Community Participation & Citizenship

This is an opportunity for young people to define and explore the different communities they belong to and celebrate diversity.

This is an activity to use with young people to demonstrate the wide range of projects and activities they could get involved in that make a positive contribution.

This activity enables young people to reflect on the skills required for leadership, before taking part in a voting process.

This activity offers young people the opportunity to build skills to present & record information gathered through peer consultation.

If the group is large, divide it into smaller groups (maximum 15), with a facilitator for each group

This is a group activity to raise awareness of community issues based around the mythical town of Home Town. Young people can adapt this to focus on issues in their own area.

This is an activity that can be developed over several sessions to raise awareness about community issues, explore campaigning and develop assertiveness and debating skills.

This is a role-play exercise about group decision making. You will need a group of six to ten young people for it to be really effective.

This is an activity to explore environmental citizenship and encourage young people to get involved.

This quiz assesses the level of knowledge within the group and raises awareness about local and global concerns.