Title: Farrelly, J., Dunne, C. and Doyle, G. Essential Guides for Good Youth Work Practice. Dublin: City of Dublin Youth Service Board

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: Ireland

Content: This Toolkit provides a clear and accessible blueprint for best practice in youth work and is designed to be used in all aspects of youth work delivery ranging from voluntary clubs and groups to regional youth services with employed staff. These essential guidelines cover three areas of youth work practice: Youth worker and young person, Programme provision and development, Policy and service development.

Title: SALTO-YOUTH

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: European Union/Germany

Content: SALTO-YOUTH is a network of 8 Resource Centres working on European priority areas within the youth field. It provides youth work and training resources and organises training and contact-making activities to support organisations and National Agencies within the frame of the European Commission's Youth in Action programme and beyond

Title: European Confederation of Youth Clubs, Training for Open Youth Work

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: European Union

Content: The vision of the European Confederation of Youth Clubs (ECYC) is to empower young people through open youth work and non-formal learning in order to promote democratic and civil society and to encourage young people to be actively involved in their communities.

The vision of the European Confederation of Youth Clubs (ECYC) is to empower young people through open youth work and non-formal learning in order to promote democratic and civil society and to encourage young people to be actively involved in their communities.

Training for Open Youth Work consists of:

Training: Here you will find all the information you need to access training modules. You can download these documents and access related content and information. In addition to the training modules.

Research: ECYC aims to keep track of European youth research as well as conduct its own small studies around different topics of common concern. Here you can find articles, study results and tools to use these research materials as resources in your work.

Forum: You can also use the Discussion Forums to share ideas about youth work issues, training, and chat with other people all over Europe.

Resources: All the different methods, tools and activities can be found separately from the training modules in this section.

Title: Community Tool Box

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: United States of America

Content: The Tool Box provides over 6,000 pages of practical information to support your work in promoting community health and development. The core of the Tool Box is the "topic sections" that include practical guidance for the different tasks necessary to promote community health and development. For instance, there are sections on leadership, strategic planning, community assessment, grant writing, and evaluation to give just a few examples. Each section includes a description of the task, advantages of doing it, step-by-step guidelines, examples, checklists of points to review, and training materials.

Title: Youth Work Village.

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: Australia

Content: This Toolbox has been designed for vocational workers in the community services sector in the following types of services: families and children support, social/home support, community action/development, residential accommodation, health related work, labour market programs, acute care.

The resources of the Toolbox have been designed so learners take an active and constructive role in their own learning. Every competency on the Toolbox contains a mix of learning activities, learning support mechanisms and content. The learning activities have been constructed to engage the learner in the content within the context of 'real world' tasks.

The resources of the Toolbox reside in a "Village" setting and learners will move about the Village as they construct their own learning and undertake learning activities. The content of the Toolbox has been designed to make use of the web environment by using a variety of media. Text-based content has been kept to a minimum and visual materials have been included. The resources in the Library allow learners to access a broad range of information sources beyond the learning unit content.

Title: National Youth Council of Ireland Why Don't We? - Youth Participation Resource Pack

Year: 2007 Country: Ireland

Content: "Why Don't We?" is designed to be used in an informal environment by both young people and youth work practitioners. Many of the activities and reflective exercises are action based and require participation by all members of the group (both adults and young people) to be fully effective. We have included a wide range of case studies highlighting real life youth participation activities in action and focus very much on the views of young people and youth practitioners who are getting more involved. It is also designed to make participation fun.

Title: National Youth Council of Ireland Access All Areas: A Diversity Toolkit for the Youth Work Sector

Year: 2012 Country: Ireland

Content: Access All Areas Toolkit has been designed to be used by trained youth workers, by volunteer youth leaders, by directors and managers of youth services and others working with children and young people. It invites you to look at what support you need - at both leader and organisational level - to make sure that all young people in your community feel they belong and are actively participating in society.

A series of interactive chapters will enable an individual or a group to see the level of access they are providing to all young people, especially those from minority ethnic communities, young Travellers, lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender young people, young people with a disability, early school leavers, young people involved in the juvenile justice system, young parents and young people with mental health issues.

Title: Youth Work Ireland, Youth Work Ireland Equality Policy: Ensuring Rights are a Reality, Dublin: Irish Youth Work Press

Year: 2010 Country: Ireland

Content: This policy provides a framework of principles for the Youth Work Ireland and its Member Youth Services to promote equality of access and opportunity and access to services for all.

