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UK Youth is a national organisation with over 90 years experience developing successful youth work programmes. It has an established reputation for innovation and an ability to respond to the changing needs of young people and this experience is reflected in our resources. UK Youth addresses public concerns about young people and believes that these issues are only addressed effectively if we listen, understand and respond to young people's views. Our resources are developed in consultation with young people and those directly working with them.
The Source is our latest monthly online resource which is a vital reference of information for anyone working with young people. Please visit www.ukyouth.org for your free subscription to this popular magazine and to find out more about our organisation.
UK Youth is a registered Charity no. 1110590 and a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales in the UK no. 5402004.
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Print: $31.90 UK Youth and Youth Active have worked together to produce this resource to help encourage young people to take up sport and physical activity. This toolkit can either be used in its own right or can be used to recognise the learning and participation skills through the Youth Achievement Awards (YAA). This toolkit sets appropriate challenges and targets through sports, in game and activities, cycling, swimming, basketball, football, athletics, cricket, racquet sports, dance, action sports, circuit training and fitness. It also goes through the benefits of sport; how to introduce sports and physical activities to young people; 14 sample worksheets, ideas for workers, peer leaders and volunteers and progression in sports and fitness.
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Print: $63.80 This important UK Youth resource provides a fantastic opportunity for young people to raise their awareness of financial issues. This toolkit can either be used in its own right or supporting young people working towards a Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum Youth Achievement Award (YAA). Young people working at Platinum level can use it as a resource to support work with their peers. This Toolkit provides youth workers, volunteers and teachers with invaluable access points to this challenging area of learning and it is designed to support practitioners working in formal, informal, non-formal learning contexts. In addition to providing lots of useful information, the material contained in the Toolkit provides an ideal stimulus for discussion, further investigation and research. The toolkit is structured into six core sections as follows; challenging sheets, information sheets, 'how to' sheets, signpost sheets, financial documents and activity sheets.
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Print: $23.92 Mind Matters - Loss and Grief, is part of a set relating to mental health issues. The series will raise awareness amongst young people of caring for their own mental health and encourage them to support others experiencing mental health problems. Each resource bank contains; exploration of the nature of the subject theme; 10 or more activities you can use or adapt to a range of situations to increase young people's understanding of the subject; case study illustrating a successful project. Loss and Grief helps young people explore their responses to different kinds of trauma and life difficulties and offers sensitive advice on how young people can cope.
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Print: $15.95 Fundamental is an essential introduction for anyone looking to work with young men. It offers guidance on encouraging participation by group members, generating energy and enthusiasm and valuable methods of self assessment and behaviour analysis. This resource includes over 20 activities and discussion starters to inspire ideas and stimulate group work discussion. The methods can enable young men to achieve close and trusting relationships, support displays of sensitivity and empathy towards others and encourage participants to gain a deeper understanding of mental and physical health.
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Print: $23.92 A comprehensive and accessible resource concerned with nurturing the physical and mental health needs of young women. It helps workers to develop an exciting group programme that will build the self-esteem of its participants. Body, Mind and Society contains over 70 popular activities to use in promoting young women's levels of confidence and sense of identity, provides information on eating disorders and healthy eating, explores external pressures such as the media, education, family or friends and encourages young women to analyse what influences them and articulate their feelings constructively.
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Print: $23.92 This popular resource is essential reading for anyone who comes into contact with disaffected young people and aggressive behaviour. It offers tips and techniques to help manage the stress of facing anger and show how and why aggression comes about. Facing Aggression explains how to prevent confrontation incidences, diffuse challenging and aggressive behaviour, alleviate tension after successfully managing conflict,, build bridges of communication and trust, develop staff protection policies and create a safe and welcoming environment.
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Print: $23.92 Everyday Participation is a practical and essential guide to making pariticpation an integral and intrinsic part of everyday practice. Its case studies demonstrate equality, empowerment and choice for young people. The activities contained assist participants to make decisions, take responsibility and create their own set of rules. It includes methods of reviewing and self-assessment for you and the young people involved, discussion ideas and peer research.
