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We know that good youth work requires good youth work resources. That’s why we’re continuing to build a comprehensive library of toolkits, lesson plans, publications, professional frameworks, case studies and guidance to help you improve your youth work practice. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Let us know.

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Training/Toolkits/Session Plans
Climate Anxiety Discussion Guide
This 4-module lesson plan aims to help you facilitate conversations about the climate crisis while safeguarding young people, navigating strong feelings, and fostering emotional resilience.
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Climate Icebreakers & Conversation Starters
It can be difficult to start conversations about climate change, especially with young people. In this resource, you'll find some handy ideas for conversation starters, discussion questions and games to help you break the ice.

Publications & Research, Training/Toolkits/Session Plans
Greening the Youth Sector
A checklist developed by the EU-Council of Europe youth partnership for youth organisations and projects to help them make their activities and processes greener.

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Policy & Consultations
Youth Work Leader's Position Statement on Education Reform
Youth Work Leaders' vision and recommendations for Education Reform

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Policy & Consultations, Publications & Research
Putting Learners at the Centre
Towards a future vision for Scottish Education
Publications & Research, Training/Toolkits/Session Plans
This Must be the Place
This Must be the Place is an interactive invitation to imagine a sustainable future Scotland. During the second half of 2020, Nesta’s Scotland team worked with some of the people helping to design Scotland’s response to the climate emergency to create shared visions of a sustainable Scotland.
Case Studies & Good Practice
Employability Case Study - North Ayrshire
Effective employability support for young people in North Ayrshire
Case Studies & Good Practice
Employability Case Study - South Lanarkshire
The project aims to take some of the most disengaged young people, aged between 11 and 17, out of the school environment to offer an alternative (part time) curriculum in a community setting.

Training/Toolkits/Session Plans
Toolkit for Intersectional Movement Building
This toolkit, written and assembled by volunteers from across the Young Friends of the Earth Europe network, brings together intersectionality and climate justice with a series of practical tips, workshops and more.
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Exploring Climate Justice: a Human Rights Based Approach
This toolkit provides an introduction into what climate justice is, it's relationship to human rights, and some learning activities to engage young people with the topic.
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Climate Leadership - Digital
This document is 1 of 3 handbooks in Groundwork's Climate Leadership series. This handbook will cover everything you need to know when it comes to engaging with young people about climate change when using social media.
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Evaluating Environmental Projects
This resource will provide youth workers with advice and a framework to help you think about the conversations you need to have to support evaluation of your youth groups’ climate social action projects.
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