Youth Work Resources

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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Guidance, Training/Toolkits/Session Plans
What is Climate Change?
Explore 13 resource modules all on the topic of Climate Change, from the greenhouse effect, to the Paris Agreement.
Guidance
Scottish Government - Outdoor Space Guidance
Guidance and advice for early learning and childcare settings and practitioners on how to access outdoor spaces to create safe, nurturing and inspiring outdoor learning experiences.
Field Studies Council - Case Study
Outdoor learning case study from East Ayrshire
Guidance, Training/Toolkits/Session Plans
Greening the Youth Sector Sustainability Checklist
“Thinking green” is a continuous process, requiring creativity and adaptability. This sustainability checklist serves as a guidelines for integrating sustainability into all aspects of youth sector activities.
Training/Toolkits/Session Plans
Our Bright Future Resources
This page contains good practice guides and resources which have been produced as part of the Our Bright Future Programme, on the theme of sustainability and the environment.
Training/Toolkits/Session Plans
This Must Be the Place Resource Pack
The activities in the learning resource pack will help educators to support children and young people to imagine the place they want Scotland to look like in the future.
Training/Toolkits/Session Plans
Inspiring Scotland Thrive Outdoors Resources
Outdoor play is a life-enhancing experience and we want all of Scotland’s children to thrive outdoors. View a wealth of resources available for you to download and use, so that you can join in with our mission to get all of Scotland’s children outdoors!
Multimedia Content, Training/Toolkits/Session Plans
David Lammy - Climate justice can't happen without racial justice
In a stirring talk about building a new movement to care for the planet, MP David Lammy calls for inclusion and support of Black and minority leadership on climate issues and a global recognition that we can't solve climate change without racial, social and intergenerational justice.
Guidance, Multimedia Content
Dear World Leaders Video
Young people from North Lanarkshire Youth Climate Ambassadors address a series of climate action requests to world leaders.
Case Studies & Good Practice, Multimedia Content
Day in the life - Tree Nursery Assistant
Meet Josie from Scotland’s Young People’s Forest panel. Josie is a tree nursery assistant and this is a day in the life of her job.
Training/Toolkits/Session Plans
John Muir Award
Learn more about the John Muir Award to find out how your young people can be recognised for connecting, enjoying and caring for their wild spaces.
Training/Toolkits/Session Plans
Duke of Edinburgh Climate Change Programme
Theme your DofE programme around combating climate change.