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Print: $15.95 Compiled as a result of practical experience, Understanding Anger gives workers everything needed to run and review a three-day anger management group work programme. It includes over 30 tried and tested activities to encourage young people to recognise and resolve feelings; gain respect for non-aggressive behaviour; maintain healthy relationships and work towards increased school attendance. These accessible activities help workers to sensitively explore complex issues by initiating empathy and trust; encourage sharing of experiences; highlight the negative consequences of aggression and develop methods of self reflection and relaxation.
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Print: $23.92 This training manual provides trainers, volunteers and young people who may be acting as leaders or peer educators, information useful for running sessions and activities aimed at exploring issues around fatherhood, maleness and masculinity. The manual is designed to provide trainers with all the material they need to deliver a two-day training course and explores issues including personal experiences; feelings; values and attitudes; responsibility towards yourself and others; communicating; relating and sexuality and sexual health. Also incorporated in this informative manual is the 'Yes or No' game, questions confronting issues on sex and a statement discussion game.
THERE IS A DVD CALLED THE CANNONBURY PROJECT WHICH IS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS TRAINING MANUAL WHICH CAN BE DOWNLOADED FOR FREE FROM www.ukyouth.org/whatwedo/publications/ IN THE BROWSE BY TITLE SECTION.
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Print: $23.92 This training manual has all the information needed for trainers to deliver a one-day training course for those who work with young people on the theme of ‘working with boys and young men’. Most youth work programmes are open to young women and young men, however there may sometimes be a need for these groups to have their own individual space as this gives them the opportunity to discuss and consider issues that may be awkward to discuss in a mixed gender setting. Included in this training manual are various activities such as scenarios, discussion starters, games, small and large group discussions, individual reflection, reading, creating posters and role play.
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Print: $15.95 Download: $23.92 This is an excellent guide to working with young men and running a fatherhood programme. Using this resource young people can develop sexual responsibility; improve their listening skills; cultivate a positive outlook; build confidence and communicate feelings more easily.
Boys2Men works through fatherhood issues; opens up broader subjects such as sexuality; sexual health; responsibility; relationships and masculinity. There is an extensive range of activities including informative fun games; though provoking discussion ideas; entertaining quizzes and useful self evaluation activites.
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Print: $23.92 Download: $31.90 This training manual aims to provide skills, information and ideas to trainers who wish to deliver a two-day training course for those who work with young people. The programme is designed for those who may experience challenging behaviour either when working with individuals or in group settings. It is important the trainer understands the approaches and techniques for working with challenging behaviours and encourages participants to explore their own knowledge, beliefs and attitudes before attempting to address these issues with young people. A wide range of methods are used in this programme including small and large group discussions, individual reflection, reading creating posters, role play, theoretical input and scenarios.
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Print: $23.92 Download: $31.90 This comprehensive training manual provides adult workers and volunteers with all the information they will need to deliver a one-day training course to those who work with young people on the theme of Anger and Aggression. Due to the difficulties some young people face relating to anger and aggression during adolescence, this manual provides various activities, small and large group discussions, individual reflection, reading, drawing, creating posters, role play, the ‘Find Someone Who’ game and several scenarios.
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Print: $23.92 Download: $31.90 This training manual which is suitable for training paid staff, adult volunteers and young people who may be acting as leaders or peer educators, has all the materials they will need to deliver a two-day training course for young people on key issues relating to gender. This detailed manual encourages participants to explore their own knowledge, beliefs and attitudes to gender before attempting to address these issues with young people. A wide range of issues are used within the programme including quizzes, discussion starters, games, small and large group discussion, individual reflection, reading, creating posters and collages, role play, scenarios and so on.
