How To Plan A Youth Retreat Book
Since we launched Youth Workin’ It, many people have found our site by searching on Google for youth retreat ideas, youth retreat themes, etc. There seemed to be a large need out there for people planning a youth retreat, but there didn’t seem to be anything for them. We’ve therefore produced How To Plan A Youth [...]
Youth Worker Training
Shae has delivered training in the US, UK and Rwanda. She has a lot of experience with small and large group facilitation. Her public-speaking and group facilitation style is fun, interesting, practical and real. The training she delivers is practical and all the exercises and theory presented can be replicated with young people. She includes group [...]
Workplace Supervision
The What’s and What Not’s of Workplace Supervision: What it is: A safe place for encouraging the reflective practitioner inside A structured time to focus on areas of strength and development in your youth work practice, your program management and your wider organization A space for bouncing ideas, venting frustrations, exploring solutions and creating an [...]
The Youth Workin’ It Team
Shae Pepper, Managing Director & Professional Youth Worker and Stephen Pepper, Operations Director & Volunteer Youth Worker Read More
4 Ways To Preserve Youth Work Memories
Don’t forget all these special times I was sitting at my desk wondering what to write about this week. As I looked around I saw all the notes, pictures and memories from just one year of youth work on my office walls. I have over 20 drawings, notes, fan mail papers and photos and I began to wonder what I’d do with them all at the end of the summer when I’ll need new space for the next year’s youth work memories. This may seem like a crazy post. Maybe you’re...
How To Play Would You Rather
Would You Rather… be Rudolph or Santa? We’re starting a new series where we’re going to be providing a set of Would You Rather questions each week. Before we do that though, we thought it’d be best to provide some instructions on how to play Would You Rather. Why It’s Great It’s one of the best youth group games out there for many reasons: You don’t need any resources, so it’s perfect for times when you have a few spare minutes with young...
Ready, Aim, Starburst! – Youth Group Games
Image courtesy of cbcastro, Flickr Ready, Aim, Starburst! is a great youth group game because of its versatility – there are many different ways to play it based on how many young people you have participating. Here’s how to play it: Resources Large bag of Starburst candy Masking tape or sidewalk chalk Pen & paper (optional – to keep track of scores) Location Ready, Aim, Starburst! can be played both indoors and outdoors. To make it easier to prepare though, we’d...
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