Great activity ideas for youth workers

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Working with young adults and children can be very rewording, especially helping disadvantaged or troubled young adults to grow in confidence and develop. Working with our youth should involve having fun. So below you will find a number of activities you could do to develop there personalities and confidence. Sports Activity centers are a great way to get kids into a variety of activities. Sailing, windsurfing, kayaking, canning, orienteering, tree top challengers and climbing are all great sports to do with children and young adults. There are quite a few activity centres around the UK that can offer these activities. One example would be Calshot activity centre near Southampton that is based in an old airport. These sports can be good for every one, with the less able still able to take part. They are fun and help to develop social interaction and confidence in young people. Arts and crafts Arts and crafts are perhaps something that younger children are more likely to enjoy although activities such as juggling or learning to use a Diablo can be fun for all ages. Face painting can be great fun, they can paint a tiger or a Darauf on each other or you can do it for them and they can decide which animal they would most like to be. Why not try something more musical. Given a pile of scrap material, cardboard, paper, plastic, rubber bands, wood, glue, peas, etc... Challenge individuals or groups to make various musical instruments and then take it a stage further and produce a tune. Karting Karting is great fun it does not matter if there are 3 or 30 of you; there is a verity of expenses that you can try depending on your group size. If you have a larger group of around 30 people you can set up and entire competition with your group. You do a number of races and then progress through to the next stages until you have a winner. In this format you generally take turns to each start from a different position on the grid. You take points for each position that you finish and add them up at the end to find the winner. If you go in a smaller group you can often take part in single races or other competitions. It is not with out its risks though and safety is taken seriously. The emphasis is on self responsibility and dangerous behavior will get you chucked off. Days out You can take days out to musicals, plays, comedy or gigs. This will often be influenced by your group’s age, ability and interests. Younger children may enjoy pantomimes at Christmas where as young adults may enjoy comedy or gigs more. You will need to consider the cost of the tickets or attractions and you may need to hire a coach to transport your group to the venue. You should be able to get group discounts on tickets and attractions and some suppliers may offer you additional enticements such as a free meal package. There are also plenty of active days out you may want to consider. These could include, archery, Quad biking, mountain biking, rock climbing Clay shooting and many more. You will still probably need to consider coach hire to transport your group. Short Trips If you want more than one days experience why not create a long weekend for a 3 or 4 day trip. Trips within the UK or the country you live in can be easier to organize as they don’t involve all the other things you need to take into consideration such as passports, travel insurance or foreign medical care. They also avoid the cost of taking flights. You could try camping with activities such as kayaking, visiting an activity center or somewhere simply to relax such as centre parks or a holiday park in Cornwall. Know more about hiring coaches and where you can book tickets and attractions for groups.
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By Robert Meldrum
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