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Print: $23.92 Download: $31.90 This innovative training manual has been designed to provide workers, volunteers, peer educators and others with all the materials needed to deliver a one-day training course on the topic of supporting young people’s participation in decision making. National and International Charters including Every Child Matters have placed a far greater emphasis on the issue of youth participation and how children and young people have a right to be involved in decisions that affect them and the organisations they are part of. This manual provides trainers with numerous activities, discussion starters and methods including small and large group discussions, ‘the V Game’, situation cards, individual reflection, reading, presentations and various scenarios. There are also further useful resources such as websites and research finding listed to support the trainer.
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Print: $31.90 Download: $39.87 This thorough training manual is designed to give trainers all the materials they need to deliver a one-day course for those responsible for writing bids, backing applications for services and funding projects for young people. Included in this manual are several activities combining discussion starters, examples of funding applications and scenarios and details about possible funding schemes for working with young people. The training manual is based upon an experimental approach to learning; encouraging participants to explore their own knowledge, beliefs and attitudes towards fundraising. It engages people of all learning styles by balancing visual, auditory and tactile activities and the wide range of methods used, comprising of small and large group discussion, individual
reflection reading scenarios and so on.
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Print: $23.92 Download: $31.90 This topical training manual provides the trainer with all the materials needed to deliver a two-day training course for those who work with young people focussing on alcohol education. The manual initially tackles the complicated issues and facts surrounding alcohol with the trainers before they approach their group. There are many activites, quizzes, discussion starters, games, individual reflection, reading, drawing, creating posters and role play scenarios, all of which encourage the participants to interact and tackle the controversy surrounding young people and alcohol.
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Print: $14.35 Download: $19.14 This valuable collection of practical group challenges, guides leaders through 22 practical and physical activities and is a must for anyone working with young people. It will increase young people's ability to function within a group and build their sense of well-being. Developed through years of experience at UK Youth's Activity Book enables young people to gain transferrable skills including communication; team work; listening skills; leadership; coordinations and evaluation exercises to enable workers to get the most out of each session.
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Print: $23.92 Download: $31.90 Mind Matters is a popular set of books each relating to a mental health issue. The series will raise awareness amongst young people of caring for their own mental health problems. Each resource bank contains: exploration of the nature of the subject theme: 10 or more activities you can use or adapt to a range of situations to increase young people's understanding of the subject: case study illustrating a successful project.
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Print: $23.92 Download: $31.90 This toolkit introduces young people to the principles of youth participation. It explores key issues that influence the success of young people's involvement with decision making bodies and processes. It provides young people with a sound basis upon which to become involved in any participation experience.
The 12 sessions and over 40 activities enable young people to gain an understanding of values and choices; types of youth participation; human and youth rights; team work and problem solving; communication and handling conflict; types of decision making and becoming confident in meetings and committees.
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Print: $15.95 Download: $23.92 This toolkit provides essential reading for those running a young fatherhood proramme with young men aged 13-19.
The programme's 11 sessions and 44 acivities cover; knowing ourselves and others; understanding values and beliefs; problem solving and risk taking; what it means to be a man; relationships; sex and sexual health; what babies need; being a good dad; dads and the law and safety and first aid. Activities have been piloted in a variety of settings including, parenting projects, leaving care services and YOI's
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Print: $23.92 Download: $31.90 This toolkit consists of two programmes; 'planning to spend' and 'exploring volunteering'. Both programmes offer the opportunity for workers to adapt the materials around the specific interests and needs of their group. The programmes either stand alone or can contribute towards the Open College Network programme 'Young Mothers Learning'. They can also be accredited via the Youth Achievement Awards.
Programme one is based on the needs of young mothers to manage their own finances; live within a budget and plan for the future. Programme two includes understanding volunteering; what volunteers gain; recognising skills and qualities; preparing for interviews and personal action plans.
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Print: $23.92 Download: $31.90 This toolkit provides two 10 week prorammes; a community approach and an arts and music approach for workers to use in supporting young people to take an active part in shaping their surroundings.
The programmes help young people understand safety issues, develop skills in safety audits and mapping work; understand the changes that they can make; campaign for improvement; engage in discussion with stakeholders and become confident in public speaking.
