Sphere and Inclusion Workshops, Portsmouth, U.K., May 2019

This two-hour workshop was run six times in 48 hours by Gordon Rattray (CBM) and Tristan Hale (Sphere). It was run as part of the annual SimEx event in Portsmouth, U.K., with the aim of introducing SimEx participants to the Sphere Handbook and the Humanitarian inclusion standards for older people and people with disabilities.

115 participants were reached during the six trainings, including NGO staff, academic staff, health and medical workers with an interest the humanitarian sector, university students on humanitarian degree programmes, and college students with career interests in civil protection and the military.

The workshop participants’ roles within the simulation included NGO fieldworkers, Emergency Medical Team (EMT) staff, role-players (people affected by the simulated crises), and simulation staff (role-play management, evaluators, etc.)

Event report: https://www.spherestandards.org/wp-content/uploads/Sphere-and-CBM-workshops-Portsmouth-UK-May-2019.pdf