Title: Ministry of Social Development Keepin' it Real: A Resource for Involving Young People in Decision-Making.

Year: 2000 Country: New Zealand

Content: This is a practical guide for organisations, government departments, community groups and individuals who want to engage children up to the age of 18 in effective decision-making. The Ministry of Youth Affairs has developed a companion guide, called Youth Development Participation Guide: "Keepin' It Real", on how to increase youth participation in policy development, programmes, services and organisations. This is a practical guide for organisations, government departments, community groups and individuals who want to engage children up to the age of 18 in effective decision-making. The Ministry of Youth Affairs has developed a companion guide, called Youth Development Participation Guide: “Keepin’ It Real”, on how to increase youth participation in policy development, programmes, services and organisations.

Title: Abbott, K. If you want to know what we think, just ask us! Youthsafe.

Year: 2004 Country: Australia

Content: Consultation is an essential component of any successful health program targeting a specific group. For programs targeting young people this is especially so.

This guide has been developed for community-based injury prevention workers (including health, education, road safety professionals and others) to assist with the youth consultation process. It has been particularly designed for those who don’t have regular contact with young people in their role, and who have limited experience working with young people.

The aims of this guide are to:

• provide a practical and user-friendly resource on how to consult with young people;

• identify good practice in consulting with young people; and

• identify other useful resources and links to assist in the consultation process.

Title: Belong To, Addressing Homophobia: Guidelines for the Youth Sector in Ireland.

Year: 2010 Country: Ireland

Content: These Guidelines offer strategies for addressing homophobia and homophobic bullying in the youth sector in Ireland. Parts of the Guidelines draw on a number of excellent manuals on homophobic bullying from Northern Ireland, Scotland and other countries. These Guidelines also build on the 'whole organisational approach' to bullying presented in the National Youth Council of Ireland's Let's Beat Bullying. The Guidelines have also benefitted from consultations and workshops with young people, youth workers and other experts on the youth sector in Ireland.

Each section of these Guidelines addresses different aspects of ensuring that youth services are safe and welcoming places for all young people. The Guidelines conclude with a list of Best Practices for Addressing Homophobia. Appendices provide information about Training for Youth Workers, LGBT Youth Services across Ireland and Further Resources on LGBT young people's issues.

Title: National Youth Council of Ireland, Promoting Quality in Intercultural Youth Work: 12 Steps to Good Practice

Year: 2010 Country: Ireland

Content: This resource was devised as a guide for youth workers and volunteers in promoting intercultural youth work across the youth sector in Ireland. It is a guide that any youth service, club or project can use to become a more inclusive service, reaching as many young people in the local community as possible, and ensuring those young people feel welcome to return as regular participants.

The resource is laid out as 12 Steps to Good Practice in Intercultural Youth Work. Each step covers a different aspect of youth work from the practicalities of creating an inclusive environment in your organisation (Step 2 – Space & Environment) to effectively monitoring the impact of your work (Step 11 – Monitoring and Evaluation). Each Step contains a description of what your youth organisation can do, methods and good practice examples from other youth work organisations around Ireland, additional resources and training to consult as necessary, and a list of indicators to measure how you are doing, and how you can go further.

Title: New Commission for Children and Young People, Participation: All aboard! Young people on Boards and Committees. New South Wales

Year: 2004 Country: Australia

Content: This guide, All Aboard!, was developed as part of the Commission’s TAKING PARTicipation seriously kit.

The kit contains a series of booklets and information sheets that give information about children and young people's participation, as well as practical ideas that people can apply in their organisations or workplaces to make space for kids' participation.

Title: Youth Work Village, Working within Frameworks

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: Australia

Content: This Learning Unit will give you information and practical steps to working within frameworks, as well as the opportunity to apply such principles to a range of situations in Youth Work. There are three main frameworks that we will examine in this Learning Unit.

You will also have the opportunity to examine the structure of a workplace policy and procedure document, which may be very helpful in completing the Learning Activity.

Resources about all of these areas are available in various locations in The Village. The Hints and Tips page can provide more information.

Title: Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (2011) Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children. Dublin: Government Publications.

