Activities and Resources for Young People
North Ayrshire Young Scot have a fantastic range of information and advice for both youth workers and children and young people themselves.
Our Young Scot web site is packed full with really useful information on things like:
Awards for Young People (Word 24Kb)
Training for Young people (Word 24Kb) including the Young Scot Academy (PDF 2.7Mb)
Youth Council, MSYP and BYC's
One Scotland Card
If you are aged between 11-26 find out what's on on in your area or contact your local community worker (Word 19Kb).
We also have a huge resource base for youth workers to use. Choose from CDs, DVDs, games, laptops, books, workbooks and much more. For information on the North Ayrshire Resource Catalogue (PDF 2.2Mb), or to arrange a visit please contact us.
There is more than one copy of many of the resources. so please ask for additional information on this. Resources can be taken out for a maximum of 3 weeks at a time. Laptops and GPRS can be taken out for 1 week at a time.
We can also offer the following resources as well:
The Mobile Youth Centre (MYC)
An excellent resource for working with small groups of young people. This can be booked (Word 140Kb) out for small groups to deliver sessions.
It has:
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Eight laptops with internet access
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Private consultation area comfy seated area
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Games Console Station
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Training Area for CEOP
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Outside Games
Contact Morag Gemmell on 01294 472251 for more information or to book out MYC. You can also book equipment (Word 43Kb) for MYC.
Consultation and the Pod
We can create an online consultation through the Young Scot Website that can be completed by young people. The consultation can contain as little or as many questions as you like and can also show age, school class and gender among other things. These consultations can also run for as long or as short a time as you require. This can also be used in conjunction with paper consultations that can be uploaded onto the site to give one collated report.
The Pod is a new an up to date method of consulting with young people. It is a stand alone booth that can be uploaded with up to three open ended questions. The Pod gives young people the control to record oral responses and edit them if they want to. This method is a great way to get a full varied response to a question. The broadcast quality camera gives excellent feedback that will be sent back to you as an unedited DVD.
To book the Pod (PDF 91kb) this resource please download the booking form, question sheet and booking requirements and email these back to danderson@north-ayrshire.gov.uk.
Child Exploitation and Online Protection CEOP Training
We have three registered Ambassadors for CEOP who can deliver this programme to young people at your schools.
The ThinkUknow education programme being delivered in your school is a resource developed by CEOP to help children learn about the risks they may encounter whist using the internet other interactive technology. It a number of themes to focus on three key messages;
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How to have fun online;
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How to stay in control online and;
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How to report a problem
Children and young people will be taught how to:
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Recognise and manage potential risks associated with their online activities,
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Behave responsibly online,
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Judge what kind on online relationships are acceptable and unacceptable,
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Recognise when pressures from others in the online environment may threaten their personal safety and wellbeing and how to develop effective ways of resisting pressure,
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How to stay in control and report a problem.
Contact Donna Anderson on 01294 472251 for more information on this project.