Raise awareness and educate about FORB

Illustration of people gathered around flip chart sheet. Illustrates the 'FORB in my town' exercise from the Local Changemakers Course. Illustrator: Toby Newsome

Whether you are a trainer, facilitator, group leader or teacher here you can find a wide range of tools and courses to help you, developed with trainers from across the globe.

Illustration: Facilitators toolkit. Illustrator: NORFORB and Toby Newsome

KEY RESOURCE: The FORB facilitators toolkit

A collection of over 70 exercises and accompanying case studies and guidance to help facilitators and trainers plan and implement FORB trainings.

Illustration. The Local Changemakers Course. Illustrator: NORFORB and Toby Newsome.

KEY RESOURCE: The Local Changemakers Course

Ready-made workshop plans enabling grassroots communities to learn about, value and promote FORB. Easy to download, contextualise and facilitate!

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Online course: FORB Training of the Trainers

An 11-week facilitated course ideal for anyone wanting to facilitate interactive trainings on Freedom of Religion or Belief. Requires 5 hours work per week. Available in English and in Arabic via our partner organisation Adyan Foundation.

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Illustration: Picture of Fred Nyabera, facilitator of the trainers of trainers course.

The FORB ‘Training of the trainers course’ has given me the right tools and a sense of confidence and competence to respond to the issues in my work.

Fred Nyabera

Arigatou International, Kenya

TOOL: Tips for planning workshops and trainings

Explore the building blocks of human rights training, learn to write learning objectives and find guidance on adapting contents to your audience.

TOOL: Sample learning objectives for FORB trainings

Discover a simple tool for formulating smart learning objectives and find lots of examples of well formulated objectives for FORB trainings.

TOOL: Tips for facilitation

Build your skills as a facilitator! This resource is full of practical tips to help you handle challenges that often arise when leading groups.

TOOL: 50 messages for FORB presentations

An aid to preparing sessions and presentations. Which messages are right for your audience’s knowledge level and attitudes?

Ready-made presentations and powerpoints

Adapt and contextualise our ready-made scripts, PowerPoints and audio-visual contents for presentations.

TOOL: Responding to tricky questions

Find practical suggestions to help you respond to common objections to human rights and FORB that may arise in trainings.

Illustration of two people watching a film on freedom of religion or belief. Illustrator: Toby Newsome.

Use our ‘explainer’ films on FORB to teach or train your audience

Used by teachers, civil society trainers, foreign ministries and government bodies these films are useful both for face to face learning and to include in online training modules. The films help participants learn what freedom of religion or belief involves and when the right may be limited.

Films on FORB

Illustration of a man at a market stall behaving aggressively to two potential customers. Illustration taken from the storytale 'The songs of the flute and the drum'. Illustrator: Toby Newsome

The songs of the flute and the drum

A freedom of religion or belief story tale for all ages! Ideal for teachers, youth leaders and adult educators.

Storytelling for change

Explore the ‘exercise bank’ to find participatory exercises for your topic and audience.

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Explore our collection of case studies to use in exercises and talks

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