Positive Relationships

Relationships are a hot topic but what exactly is a ‘positive relationship’? This section is packed with ideas to explore all kinds of relationships – including friends, crushes, lovers and those in between – promoting assertiveness, self-respect and ways to support young people to make good choices, including the choice to abstain. Activities include those to consider friendships, relationships with parents / guardians and ways to explore peer pressure, as well as promoting good sexual health and safer sex education.

Activity 38 - My Listening Skills

Downloadable Resource | My Listening Skills
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This self-assessment quiz enables young people to rate their current listening skills and then consider the importance in listening within a relationship.

Activity 37 - Evaluating a Relationship

Downloadable Resource | Evaluating a Relationship
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The purpose of this activity is to raise awareness of what constitutes a good relationship and to help young people learn to evaluate their own relationships.

Activity 36 - Four choices

Downloadable Resource | Four choices
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This activity offers young people four choices to a series of relationship dilemmas and invites opinions, questions and discussion. It also enables facilitators to assess the young people’s values about relationships.

Activity 35 - Three Squares

Vanessa Rogers Downloadable Resource
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This activity enables young people to see how that how we think and communicate is closely related to how we use language.

Activity 34 - Moving On

Vanessa Rogers Downloadable Resource
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This is an exercise that invites young people to share ideas about how to move on and cope after a break
up.

Activity 33 - Evaluating a Relationship

Vanessa Rogers Downloadable Resource
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This is a simple questionnaire to provoke thought and discussion about the components of a positive relationship and to identify areas that need working on.

Activity 32 - Why Do People Break Up

Vanessa Rogers Downloadable Resource
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This activity encourages young people to reflect on why can relationships break down and is a good introduction to further activities that build skills to cope when things go wrong and move on positively.

Activity 31 - Online Break Up

Vanessa Rogers Downloadable Resource
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This activity debates the moral rights and wrongs of posting relationship status updates online.

Activity 28 - What makes a good friend?

Vanessa Rogers Downloadable Resource
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The aim of the activity is to identify the key features of a good friend and to encourage young people to consider what they can offer a potential relationship. It is suitable for use with younger teenagers and those with additional needs.

Activity 27 - Share / Not Share

Vanessa Rogers Downloadable Resource
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This introduces the idea that there are parts of ourselves that we share with different people and bits that we choose to withhold. The aim is for the cards to promote discussion about what is appropriate to share, and who can offer support.

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