In this section
- Guidelines to the Youth Achievement Awards
- Support materials for Portfolio Building
- Support materials for Challenges
- Promotional Materials
Guidelines to the Youth Challenges and Youth Achievement Awards
The Guidelines have been updated to reflect changes in the Youth Challenges and Youth Achievement Awards. To download the Guidelines to the Youth Challenges and Youth Achievement Awards as a complete document, please click here
Section A- Introduction to Youth Challenges and Youth Achievement Awards
This section contains the following chapters:
- Introduction to the Awards
- A Curriculum Development Approach
- The Levels of the Awards
- The Structure of the Awards
- Registration to run the Awards
SECTION B- Key People Involved in Supporting the Delivery of the Youth Challenges and the Youth Achievement Awards
This section contains the following chapters:
- The Young Person
- The Award Group
- The Award Group Worker
- The Agency Moderator
- The External Moderator
- From Planning an Award Challenge to Receiving a Certificate – Key People Involved
SECTION C- The Process of Running the Youth Challenges and the Youth Achievement Awards
This section contains the following chapters:
- What is a Challenge?
- What is a Target?
- Planning and Completing Challenges
- The Award Booklets - recording the process
- Portfolios - evidencing the process
- Examples of Portfolio Evidence
- Young people with Specific Requirements
- Accrediting Prior Learning
- Providing Evidence of Prior Learning
- Progression Within the Awards
- Progression to Qualifications
SECTION D- Moderation of the Youth Challenges and the Youth Achievement Awards
This section contains the following chapters:
- The Moderation of the Youth Challenges Award
- Stage 1- Challenge Group Assessment and Recommendation for Moderation
- Stage 2- Internal Moderation
- Stage 3- External Moderation
- The Moderation of the Youth Achievement Award
- Stage 1 - Award Group Assessment and
Recommendation for Moderation - Stage 2 - Internal Moderation
- Stage 3 - External Moderation
- The Appeals Procedure
SECTION E- Junior Achievement Awards
- Introduction to the Junior Achievement Award
- Requirements for delivering the JAA
- Evidencing and Assessing the JAA
- JAA Equal Opportunity Monitoring
SECTION F- Further Information about the Awards
This section contains the following chapters:
- Key Terms used in the Awards
- Acknowledgement and Further Reading
- Contact Details
SECTION G - SCQF Learning Outcomes for the Youth Achievement Awards
- Bronze
- Silver
- Gold
- Platinum
SECTION H- APPENDIX
Youth Challenges
Youth Achievement Awards
Support Materials for Portfolio Building
Get Going Toolkit
Get Going! is a new resource developed to support young people taking part in a structured learning programme such as the Youth Achievement Awards. It provides tips and information on producing a Personal Development Plan.
The resource, which has been produced by Daron Oram is written in the style of a workbook so young people can build it up as they progress through, and when completed it can be used as evidence towards their first Platinum challenge.
To download the Get Going Toolkit, please click on the links below:
Toolkit
The Toolkit is a set of worksheets to help young people collect evidence and build portfolios these sheets are produced in word and a picture/symbols format. To download the Toolkit, please click here
Support Materials for Challenges
Challenge Certificate
The Award Group should present their peers with their Challenge certificate once they feel that the challenge and the evidence is complete. These can then be included with the young person's portfolio. The certificates give young people a feeling of progression and achievement on what can sometimes seem like quite a long haul of a commitment. We recommend that you print the certificates onto card of a minimum of 120 grams density.
Please note we also have ready-printed challenge certificates available for purchase in packs of 50. You can obtain these by contacting Kerry Pedder at UK Youth.
Sample Challenges
The following links contain sample challenges that were created by UK Youth and sample challenges from portfolios that were completed by young people.
Promotional Material
Please click on the links below to download the promotional material for the Youth Challenges and Youth Achievement Award.