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Print: $31.90 Download: $39.87 This toolkit provides workers with the tools to work with young refugees and asylum seekers to develop a deeper understanding of life in the UK especially with regard to education, employment and training. It contains two programmes one of 10 sessions, with over 40 activities, exercises and games and takes a group based approach to overcoming barriers; keeping healthy; work; being independent; sports and leisure; learning and employment. The second has 13 sessions and takes a peer mentoring approach, looking at handling money; food; manners; health and housing; job applications and CV's; formal letters and the education system.
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Print: $15.95 Download: $23.92 This toolkit uses a peer mentoring approach to working with disabled and non-disabled young people via its 11 youth-led sessions. Participants are invited to explore topics such as independence; stereotypes; communication; equality and language. The programme includes 40 plus activities, games and team building exercises leading to planning and running a trip out. Young people will deomonstrate improved social skills and confidence through participation in this programme which supports the acquisition of Youth Achievement Awards and Peer Qualifications.
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Download: $7.97 This thought provoking print provides the relevant message to parents that innuendo and half explanations do not help to equip young girls for the possible dangers of rape and abuse. With an assertion from a girl’s viewpoint, this poster delves deeper into the unspoken shame that a young woman can feel if she is the victim of rape. It also supports parent’s to talk openly by preparing and advising to their children on the real dangers that women face.
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Download: $7.97 The stereotypical image of a young woman chained to the kitchen sink along with statements about the negatives of being a female, enables this poster to challenge the stereotype of girls frailty. It deals with the sometimes embarrassing subject of period pains, the dangers of rape, and parents underestimation of young women’s abilities. This poster will ‘talk to’ other girls who have similar worries and problems and show them that they are not alone.
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Download: $7.97 The posters impact is strong. Its black and white format combined with a narrative from a girl’s point of view enables this print to stand out. The narrative shows the reader how the girl finds it unfair that she can’t stay out late like her brother. Especially when it seems like boys cause all the trouble. This poster shows a lack of equality in society in the 1980’s, whether this is still pertinent today is a subject that is bound to stir a lively group debate!
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Download: $7.97 Big and colourful, this print shows just a small number of reasons why it’s good to be a girl. The three girls on the poster are happy and relaxed, having a great time. Behind them words that describe and characterise how they feel, show in a light-hearted fashion, positive representations of being a girl. Use this poster to create a lively discussion between gender groups!
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Download: $7.97 This posters bold font, colours and style mirrors the confidence of the girls pictured. It challenges the notion that girls are predominantly judged on by their appearance. The poster first made in the 80’s, tackles issues still prevalent in the 21st century, showing girls that they shouldn’t have to be anything they don’t want to be. So use this poster to reinforce to young women you know that individuality should be celebrated!
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Download: $7.97 This fun poster encapsulates the feeling of 1980’s sisterhood. The happy groups of girls featured, coupled with a story, shows that young women just want to be trusted to look after themselves. The poster tries to promote to adults that they shouldn’t always worry and should instead, as the title denotes, trust their lot.
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Download: $7.97 This straightforward poster uses a powerful statement and three serious looking girls to ensure that it packs a punch. The clever statement at the bottom of the poster, aimed at any male onlookers pre-empts any childish behaviour in retaliation. The poster does its job by showing that insulting girls is unlike this poster- it’s not big and it’s not clever. Use this poster to create a lively discussion between gender groups!
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Download: $7.97 This bold poster provides positive reinforcement of the fact that girls CAN do anything. Its most striking feature is a picture of a young woman defying the idea that girls’ aren’t capable of doing what they want. She takes a stereotypical man’s job and makes it a woman’s, her can do attitude is what this poster is all about. This strong subject means that this poster can be used as a tool to rouse a lively discussion!
