Volunteer Training

This course will give you the skills to not only make a wonderful Christmas wreath but also enable you to share those skills to deliver workshops with young people or in your youth clubs. We will deliver step-by-step instructions, starting with a list of all the equipment you will need before the course. We will give you tips on how to keep it low-cost using what you can find outdoors and around the house to make your very own one-of-a-kind Christmas wreath.  

A free 2 hour workshop to build your confidence in simple photographic techniques. We will guide you through composition, manipulation of light and basic edits. No need for any fancy equipment, as a simple camera, tablet or smartphone will suffice. Get your coat, as you will need to be prepared to go outside and take some photographs during the workshop! This session will enable you to: - learn techniques devised to engage young people in photography. - provide activities, which will encourage young people to become more active in nature.

Peer groups play an important role in young people's lives, particularly during adolescence. We will look at the different types of peer pressure and explore some of the possible negative effects this can have on a young person such as unhealthy relationships and getting involved in risky behaviours. We will look at how we can support young people to build strong relationships, make good decisions, and deal with difficult situations

We will explore and discuss some of the core themes associated with feelings, thoughts, and experiences of being, or becoming lonely or isolated We will look at what loneliness means to and how it presents in young people. What influences youth loneliness. How to involve young people and action plan to involve them in making changes. What resources are available to support work with young people.

This workshop will explore young people and self-harm from a youth worker/volunteer role perspective. We will try to understand what self-harm is and why young people self-harm, look at some of the risks involved and discuss how we could support young people and signpost appropriately

This workshop follows on from the LGBTQ mental health workshop, solely focusing on Trans Awareness. We introduce terminology and language affecting the trans community. Explore Gender dysphoria, look at laws and transphobic discrimination, and learn about hate reporting and signposting.

This course looks at the specific link between LGBT and mental health. We unpick the reasons why poor mental health can affect those in the LGBT community more so than other communities. We become familiar with LGBT terminology and meanings and gain a greater confidence in how to be a positive role model and explore practical examples of how to reduce stereotyped negative banter

We will look at what causes anxiety and how, if it continues when we are not in stressful situations, it can impact on our wellbeing and day to day life. As part of the course we explore the interaction between thoughts, feelings and behaviours, how we process and perceive information and look at ways we can support someone with anxiety.

In this workshop we will look at what self-esteem is and understand why this is important in young people. We will look at how the negative and positive decisions young people make can affect their self-esteem, and ways we can support them

This course will look at what mental health is, how poor mental health can impact on a person’s wellbeing and how to recognise some of the symptoms. We will explore some of the stresses young people face, the changes to the brain during adolescence and how society views mental illness and we look at ways to start conversations and support a young person with their mental health.

We all struggle sometimes to deal with behaviour from young people in our settings. This course will explore some of the reasons why young people act the way they do and what we can do to support them in positive change.