Year: 2011 Country: Ireland

Content: These National Guidelines are intended to assist people in identifying and reporting child abuse. They aim, in particular, to clarify and promote mutual understanding among statutory and voluntary organisations about the contributions of different disciplines and professions to child protection. They emphasise that the needs of children and families must be at the centre of child care and child protection activity and that a partnership approach must inform the delivery of services. They also highlight the importance of consistency between policies and procedures across health boards and other statutory and voluntary organisations. They emphasise in particular that the welfare of children is of paramount importance.

Title: Department of Children and Youth Affairs Ensuring the Safety and Welfare of Children/Young People

Year: 2011 Country: Ireland

Content: These guidelines are based on “Children First – National Guidance” and “Our Duty to Care – The Principles of Good Practice for the Protection of Children and Young People”. In accordance with these documents, it is good practice for all organisations, which have contact with children and young people to introduce a child protection policy. This policy also helps to provide safeguards and support for staff when they are working with children and young people.

Title: National Youth Council of Ireland, Protecting our Children and Young People

Year: 2012 Country: Ireland

Content: This new resource is aimed at youth clubs, services and organisations that are designing their child protection policy for the first time or reviewing their existing child protection policy.

Title: Headstrong A Mental Health resource for Youth Workers and Volunteers

Year: 2011 Country: Ireland

Content: This resource is primarily for youth workers and volunteers with young people and focuses on:

• Terms that are commonly used to describe mental health difficulties

• When you should be concerned and what to look for

• Understanding the mental health service system and “signposting” the young person to support

• Helpful hints when contacting any service

• Supporting the young person and roles people can play

• Looking after yourself

• Local and national resources.

The resource provides:

• Active links to the websites of mental health and drug and alcohol related services;

• Active links to the websites of mental health and drug and alcohol related services;

• Information and links to organisations that offer a range of general health, personal and social support services.

Although these organisations are not necessarily mental health specific, they are very useful in supporting a young person who may be going through a difficult time.

Title: Health Service Executive, Child Protection and Welfare Practice Handbook

Year: 2011 Country: Ireland

Content: Section 1: For everybody whose work brings them into direct or indirect contact with children and their families. It provides a Glossary of Terms frequently used in child protection and welfare practice, as well as the definitions of the four types of child abuse.

Section 2: For all allied professionals and volunteers whose work brings them into direct or indirect contact with children and their families. It aims to provide advice and guidance on what to do if you are worried about a child, your roles and responsibilities, how to refer your concerns and your involvement after you have made a referral to Children and Family Services. It also provides suggested guidelines on how to respond to a child who discloses abuse.

Section 3: For key Social Work staff of the HSE Children and Family Services.

Section 4: Provides more information around support and guidance for Social Work staff

Section 5: Resources include national contacts for the HSE Children and Family Services and a list of References used to inform the Practice Handbook.

Title: Monaghan, L. and McGrory, S. Starting Out: A National Induction Training Programme for Volunteers engaged in Youth Work Practice. Dublin: National Youth Council of Ireland.

Year: 2010 Country: Ireland

Content: The aim of this training resource is to provide youth organisations with a standardised framework and accompanying materials to support the induction process for new volunteers engaged in youth work practice. This resource will be of use to staff/volunteers in youth organisations with responsibility for training and supporting new volunteers. Additionally, this resource offers an opportunity for youth organisations to collaborate and share resources in the delivery of training to volunteers.

Title: Farrelly, J., Dunne, C. and Doyle, G. Essential Guidelines for Good Youth Work Practice. Dublin: CDYSB

Year: 2009 Country: Ireland

Content: This Toolkit provides a clear and accessible blueprint for best practice in youth work and is designed to be used in all aspects of youth work delivery ranging from voluntary clubs and groups to regional youth services with employed staff. These essential guidelines cover three areas of youth work practice: Youth worker and young person, Programme provision and development, Policy and service development.

Under each key area we offer an anchoring statement of Good Practice. This statement is then supported by a menu of recommended actions to implement that area of good practice. All of the guidelines and actions are underpinned by important fundamental principles of professional practice.

Title: Health and Safety, Health and Safety Legislation

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: Ireland

Content: The Health and Safety Authority is the national statutory body with responsibility for enforcing occupational safety and health law, promoting and encouraging accident prevention, and providing information and advice to all companies, organisations and individuals.

