found the whole experience very good. It is interesting being able to have the power to save someone’s life. It gave me the confidence to be able to handle an [emergency medical] situation and to help someone.
Naomi, StepWise graduate
Stepwise is StreetDoctors’ longer programme which runs for 8-10 sessions with the focus on youth engagement and social action. Through a peer education approach, it also enables the young people to learn and share their knowledge with others in their communities.
The programme is focused on personal development and improved social skills for the young people. It includes a social action element, within the theme of reducing violence and knowing what to do in a medical emergency.
The StepWise Programme enables young people to:
- Learn emergency life-saving skills so they can become lifesavers in their communities
- Build their emotional and social skills
- Develop facilitation and training skills to be able to co-deliver emergency first-aid training sessions to their peers alongside our healthcare volunteer trainers
Each project is tailored to the needs of the young people, partner organisation and commissioners.
Get in touch
If you are interested in finding out more about StepWise and how we could deliver it for your young people, contact Martin Tilbury on info@streetdoctors.org or 07502 689392
StepWise taught me a lot of things. Living in a deprived area, it helps to understand that in a [violent] situation you could help the people around you. It also gave me insight into medicine and I want to pursue it as a career when I’m older.
I learnt that not all heroes wear capes and even the tiniest actions could have a huge effect on someone’s life. It can feel like you’re powerless against all these things going on around you, and that’s why it’s important to give young people the skills to be able to save someone’s life.