Heres a film of some adults from all over the UK who took part in a training course in Nottingham. The training aims were to provide guidance, practical ideas and resources to the adults who work with young people in sport, to guide them along a pathway to participation, volunteering and leadership. undefined
Short film with two groups from the Youth Act programme who took part in some YoMo training at Hebden Bridge. One group is intending to raise awareness about crime and the other hopes to challenge the negative image of young people.
You may have already seen the films of the Candidate Speeches for Cheshire Youth Parliament. Before the young people standing for election get to this point they attend a Candidates Weekend. All young people in Cheshire can attend the Candidates Weekend and over 2 days we provide some training to help young people consider whether they really want to stand for election, and if so what they would stand for.
Some of the criticisms of the Youth Parliament system are that its not truly representative and that the people that get elected are just elected on the basis of how many friends they’ve got. The Youth Voice team in Cheshire have been working really hard to ensure this isn’t what happens up there. Prior to the weekend they organise meetings at youth clubs in each region to encourage young people to attend the training. The training activities we use include (more…)
Fenny is one of the children involved with the Grace Orphan Project and is the first of the children who kindly agreed to do an interview with us last month.
Mike Amos-Simpson is the author of several resources designed to support young peoples personal development through participation in community activities.
Previously he designed and managed a national youth programme providing practical training to inspire young people living in areas of deprivation to organise community projects and activities.