The aim of the Authority is to make occupational safety, health and welfare an integral part of doing business in every Irish workplace. It also aims to ensure that the manufacture and use of chemicals in Ireland do not affect human health or the environment. The Authority's strong legislative programme is fundamental to these objectives. To ensure compliance with the legislation, the Authority seeks, primarily, to reduce workplace accidents by providing guidance and support to employers and employees.

Title: National Youth Council of Ireland, Starting Out: How do we do it?

Year: 2010 Country: Ireland

Content: This component introduces volunteers to a practical, basic five-step programme planning framework which will enable them to plan any youth work activity or programme effectively.

Title: City of Dublin Youth Service Board, Programme Planning

Year: 2007 Country: Ireland

Content: Providing a programme of activities is one of the main tasks of a group. This Brochure identifies the stages of the planning process as well as the areas to consider when planning activities. The inclusion of young people when deciding on activities is considered and a sample educational programme is outlined. Finally, a plan outline and steps for programme planning are described.

Title: Foróige Best Practice Unit The REAL U: Relationships Explored and Life Uncovered.

Year: 2011 Country: Ireland

Content: The REAL U manual is a personal development and sex education programme aimed at equipping young people with the skills, knowledge and confidence to develop healthy relationships and delay the onset of early sexual activity. This manual has been developed as a way of exploring a number of relevant topics with young people including puberty, body image, relationships, boundaries, emotional well-being, reproduction, sexuality, contraception and sexually transmitted infections. It is designed to be used with young people aged 12-18 years in a group work setting. The resource will assist in the development of skills such as decision making and communication skills which promote positive well-being and confidence in relationships. Other agencies that have contributed to this manual are The Rape Crisis Network Ireland, The Marie Keating Foundation, BeLonGTo and the Health Service Executive Crisis Pregnancy Programme.

Title: Wilderdom: Index to Group Activities, Games, Exercises and Initiatives

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: United Kingdom

Content: This site describes classic and novel group games, activities, exercises and initiative tasks. The activities on this site can be used in almost any setting with a wide variety of different groups. The purposes of each individual activity vary, but the general purpose is to stimulate personal growth and group development.

Title: Foróige Best Practice Unit, A Life of Choices

Year:  Country: Australia

Content: This workshop offers a number of activities relating to the use of census figures and the design and administration of a questionnaire order to identify young people’s needs and provide important information to assist with the planning and allocation of projects.

The point of a needs analysis is to identify specific needs. As a youth worker, you could use a needs analysis to: identify important issues to address at a Youth Consultation Forum, identify required youth programs, services and initiatives, identify what/where resources are needed.

Title: National Youth Council of Ireland Resource on Volunteering and Volunteer Support in the Youth Sector

Year: 2007 Country: Ireland

Content: The Volunteering Support Manual is the third element in the development of NYCI’s structures and supports to assist organisations in attracting, recruiting and retaining volunteers. It follows the Policy on Volunteering adopted by NYCI’s Assembly in November 2006 and the Charter on Volunteering developed in early 2007.

All of these resources have been produced as a direct result of feed-back and inputs received during the development of NYCI’s first Strategic Plan during 2002. The Plan contained specific aims which included the promotion and development of volunteering as a worthwhile activity that is fundamental to society and also directed NYCI to support and develop best practice for involving volunteers in voluntary youth organisations.

Title: Fletcher, A. and Kunst K. Guide to Cooperative Games for Social Change. Common Action

Year: 2006 Country: United States of America

Content: This booklet is full of easy to use games that are fun, cooperative, challenging in which the group is confronted with a specific problem to solve. The games can be used to demonstrate and teach leadership skills to people, which helps to promote the growth of trust and problem-solving skills in groups. Games demonstrate a process of thinking about experiences that helps people learn and practice responsibility. Another purpose of games is to get people to think together, as a team, so that everyone in the group has input and shares ideas. When there is input there is ownership, and when more people have ownership there is more success.

Title: Nagy, J. and Vilela, M. Providing Support for Staff and Volunteers. The Community Toolbox.

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: United States of America

Content: The Tool Box provides over 6,000 pages of practical information to support your work in promoting community health and development. The core of the Tool Box is the "topic sections" that include practical guidance for the different tasks necessary to promote community health and development. For instance, there are sections on leadership, strategic planning, community assessment, grant writing, and evaluation to give just a few examples. Each section includes a description of the task, advantages of doing it, step-by-step guidelines, examples, checklists of points to review, and training materials.

