YAA Resources

In this section

1. Guidelines to the Youth Achievement Awards
2. Support materials for Portfolio Building
3. Support materials for Challenges
4. 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. Please click here for a summary of the changes to the Guidelines.

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- Further Information about the Awards

This section contains the following chapters:

• Key Terms used in the Awards
• Acknowledgement and Further Reading
• Contact Details

SECTION F- APPENDIX

Youth Challenges

• Internal Checklist
• Certificate Request Form

Youth Achievement Awards

• Internal Checklist
• External Moderation Form
• External Moderation Form- Postal Moderation
• External Moderation Feedback Form

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:

• Get Going Toolkit- PDF
• Get Going Toolkit- Word

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.

• Challenge Certificate
  

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.

• Guidence to using the Sample Challenges
• UK Youth Sample Bronze and Silver Youth Achievement Awards Challenges - complete collection.
• Welcoming Achievement Awards Sample Challenges
• Sample Bronze Youth Achievement Awards Challenge- Join a local Brownie Group
• Sample Bronze Youth Achievement Awards Challenge- Becoming a Leader in a Brownie Group
• Sample Bronze Youth Achievement Awards Challenge- Being Part of a YAA Awards Group.
• Sample Bronze Youth Achievement Awards Challenge- Develop Communication Skills
• Sample Bronze Youth Achievement Awards Challenge- Helping out at the Youth Club
• Sample Bronze Youth Achievement Awards Challenge- Journey Into Motherhood
• Sample Bronze Youth Achievement Award Challenge- Health & Development of a Baby
• Sample Bronze Youth Achievement Awards Challenge- Improve Time Management Skills and Plan Activities
• Sample Bronze Youth Achievement Awards Challenge- Performing in a Pantomine
• Sample Silver Youth Achievement Awards Challenge- Barge Trip
• Sample Silver Youth Achievement Awards Challenge- Summer Camp
• Sample Silver Youth Achievement Awards Challenge- Be an active member of a committee
• Sample Silver Youth Achievement Awards Challenge- Involved in the Livability Project
• Sample Silver Youth Achievement Awards Challenge- Learn to surf
• Sample Silver Youth Achievement Awards Challenge- Mobile Bus Project
• Sample Youth Challenge Portfolio

Promotional Material

Please click on the links below to download the promotional material for the Youth Challenges and Youth Achievement Award.

• A4 Youth Achievement Award Poster
• Youth Achievement Awards Adult Leaflet