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Print: $23.92 This resource is an invaluable tool for anyone working with young people to create a safe and supportive learning environment. It supports policy development and step-by-step management approaches to tackle bullying. The activities contained support young people to become peer mentors for which they can gain accreditation through Peer Qualifications and/or Youth Achievement Awards. Topics include raising awareness; spotting signs of bullying; promoting an anti-bullying environment; building self-esteem and increasing individual strength to resist threatening and manipulative behaviour.
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Download: $6.38 This poster is one of a set of three full colour posters which are an important tool in assisting disaffected young men to gain self-esteem and provide valuable visual support material to aid group discussion. They focus on what it is to be a young man today and have been designed, as the title suggests, to encourage young men to talk about and consider aspects of their lives. Each poster contains words relevant to young men and has a title - 'talking', 'thinking' or 'being'. The posters have been produced in collaboration with young men in Sussex and Sandwell.
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Download: $6.38 This poster is one of a set of three full colour posters which are an important tool in assisting disaffected young men to gain self-esteem and provide valuable visual support material to aid group discussion. They focus on what it is to be a young man today and have been designed, as the title suggests, to encourage young men to talk about and consider aspects of their lives. Each poster contains words relevant to young men and has a title - 'talking', 'thinking' or 'being'. The posters have been produced in collaboration with young men in Sussex and Sandwell.
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Download: $6.38 This poster is one of a set of three full colour posters which are an important tool in assisting disaffected young men to gain self-esteem and provide valuable visual support material to aid group discussion. They focus on what it is to be a young man today and have been designed, as the title suggests, to encourage young men to talk about and consider aspects of their lives. Each poster contains words relevant to young men and has a title - 'talking', 'thinking' or 'being'. The posters have been produced in collaboration with young men in Sussex and Sandwell.
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Download: $6.38 This is a set of three, full colour, A2 posters produced by young African-Caribbean women in London and are a lively asset to any classroom or youth centre. They feature positive visual images and powerful honest meassages such as 'we like boys when they take NO for an answer' and 'be what you wanna be'. The set promotes a strong image of young black women and has proven to be successful in stimulating meaningful discussion in work, exploring identity, racism and sexism.
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Download: $6.38 This is a set of three, full colour, A2 posters produced by young African-Caribbean women in London and are a lively asset to any classroom or youth centre. They feature positive visual images and powerful honest meassages such as 'we like boys when they take NO for an answer' and as on this poster 'be what you wanna be'. The set promotes a strong image of young black women and has proven to be successful in stimulating meaningful discussion in work, exploring identity, racism and sexism.
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Confused?Confused? (artwork)
Download: $6.38 'Confused?' is one of a set of three posters called 'Sexual Sense'. They are all great tools for engaging young people to discuss difficult and sensitive sex and sexuality issues. For use within both formal and non-formal settings, they feature strong images and thought-provoking quotes. Each poster tackles the issue in a way that young people will understand and relate to, and provides specific, relevant sources of further help, information and support.
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Download: $6.38 'Don't give in to the Pressure' is one of a set of three posters called 'Sexual Sense'. They are all great tools for engaging young people to discuss difficult and sensitive sex and sexuality issues. For use within both formal and non-formal settings, they feature strong images and thought-provoking quotes. Each poster tackles the issue in a way that young people will understand and relate to, and provides specific, relevant sources of further help, information and support.
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Download: $6.38 'Don't be Ashamed to use a Condom' is one of a set of three posters called 'Sexual Sense'. They are all great tools for engaging young people to discuss difficult and sensitive sex and sexuality issues. For use within both formal and non-formal settings, they feature strong images and thought-provoking quotes. Each poster tackles the issue in a way that young people will understand and relate to, and provides specific, relevant sources of further help, information and support.
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Download: $6.38 This is a set of three, full colour, A2 posters produced by young African-Caribbean women in London and are a lively asset to any classroom or youth centre. They feature positive visual images and powerful honest meassages such as 'we like boys when they take NO for an answer' and 'be what you wanna be', which feature on the other two posters in this set. The set promotes a strong image of young black women and has proven to be successful in stimulating meaningful discussion in work, exploring identity, racism and sexism.