Title: Youth Group Games

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: United Kingdom

Content: YouthGroupGames offers a unique reference point on comprehensive advice on games and activities for youth groups. The website provides a single resource that offers extensive practical advice and ideas for games suitable for youth groups and adolescent or pre adolescent age groups. The features and articles are written by experts who have experience, or a particular interest in this area.

Title: Farrelly, J., Dunne, C. and Doyle, G. Essential Guides for Good Youth Work Practice. Dublin: City of Dublin Youth Service Board

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: Ireland

Content: This Toolkit provides a clear and accessible blueprint for best practice in youth work and is designed to be used in all aspects of youth work delivery ranging from voluntary clubs and groups to regional youth services with employed staff. These essential guidelines cover three areas of youth work practice: Youth worker and young person, Programme provision and development, Policy and service development.

Title: Murphy, A., Murphy, T. and Smith, G Quality Services, Better Outcomes. Dublin: Childhood Development Initiative

Year: 2011 Country: Ireland

Content: This Workbook describes key processes relating to practice, organisational culture and systems change that support the implementation of evidence-based and evidence-informed programmes and practices. It addresses some fundamental areas in relation to monitoring and evaluation as a way of determining whether an intervention was effective or not. In effect, this workbook hopes to explain the ‘what’, ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘did we?’ of evidence-based practice. The Workbook is intended to provide readers with a comprehensive introduction to both the shared language and concepts underpinning the science and practice of implementation.

Title: McGrory, S. and Monaghan, L. Health Quality Mark Support Manual: Developing a Quality Health Promoting Youth Organisation. Dublin: National Youth Health Programme

Year: 2011 Country: Ireland

Content: This support manual has been designed to support youth organisations in pursuit of the NYHP’s Health Quality Mark (HQM) and provides organisations with the following:

• An introduction to the National Youth Health Programme

• An overview of the HQM and accompanying criteria

• An overview of the assessment process

• A range of support materials in relation to the achievement of each criterion

• Information on links with other relevant quality frameworks, particularly the National Quality Standards Framework

Title: Community Tool Box

Year: 1994 Country: United States of America

Content: The Tool Box provides over 6,000 pages of practical information to support your work in promoting community health and development. The core of the Tool Box is the "topic sections" that include practical guidance for the different tasks necessary to promote community health and development. For instance, there are sections on leadership, strategic planning, community assessment, grant writing, and evaluation to give just a few examples. Each section includes a description of the task, advantages of doing it, step-by-step guidelines, examples, checklists of points to review, and training materials.

Title: Forkan, C., et al. Youth Cafe Toolkit: How to set up a Youth Cafe in Ireland. Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Dublin: The Stationary Office.

Year: 2012 Country: Ireland

Content: This toolkit is designed for anybody involved in a youth café – you might just be starting out on the road to setting one up, you might be in the early stages of working on one and have some things already happening, or you might be involved in a well-established youth café. This toolkit offers advice on 11 areas that are core to youth cafés, namely:

• Involving young people in a youth café

• Partnership between adults and young people in a youth café

• Mission and activities/programmes for a youth cafe

• Role of staff and volunteers in a youth café

• Training for staff, volunteers and young people

• Design and location of the youth café building

• Management of a youth café

• Funding and sustainability of a youth café

• Promotion of a youth café

• Evaluation and monitoring of a youth café

Title: Participation Works

Year: 2005 Country: United Kingdom

Content: Participation Works is a partnership of seven national children and young people's agencies that enable organisations to effectively involve children and young people in the development, delivery and evaluation of services that affect their lives.

Title: Community Toolbox Assessing Community Needs and Resources

Year: 1994 Country: United Kingdom

Content: Contains information about how to assess community needs and resources (e.g. conducting listening sessions, analysing problems).

Title: Hibbert, T. Firm Foundations: A Framework for Identifying and Acting on the needs of young people. The National Youth Agency

Year: 2005 Country: United Kingdom

Content: This toolkit aims to provide youth services in the voluntary and statutory sector with a framework for identifying and acting to meet the specific needs of young people in their defined age group. It is based on a needs assessment framework developed by the South West Regional Youth Work Unit in 2005. It is hoped that the menu of practical examples contained herein will provide a starting point for youth service to understand the process better and build up their own approach to this subject.

