Youth Achievement Awards
*With
100% more love than the next leading youth peer led group*
The Youth Achievement Award
Scheme is run on a Monday evening and membership is covered by the same subsciption
paid to the Woodcraft Folk for the regular Friday night club. It is classed
as 'informal' learning and, although there is a structure to it, it is preferred
by many children to school work. There are no text books and no 'teachers'
as such.
There are four levels that
can be completed in any order. These are Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum.
The Bronze award requires
young people to take part in groups in four challenges of 15 hours each with
the assistance of a youth worker.
The Silver award requires young people
to take an active role in planning and completing another four challenges
of 15 hours each, still with the assistance of a youth worker but to a lesser
degree. This is usually done in pairs.
The Gold award requires
young people to lead the activities and this time there are 6 challenges of
15 hours each. The youth workers role is now that of mentor and advisor on
health and safety and similar issues.
The Platinum award
requires young people to plan and lead the activities which can consist of
6 challenges of 15 hours each, 3 of 30 hours each or a personal development
plan.
The challenges are chosen
from three main categories; Interests, Concerns and Your Future.
Interests can include; Sports
and Recreation; Creative and Performing Arts; Outdoor Adventure.
Concerns can include; Health;
Relationships; Rights and Responsibilities; The Environment; Action in your
Community; The International Community.
Your Future can include;
Independant Living; Being a Parent; Managing Money; Skills you want to Learn;
Skills you want to Share; Information Technology; Enterprise or Making a Living.
The current attendance at
the Youth Achievement Award Scheme is around 12 or 13. The Youth Achievement
Award Scheme is about socializing and learning at the same time. Activities
are organised to involve the members taking part and completing a minimum
of 15 hours per activity.
On this page there are pictures
of activities that we have all taken part in; some national, some international.
Some of the activities that have been
organised over the last year are:
| Tall Ships
Race: Two people from our group have participated in this event in 2005
organised by Youth Clubs Hampshire and Isle of Wight. They started out
from Southampton and went to Ireland and France. The previous year was
a trip to Denmark. |
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Running
a Fairtrade Cafe at the Liss Triangle Centre. This was a very successful
evening with a lot of the parents staying to sample all of the food and
drinks on offer. Fairtrade is a way of ensuring that the people who grow
and produce these goods get a fair price for their work. |
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First Aid and Casualty Simulation
Course:
The detailed and gory pictures
on the right are faked, may I say (still cool though).
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Helping
out at the Elfins group on a Friday night as
part of the Foundation level of the Playworker Course. |
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Sponsored Walks:
We have so far organised two very
successful sponsored walks at Marwell Zoo for Tigers and Orang-utans.
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These are just a few of
the things we do. To join us, click here.
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