Action Guides
Here are a whole bunch of useful guides for running your STAR group and supporting refugees.
Have a look and download what you think will be useful.
STAR Group Guides 2011-12
Lots of guides to help you run a successful STAR group this year.
New updated 2012-13 guides coming soon!
Contents
1. The STAR Network
The STAR Network (Full Guide)1.1 What is STAR
1.2 Joining the Network
1.3 The National Team
1.4 Board of Trustees
1.5 Connecting the Network
1.6 History of STAR
1.7 Key Events
1.8 Campaigning
1.9 Volunteering
1.10 Fundraising
1.11 Your Summer Checklist
1.12 Useful Docs
2. Running a STAR Group
Running your STAR group (Full Guide)2.0 Contents
2.1 Working as a Team
2.2 Getting and Keeping Members
2.3 Effective Meetings
2.4 Communicating
2.5 Changing Committees
2.6 Student Unions
3. Changing Attitudes
3. Changing_Attitudes (Full Guide)3.0 Contents
3.1 Why Change Attitudes
3.2 How to Change Attitudes
3.3 Top Tips: Events and Activities to Change Attitudes
3.4 Ideas: Events and Activities to Change Attitudes
3.5 Refugee Week and Simple Acts
3.6 Winning an argument on asylum
3.7 Information
3.8 Refugee Quiz
4. Volunteering
Updated 2012-13 guides coming soon – contact STAR National if you want any advice
Project Guides:
Tutoring tips for homework club volunteers
Craft activities for children
How to get everyone involved in planning and evaluating
5. Campaigning
Campaigning with STAR
Still Human Still Here Action Week Guide 2012
6. Fundraising
6. Fundraising (Full Guide)6.0 Contents
6.1 Why Fundraise
6.2 Tips for Fundraising Events
6.3 Ideas for Fundraising Events
6.4 Personal and group challenges
6.5 Vital information when fundraising
6.6 A guide to JustGiving
7. Event Organising
7. Events (Full Guide)7.0 Contents
7.1 How to Organise a Good Event
7.2 Checklist for Organizing Your Event
7.3 Ideas for events
7.4 Speaker Events
7.5 The Perfect Stall
7.6 Film Screenings
7.7 Club or Band Nights
7.8 Comedy Nights
7.9 Pub nights
7.10 Treasure Hunts
7.11 Promoting your event
7.12 Collaborations and joint events
7.13. Recent refugee docs and films
8. Committee Handover
8.1 Committee Handover Guide
8.2 Committee Handover Checklist
8.3 Handover Information Template
Top Tips!
Starting a STAR group
10 easy steps to starting a STAR group at your university.
10 Steps to Starting a STAR Group
Fab freshers
Simple Acts at University
STAR has teamed up with Refugee Week and the Simple Acts campaign to bring you a special guide to doing Simple Acts for refugees at your university!
STAR’s Simple Acts
Share your ideas
STAR members have a huge amount of experience and skills, so don’t be shy to share it with the rest of the STAR network!
Send in any ideas or suggestions you have to the STAR national team and we’ll see if we can include it in our guides.
And if you have any requests for advice on an area not covered above, let us know and we’ll do our best to add it.
