Resources

Community planning and involvement

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Circle Time for Adolescents

SMITH, C, Lucky Duck Publishing, ISBN: 0131 527 8200 , 14-16 year-olds. The fourth addition to her series of books about Circle Time in the Secondary School, this addresses the transition from Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 4 and considers the dip in achievement especially evident amongst boys. The seven sessions consider issues such as: Co-operation; Conflict and anger management; Relationships; Hopes and aspirations; Stress and stress management. Detailed facilitator notes and copiable resources are included in the book. £15.99

www.luckyduck.co.uk

Circus skills: a training, support and development needs survey of participation workers

KILGOUR, K. (2002). London: Carnegie Young People Initiative. 36pp. Participation Workers are employed to facilitate young people's participation in public decision making. Their work uses a range of participation strategies, including group work, youth councils, consultation groups, committees, advocacy groups, media and the arts. This report looks at research carried out in England and Wales in 2001, into the training, support and development needs of Participation Workers. The findings indicate that there is support for the establishment of a Participation Workers Service which would provide advice, support training and networking opportunities. Recommendations for the structure and functions of this service are explored in the report. DOWNLOADABLE

Carnegie Trust

Citizenship in Youthwork

(2003) HMIe. In 2002, The Scottish Executive Education Department commissioned HM Inspectorate of Education to examine and report on three areas of youth work: The development of active citizenship via the contribution of youth forums and similar mechanisms; Cross-sectoral work between voluntary and statutory sector providers; and Local planning mechanisms such as youth strategies, thematic community learning plans and children's service plans.This report evaluates the effectiveness of work in these three areas. It identifies examples of good practice and suggests actions for those working with young people to promote further improvement. Practice examined includes: student councils; youth conferences and forums; youth councils, peer education; youth participation; and engagement in economic and in cultural activity.

www.hmie.gov.uk

Connect Youth Full-Circle

(early 2007).2pp. A summary of the work of the Connect Youth Network, which has now disbanded. A key success was assisting in the creation of the Scottish Youth Parliament, which now has a core staff team of 6, supporting 120 MSYPs. A key aspect of Connect Youth was affording the opportunity for practitioners to network, share information and support the work of the Scottish Youth Parliament as well as local participation models and structures. The Scottish Youth Parliament has set up a support network for those supporting MSYPs and is currently negotiating partnership agreements with a number of local authorities and national voluntary organisations to ensure a consistent level of support to MSYPs. YouthLink Scotland will continue to support practitioners engaged in youth participation through an electronic network, and by providing other opportunities to network.

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Connexions

This is the Government's support service for all young people aged 13 to 19 in ENGLAND. It also provides support up to the age of 25 for young people who have learning difficulties or disabilities (or both). Through multi-agency working, Connexions provides information, advice, guidance etc. for young people. It is currently (1/07) going through a process of transition. Children's trusts (in England) are being established in each local authority area and the funding that currently goes directly to each of the 47 Connexions partnerships will go directly to each of the 150 local authority areas by April 2008.

The Connexions website is therefore no longer being developed. It has, however, some useful resources. There are a number of documents which detail efforts to connect with young people who for many reasons may be less confident. Go to publications, go to' Delivering Connexions - guidance, consultation and reports',for examples such as:

Faith and Young People; Connexions Youth Charter: Guidance for Practitioners and Young People; Good Practice Guide on Involving Young People in the Governance of Connexions as Decision-Makers for Partnerships; Involving Hard to Reach Young People in the Connexions Service - Why involve the hard to reach?; Achievement of Black Caribbean Pupils; Information and Guidance on Engaging Young Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People - and more.

www.connexions.gov.uk

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