(Volunteers) Stonecutter - How to set up a youth club

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This Learning Playlist supports you on your way to set up a youth club affiliated with Youth Work Ireland Midlands.
You can learn what is youth work about, which steps you need to consider and how to build up a committee. You will be lead through this step by step and recieve helpful material and check lists to stay on track. 
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You might be wondering why this playlist is called "stonecutter". Check out the short story below and relate it to youth work. What do you think about it?
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If you would like to know more about this platform, the Cities and Regions of Learninf network and OpenBadges, follow this link to another activity that explains all of it. 
This is what you need to know for now to take part in the Stonecutte Learning Playlist: 
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Activities to complete

Complete the following activities, earn badges and you will see your playlist progress updated

Stonecutter: What is youth work?

Mandatory

10 minutes

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Stonecutter: Steps to setting up a youth club

Mandatory

Unknown duration

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Stonecutter: Tips for effective youth work

Mandatory

15 minutes

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Stonecutter: A good committee

Mandatory

10 minutes

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Content

When opening a youth club, a committee is a key element - but what is a committee?
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Now you have an idea about how a committee works but what does it make a good committee? We would like to hear your ideas about it. Follow the link to the padlet where you already find some ideas which you can comment on and where you can add your own concepts of a good committee.
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This way you can participate in the playlist and the individual activities: 
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Log in (or create a free account if you are using the platform for the first time).
Click on "participate" in the playlist. The playlist is now saved in your account and you can view your progress. 
Look at the individual activities in the playlist. Click on participate to start the activity. Read through the activity and engage with the tasks and learning experiences. You will find all the websites and documents mentioned under 'materials' in the activity.
For each activity you complete, you will receive a digital badge: upload a proof, e.g. a photo or a screenshot, or write your answer to a question in the text field.﻿
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Stonecutter: A good committee Get this badge

The owner of this badge has completed the tasks required for the A good committee activity which forms a part of the learning playlist Stonecutter: Steps to set up a youth club.  The skills, knowledge and attitudes gained and demonstrated through completing these tasks include: 
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learning about the meaning of a committee.
reflecting on what a good committee is about.
sharing ideas about a good committee with others. 
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Completing these tasks means they have successfully worked to gain the A good committee badge and are now on their way towards achieving the overall Stonecutter: Steps to set up a youth club badge. 

Tasks

Task no.1

Evidence verified by: one activity organiser

What is a good committee in your eyes? Take a screenshot of the ideas or comments you added to the padlet or reflect on it here by writing your thoughts in the text field!

Stonecutter: Committee roles

Mandatory

15 minutes

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Skills

ESCO

#promote local youth work

Activities: 5

Started: 1

Completed playlist: 0

Time to complete: 50 minutes

Organisers

Youth Work Ireland Midlands

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