Year of Young People 2018: Toolkit for schools and CLD groups

Published 28/03/2018.  Last updated 11/04/2023
sourceLearning resources groupsCommunity Learning and Development (CLD)

This toolkit will give you some ideas about how your school or youth group can get involved, in the Year of Young People (YoYP), if you aren’t already. It provides information on the aims and themes of the YoYP - telling you what’s happening already. It has a few case studies of schools that are already using the YoYP to involve children and young people in some really exciting work.

How to use this resource

YoYP provides an opportunity to change perceptions of young people, and to increase their voice in shaping their communities.

School is one of the environments in which children and young people spend the majority of their time. School not only has a significant impact on the later outcomes for children and young people but also impacts on their current wellbeing, sense of self and their contribution to society. Since children and young people are the main recipients of all that our schools offer and deliver, they should be actively involved and engaged in discussions and activities that affect how schools run. The aims of the Year of Young People can help schools to become more aware of the key role and the breadth of ways that young people can become engaged in shaping their communities (including the school community)

A whole school approach to pupil participation and engagement is needed to ensure that young people are not involved in a tokenistic way in decisions that affect them and in shaping the culture and ethos of the school. The whole school community including staff, parents, partners and children and young people should recognise the active part that children and young people can play in shaping their local community and in how they as a school community can facilitate this process.​

The aims of the YoYP also fit well with the national youth work outcomes and Celebrating young people and youth workers in the Year of Young People 2018 is a key priority of the National Youth Work Strategy 2014-2019.​

Improvement questions​​

  1. How is your school or youth group getting involved in the Year of Young People?
  2. How are you using the aims and themes of YoYP? In particular, how are you encouraging young people to have their views heard and acted upon?
  3. How are you evaluating the impact of your YoYP activities – both during 2018 and beyond?​​

Downloads​

PDF file: YoYP 2018 aims and themes (136 KB)

PDF file: Some ideas to build on the aims of YoYP 2018 (309 KB)

PDF file: Further advice, support and information (157 KB)

Excel file: YoYP local contacts (23 KB​)

Year of Young People 2018: Toolkit for schools and CLD groups

Published 28/03/2018.  Last updated 11/04/2023
sourceLearning resources groupsCommunity Learning and Development (CLD)

This toolkit will give you some ideas about how your school or youth group can get involved, in the Year of Young People (YoYP), if you aren’t already. It provides information on the aims and themes of the YoYP - telling you what’s happening already. It has a few case studies of schools that are already using the YoYP to involve children and young people in some really exciting work.

How to use this resource

YoYP provides an opportunity to change perceptions of young people, and to increase their voice in shaping their communities.

School is one of the environments in which children and young people spend the majority of their time. School not only has a significant impact on the later outcomes for children and young people but also impacts on their current wellbeing, sense of self and their contribution to society. Since children and young people are the main recipients of all that our schools offer and deliver, they should be actively involved and engaged in discussions and activities that affect how schools run. The aims of the Year of Young People can help schools to become more aware of the key role and the breadth of ways that young people can become engaged in shaping their communities (including the school community)

A whole school approach to pupil participation and engagement is needed to ensure that young people are not involved in a tokenistic way in decisions that affect them and in shaping the culture and ethos of the school. The whole school community including staff, parents, partners and children and young people should recognise the active part that children and young people can play in shaping their local community and in how they as a school community can facilitate this process.​

The aims of the YoYP also fit well with the national youth work outcomes and Celebrating young people and youth workers in the Year of Young People 2018 is a key priority of the National Youth Work Strategy 2014-2019.​

Improvement questions​​

  1. How is your school or youth group getting involved in the Year of Young People?
  2. How are you using the aims and themes of YoYP? In particular, how are you encouraging young people to have their views heard and acted upon?
  3. How are you evaluating the impact of your YoYP activities – both during 2018 and beyond?​​

Downloads​

PDF file: YoYP 2018 aims and themes (136 KB)

PDF file: Some ideas to build on the aims of YoYP 2018 (309 KB)

PDF file: Further advice, support and information (157 KB)

Excel file: YoYP local contacts (23 KB​)