Digital Youth Work

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Impact for Young People

Digital Youth Work is growing across Scotland and our data shows that it is a valuable way to achieve youth work outcomes, help young people develop digital skills and successfully navigate their online lives.

Game Design for Youth Work

Follow the journey of two youth groups who participated in an exciting game design project, funded by the Include+ Network, Get ideas and resources for how to incorporate digital game design activities into your youth work and help tackle digital inclusion.

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Quit Fighting for Likes

Quit Fighting For Likes aims to get young people to think about and discuss attitudes and behaviours around the filming and sharing of violent incidents on social media. e The campaign and resources features a short awareness-raising animation, illustrating the digital world where this content can take place and showing an alternative route to switch off from it.

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Youth Work and Cyber Resilience - What Young People Said

Our report highlights the importance of discussion with young people as a way of building cyber resilience. Young people in youth work focus groups shared their thoughts about online safety and cyber resilience and the issues that they deal with every day in the online world.

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Resources and e-Learning

The Digitalyouthwork.scot website is a great place to start if you are looking for ideas or information. You'll find some of the most relevant resources here, plus learning that is designed specifically for youth workers.

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Digital youth work research

We are gathering data to help us understand how to support digital youth work in Scotland as it becomes a core element in youth work practice.

Digital Youth Work Guidelines

Digital youth work focuses on the digitalisation and digital transformation of the youth work sector and youth work practice. It means using digital media and technology in youth work practice as a tool, an activity, and as content.

Building Cyber Resilience

We have activities, resources and a benchmark that can form the foundation for developing your own resources when it comes to supporting young people to stay safe and secure online.

Digital Youth Network

The Digital Youth Network meets several times a year, sharing practice and developing community around this fast-paced topic. Find out more and join this open network if you deliver digital youth work in Scotland.

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Training and Digital Youth Work Resources

We deliver regular training and events to meet the needs of the youth work sector. Find out about upcoming opportunities and get in touch to discuss needs for in house training. Training includes short in person workshops and a variety of e-learning opportunities.

Digital Makerspaces

Help young people develop tech skills that will enable them contribute in an increasingly digitalised society. Discover how digital makerspaces create positive environments where young people can play, create, have fun and learn together.

Nae Danger

Available for free download, our online multiplayer and virtual reality Nae Danger games offer an interactive way for young people to explore active bystander interventions in real-life scenarios. Developed by No Knives Better Lives.

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