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Print: $23.92 This toolkit enables you to accredit alcohol education work with your young people. Included are sample challenges and targets, session plans and evidence sheets as well as signposts and information for the worker. The Drinkaware Challenge Toolkit is an innovative attempt to engage young people with the issues they themselves face and allow them to develop their own knowledge and skills about the safe and sensible use of alcohol.
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Print: $15.95 Download: $23.92 Basic Skills Toolkit helps young people with basic skills needs and provides a framework that can be integrated into any existing programme with young people. It outlines approaches to setting up and monitoring projects. It looks at the root causes of young people's needs and provides advice on Individual Learning Plans. It's wide range of fun activities help address basic skills including speaking, listening, reading, writing, numeracy and handling data.
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Download: $6.38 This contemporary poster is one of three in a set called Mind Steps. This set of posters can be used in conjunction with anti-bullying programmes to effectively promote anti-bullying policies and to encourage young people to seek help and/or share their problems. Each poster displays supportive messages that can be used as discussion points and to encourage young people to open up and share their concerns.
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Download: $6.38 This contemporary poster is one of three in a set called Mind Steps. This set of posters can be used in conjunction with anti-bullying programmes to effectively promote anti-bullying policies and to encourage young people to seek help and/or share their problems. Each poster displays supportive messages that can be used as discussion points and to encourage young people to open up and share their concerns.
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Download: $6.38 This contemporary poster is one of three in a set called Mind Steps. This set of posters can be used in conjunction with anti-bullying programmes to effectively promote anti-bullying policies and to encourage young people to seek help and/or share their problems. Each poster displays supportive messages that can be used as discussion points and to encourage young people to open up and share their concerns.
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Print: $39.87 Download: $47.85 This versatile toolkit gives workers lots of ideas and examples for planning, delivering and evidencing learning in pereparation for accreditation. Accreditation Toolkit - Taking Part contains over 50 activities and discussion ideas, methods and templates for recording evidence. Young people's partication in the planning of their challenges and the evaluation of learning is integral to this publication. For those registered to deliver bronze level Youth Achievement Awards, this flexible guide supports work within the National Qualifications Framework. It also assists young people to progress toward higher award levels and Every Child Matters outcomes.
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Print: $15.95 Taking the Lead is ideal for those working with young people and young volunteers. It offers stimulating ideas for planning, designing and running youth-led volunteering projects and shows how to recognise and accredit young volunteers through the Youth Achievement Awards. Starting with the basics, it gives ideas to kick-start volunteering while highlighting issues to consider when embarking on youth-led projects. It shows good practice through successful case studies, gives tips and ideas for getting started and involving young people in the decision making process.
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Print: $15.95 This resource provides workers with the clarity of understanding required to assist young people to build a portfolio of learning. Using the approaches outlined, young peoples performance in planning, work layout numeracy and literacy will improve. Portfolio Building contains essential information on methods of planning and presentation of work; collecting and assessing evidence of learning achievements and provides guidelines on the role of the assessor and verifier in accredited learning.
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Print: $23.92 Mind Matters is a popular set of books relating to a mental health issue. The series will raise awareness amongst young people of caring for their own mental health and encourage them to support others experiencing mental health problems. Eash resource bank contains: exploration of the nature of the subject theme; 10 or more activities you can use or adapt to a range of situations to increase young people's understanding of the subject; case study illustrating a successful project. Mind Matters Stress encourages young people to discuss the physical and mental manifestations of stress and its effect on their daily lives. This resource contains effective ways for young people to assess and manage tension.
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Print: $23.92 Mind Matters is a popular set of books each relating to a mental health issue. The series will raise awareness amongst young people of caring for their own mental health and encourage them to support others experiencing mental health problems. Actions will help young people make informed decisions about key issues such as drugs, smoking, alcohol, crime and sex. The activities are designed to empower young people to feel confident enough to assess risks effectively and to act independently of peer group pressure.
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