Build your
support network.
You don’t have to have every answer.
Start with someone you can turn to.
Alex’s story: a network before you need it
A silent, message-led video with realistic fictional characters, dialogue and example decisions. The photographic scenes are AI-generated. Choice buttons in the video are illustrative; use the activity below to choose your own responses.
Video transcript
Alex asks Sam who to turn to before a crisis. In the first circle, Alex asks Noor to agree a check-in and a backup. In the community circle, Alex checks the youth centre’s contact route and opening hours. In the professional circle, Sam offers to help verify a suitable service, including eligibility and privacy limits. Emergency support is for immediate danger; the correct local number should be verified without making a practice call. Alex chooses one action: ask Sam on Thursday to help verify one local service. Now create your own four-circle map and choose one strengthening action.
A network before you need it.
Alex has recently joined a youth centre. Some uncomfortable messages have left Alex unsure whom to turn to. Nothing urgent is happening right now. Together with Sam, a youth worker, Alex explores four circles of support.
Help Alex make choices, then build your own map. Use initials, roles or fictional examples. You can observe, skip a question, or stop at any time.
Optional live-camera overlay, like the reference scenario; no marker or spatial tracking. Use while seated or stationary. Camera images are not recorded or uploaded.
Put yourself at the centre.
Choose a circle and add a person, organisation or service. An empty circle is a useful starting point, not a failure. You decide what to include or share.
Entries stay in this open page only and clear when you reload or close it. Downloads and printed copies contain what you enter; keep them somewhere safe.
Use the four circle buttons to build your network.
Make your network a little stronger.
My practice choices
Facilitator guide · 25 minutes
0–3 min · Introduce
Explain solidarity, choice and privacy. Place “ME” at the centre. Personal disclosure is never required.
3–10 min · Explore
Follow Alex’s story. Discuss the feedback, without scoring or blaming. Participants can observe or use fictional examples.
10–20 min · Map
Work through trusted people, community, professional and emergency support. Ask who is available, how to reach them and what a backup might be.
20–25 min · Strengthen
Identify one gap and one realistic action. Reflect: “If something happened today, who could I contact first?” Sharing is optional.
Preparation: verify local services, contact routes, eligibility, language access and opening hours. Do not promise confidentiality on behalf of a service; explain any safeguarding limits before discussion. If someone has no trusted contacts, offer help finding one appropriate professional or community service.
Expected output: a personal four-circle support map and one strengthening action. Do not collect participants’ personal maps as attendance evidence.
Camera mode: a live overlay, not marker-tracked or spatial AR. No camera is needed to complete the activity.
Solidarity starts with connection.
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