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Stonecutter: Tips for effective youth work

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Stonecutter: Tips for effective youth work

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In this activity, we would like to give you sime helpful tips and advice when implementing a youth club. And one of the things that can help you is to have a structure and a plan about what you are going to do. So have this in mind and go through it everytime:

  1. Sign in / Register
  2. Pay their nightly contribution of €1 / €1.50 / €2 / €2.50 / €3
  3. They are put into group’s
  4. A leader(s) is allocated to each group
  5. Young people must tell leader when going to shop / toilet etc
  6. Activities begin
  7. Shop is opened (optional)
  8. Clean up
  9. Return home

In some situations you might be wondering about how you can connect or communicate in the direct work with young poeple so the following tips can support you in this:



And now let's think together of ingredients that are needed for a successful programme. Follow this link to a jamboard to add your own ideas. What ingredients would you have on your shopping list?



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The owner of this badge has completed the tasks required for the Stonecutter: Tips for effective youth work activity which forms a part of the learning playlist “Stonecutter: How to set up a youth club”. The skills, knowledge and attitudes gained and demonstrated through completing these tasks include:

  • Gaining knowledge about effective youth work.
  • Finding out about what happens in the youth club and what skills are needed to work there.
  • Reflecting their own definition of effective youth work.

Completing these tasks means they have successfully worked to gain the Tips for effective youth work badge and are now on their way towards achieving the overall “Stonecutter: How to set up a youth club” badge.
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Look at all the information above about the youth club structure, the tips and the ingredients for a successful session in the youth club. What do you think about it? Is anything important to you missing? Did you add an ingredient to the jamboard?

Tell us about it in the text field or upload a screenshot of the ideas you added to the jamboard.
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Youth Work Ireland Midlands

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Youth Work Ireland Midlands
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