Community Participation & Citizenship

Increasingly agencies are looking to consult with young people and encourage their active involvement in shaping the services that affect them. This section offers a range of resources to explore active citizenship, motivating young people to get involved in their communities, support volunteering, develop peer mentoring and bring about positive change.

Activity 51 - Stereotypes and barriers

Youth Work Resource | Co-production puzzle
£0.79
This small group activity encourages young people to air their views about different public services and explore any stereotypes or pre-conceptions they may have that could prevent them using them.

Activity 50 - Co-production puzzle

Youth Work Resource | Co-production puzzle
£0.79
This exercise expands on the task undertaken in Activity 48. It is based on the format of many Reality TV shows and enables young people to begin to understand the kinds of prioritised decisions made by local councils who have limited resources.

Activity 49 - Public services teambuilding exercise

Youth Work Resource | Name the service
£0.79
This exercise expands on the task undertaken in Activity 48. It is based on the format of many Reality TV shows and enables young people to begin to understand the kinds of prioritised decisions made by local councils who have limited resources.

Activity 48 - Gimme shelter

Youth Work Resource | Name the service
£0.79
This is a team-building exercise to build a basic shelter and begin discussions about essential public services.

Activity 47 - Name the service

Youth Work Resource | Name the service
£0.79
This activity demonstrates the wide range of public and community organisations that offer a service for children and young people.

Activity 46 - Four Corner Debate

Youth Work Resource | Four Corner Debate
£0.79

This debate activity aims to give young people the opportunity to offer their views on an issue that interests them, and put together an assertive argument to support it.

Activity 45 - Four Words

Youth Work Resource | Four Words
£0.79

This activity encourages young people to explore the concept behind the word, ‘JUSTICE’, and find out what it means to them.

Activity 44 - Active Listening Energiser

Youth Work Resource | Active Listening Energiser
£0.79

This is a fast paced energiser that highlights the need for active listening in order to fully understand and complete a task correctly.

Activity 43 - Active Citizenship

Youth Work Resource | Active Citizenship
£0.79

This is a warm up activity to open up discussions about citizenship and what it means.

Activity 42 - Citizenship Bingo

Youth Work Resource | Citizenship Bingo
£0.79

This is a warm up activity to open up discussions about citizenship and what it means.

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