Title: Children’s Workforce Development Council, The Common Assessment Framework: A Guide for Practitioners

Year: 2009 Country: United Kingdom

Content: The CAF is a shared assessment and planning framework for use across all children’s services and all local areas in England. It aims to help the early identification of children and young people’s additional needs and promote co-ordinated service provision to meet them. The CAF consists of:

• a pre-assessment checklist to help decide who would benefit from a common assessment

• a process to enable practitioners in the children and young people’s workforce to undertake a common assessment and then act on the result

• a standard form to record the assessment

• a delivery plan and review form

This guidance is aimed at strategic and operational managers across the children and young people’s workforce in England who have responsibility for implementing the CAF for children and young people. In schools and colleges, this guidance is for heads or principals, deputies and other members of the senior management team. It is part of a set of materials for practitioners to help implement the Every Child Matters: Change for Children programme.

Title: University of Victoria School of Child and Youth Care, Guide for Needs Assessment for Youth

Year: 2001 Country: New Zealand

Content: This Guide for Needs Assessment is a tool that will help workers and youth work together as a team. The guide will help them to figure out what each young person can or could do well (their capabilities and capacities) and, also, what is ‘needed,’ that is, if there is anything missing, absent or required in a young person’s life. This guide is divided into five sections focusing on Context, Connectedness, Care, Capability, and Change. In each section are found that section’s objectives, the assumptions that support these objectives and a series of questions that will assist workers and youth in clarifying the youth’s needs.

Title: National Youth Council of Ireland Why Don't We? - Youth Participation Resource Pack

Year: 2007 Country: Ireland

Content: "Why Don't We?" is designed to be used in an informal environment by both young people and youth work practitioners. Many of the activities and reflective exercises are action based and require participation by all members of the group (both adults and young people) to be fully effective. We have included a wide range of case studies highlighting real life youth participation activities in action and focus very much on the views of young people and youth practitioners who are getting more involved. It is also designed to make participation fun.

Title: Ministry of Social Development Involving Children: A Guide to Engaging Children in Decision-Making. New Zealand: Ministry of Social Development and Keepin’ it Real: A Resource for Involving Young People in Decision-Making.

Year: 2003 Country: New Zealand

Content: "This is a practical guide for organisations, government departments, community groups and individuals who want to engage children up to the age of 18 in effective decision-making. It outlines the principles of, and barriers to, children’s participation in decision-making structures. It also discusses relevant ethical and practical issues. The Ministry of Youth Affairs has developed a companion guide, called Youth Development Participation Guide: “Keepin’ It Real”, on how to increase youth participation in policy development, programmes, services and organisations.

Title: Commonwealth Secretariat Adolescent and Youth Participation Handbook. London

Year: 2005 Country: United Kingdom

Content: "Developed in collaboration with UNICEF’s Adolescent Development and Participation Unit, New York, this is a set of four how-to guides for promoting meaningful adolescent participation in decision making. The booklet describes youth participation in different stages of the project cycle: situation analysis, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and review.

Title: Kirby, P., Lanyon, C., Cronin, K. and Sinclair, R. Building a Culture of Participation Involving children and young people in policy, service planning, delivery and evaluation Handbook. London: National Children’s Bureau

Year: 2003 Country: United Kingdom

Content: "This Handbook draws on the findings of a research study that explored the experiences of 29 organisations in seeking to listen to young people and to take action on what they said. The research points to this being most likely to succeed where organisations had worked to sustain and embed their participation activity. This Handbook and the accompanying research report Building a Culture of Participation both aim to stimulate thinking and to provide useful ideas about how to actively involve children and young people within services and policy making. The Handbook focuses on how to listen to children and young people so that their views bring about change. It aims specifically to:

• Identify and illustrate the benefits of child and youth participation.

• Guide organisations in thinking about how to create appropriate environments in which children and young people can be involved in meaningful ways so that their views are listened to and acted upon.

• Help organisations explore how they can develop cultures and infrastructures which sustain and embed participation throughout all their activity.

