Young People and Alcohol National Conference
UK Youth held a national conference on Thursday 21st June 2007 at the MIC Hotel and Conference Centre in London to showcase a non-formal approach to developing alcohol education work with young people. It was aimed at anyone who was looking to develop, and potentially accredit, their alcohol education work with young people. The conference was attended by a total of 130 delegates, facilitators and staff.
At the conference, we launched the Drinkaware Challenges, a project which has been funded by the Big Lottery Fund to enable UK Youth and the Drinkaware Trust to provide youth workers with the resources and support to help young people make informed decisions about alcohol.
Delegates had the opportunity to hear a range of key note speakers, attend practical workshops on the theme and took away a copy of the new Drinkaware Challenges Resource, a toolkit of sample YAA challenges and targets as well as activities and guidance.
- To download the Conference Report, please click here
- To download the Conference Flyer, please click here
- To download the Expression of Interest Form for the Drinkaware Challenges Funding, please click here
Presentations and Reports
- Plenery Presentation by John Bateman, please click here
- Plenery Presentation by Kevin Byrne, please click here
- Plenery Presentation by Andrew Cummings, please click here
- Presentation by Yvonne Richards, please click here
- Young People and Alcohol Consultation Project 2006-7 Final Report, please click here
Youth Volunteering and the Youth Achievement Awards Regional Seminars
UK Youth’s Youth Volunteering and the Youth Achievement Awards Seminars took place on Thursday 7th June 2007 in Birmingham, Tuesday 12th June 2007 in York and Thursday 14th June 2007 in London. These one day seminars focussed on the use of UK Youth’s Youth Achievement Awards as a means of accrediting the work of young volunteers across England.
The target audience for the conference was face-to-face workers, development officers and managers involved in delivering part time and full time volunteering opportunities to young people.
Delegates had the opportunity to attend 2 workshops in addition to a YAA Surgery session designed to answer specific queries and issues about using the awards with young volunteers. Delegates also received a free copy of UK Youth’s new publication Taking the Lead – Youth Led Volunteering and a copy of the booklet More Ways to Use UK Youth’s YAA with Young Volunteers.
- To download the Seminar Report, please click here
- To download the Seminar Flyer, please click here
- To download the Expression of Interest Form for the Accenture Funding, please click here
Past Events
UK Youth's Youth Achievement Awards National Conference- 20-21 September 2006
This two day residential conference took place on Wednesday 20th September to Thursday 21st September 2006 at The Hayes Conference Centre in Derbyshire. The conference was attended by 74 delegates and 17 staff. There was an option to attend one of the pre-conference Introduction to Youth Achievement Awards training days - these were attended by 32 delegates.
We had two presentations delivered by young people on day one. Vicky Frazer-Morris and Wendy Maddocks from Birmingham Association of Youth Clubs gave a presentation on their involvement with the Youth Achievement Awards. Kelly Brookes and Ian Duffy from Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council Youth Service gave a presentation on how they achieved their Gold Level Youth Achievement Award and gave helpful advice to youth workers from a young person’s perspective.
- To download the Conference Report, please click here
- To download the Conference Flyer, please click here
Workshop Presentations:
Youth Achievement Awards Network Conference-
14-15 September 2005
This two day residential conference took place on Wednesday 14th September to The conference was attended by 88 delegates and 18 staff. Charlotte Wells, a young Youth Worker from Leicestershire spoke about her experience of completing her Platinum Youth Achievement Award. Naomi England and Tony Bryne young peer workers from Youth Action Northern Ireland spoke about supporting young people to complete their Youth Achievement Awards in an arts centre.
Youth Cymru, Youth Scotland, UK Youth and ASDAN also made presentations. There was a space for workers to talk about their experiences with the Awards. We would like to thank Sandy Desborough, Lorraine Miller, Martyn Lawrenson, and Zuhra Bahman who presented on the open floor.
- To download the Conference Report, please click here
- To download the Conference flyer, please click here
Youth Achievement Awards Accreditation for Young Disabled People Conference
6th April 2005
The Youth Achievement Awards Accreditation for Young Disabled People Conference took place on Wednesday 6
th April 2005 at Oxford House in London. This one day conference focused on accreditation for young disabled people through the youth achievement awards within informal and non-formal education.
The conference was attended by 95 delegates and 19 staff and speakers. Young people from Sefton Youth Service, Pioneers Youth Forum and BID Services with Deaf People presented their work with the Youth Achievement Awards at our Showcase.
- To download the Conference Report, please click here
- To download the Conference flyer, please click here