Title: Commission of the European Communities, Revised European Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life and Analysis of Member States’ Replies to the Commission Questionnaires on Youth Participation and Information

Year: 2003 Country: United States of America

Content: "This document is divided into three sections. The first provides local and regional authorities with guidelines for how to conduct policies affecting young people. The second part provides the tools for furthering the participation of young people. Finally, the third section provides advice on how to provide institutional conditions for participation of young people. In 2003, Member State's replied to the European questionnaires on youth participation and information. This document presents the basic information on the legislation in force in each country, outlines the current policies with examples of best practices as well as describes the expectations at European level. The questionnaires were initiated by the European Commission in application of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) as result of the White Paper on Youth.

Title: Youth for Human Rights

Year: 2002 Country: Belgium

Content: "The purpose of Youth for Human Rights International is to teach youth both in the classroom and in non-traditional educational settings about human rights, specifically the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and inspire them to become advocates for tolerance and peace.

Title: European Youth Forum

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: United Nations

Content: "The European Youth Forum is an international organisation established by national youth councils and international non-governmental youth organisations in Europe. It endeavours to serve the interests of young people from all over Europe, promoting their active participation in the construction of a common Europe. Working with international institutions, mainly the European Union, the Council of Europe and the United Nations. It serves to channel the flow of information and opinions between young people and decision-makers. The European Youth Forum has 99 members made up of national youth councils and international non-governmental youth organisations, federations in themselves bringing together tens of millions of young people from all European countries.

Title: Food and Agricultural Organisations of the United Nations

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country:

Content: "The Participation Website was established in 1999 by the Informal Working Group on Participatory Approaches and Methods to Support Sustainable Livelihoods and Food Security. One of the key objectives of the working group was to capitalise on FAO's most successful normative and field experiences with participatory approaches and methods through their adaptation, replication and dissemination, in order to enhance FAO's field programme. The objective of the Participation Website is to bring together under one virtual roof, a broad cross-section of stakeholders interested in participatory approaches and methods in support of sustainable rural livelihoods and food security.

Title: Youth Work Village, Working within Frameworks

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: Australia

Content: "This Learning Unit will give you information and practical steps to working within frameworks, as well as the opportunity to apply such principles to a range of situations in Youth Work. There are three main frameworks that we will examine in this Learning Unit. You will also have the opportunity to examine the structure of a workplace policy and procedure document, which may be very helpful in completing the Learning Activity. Resources about all of these areas are available in various locations in The Village. The Hints and Tips page can provide more information.

Title: Youth Work Village, Working within Frameworks

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: Australia

Content: This Learning Unit will give you information and practical steps to working within frameworks, as well as the opportunity to apply such principles to a range of situations in Youth Work. There are three main frameworks that we will examine in this Learning Unit.

You will also have the opportunity to examine the structure of a workplace policy and procedure document, which may be very helpful in completing the Learning Activity.

Resources about all of these areas are available in various locations in The Village. The Hints and Tips page can provide more information.

Title: Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (2011) Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children. Dublin: Government Publications.

Year: 2011 Country: Ireland

Content: These National Guidelines are intended to assist people in identifying and reporting child abuse. They aim, in particular, to clarify and promote mutual understanding among statutory and voluntary organisations about the contributions of different disciplines and professions to child protection. They emphasise that the needs of children and families must be at the centre of child care and child protection activity and that a partnership approach must inform the delivery of services. They also highlight the importance of consistency between policies and procedures across health boards and other statutory and voluntary organisations. They emphasise in particular that the welfare of children is of paramount importance.

Title: Department of Health and Children, Our Duty of Care: The Principles of Good Practice for the Protection of Children and Youth People

Year: 2002 Country: Ireland

Content: This document is aimed at community and voluntary organisations of any size or type that provide services for children. It offers guidance on the promotion of child welfare and the development of safe practices in work with children. It also gives information on how to recognise signs of child abuse and the correct steps to take within organisations if it is suspected, witnessed or disclosed. The process of reporting suspected or actual child abuse to the health board is described step by step, and guidance is given on how to handle sensitive areas.

Title: Department of Children and Youth Affairs Ensuring the Safety and Welfare of Children/Young People

Year: 2011 Country: Ireland

Content: These guidelines are based on “Children First – National Guidance” and “Our Duty to Care – The Principles of Good Practice for the Protection of Children and Young People”. In accordance with these documents, it is good practice for all organisations, which have contact with children and young people to introduce a child protection policy. This policy also helps to provide safeguards and support for staff when they are working with children and young people.

Title: Department of Education and Science, Department of Health, Health Promotion Unit, National Youth Council of Ireland. Support Pack for Dealing with the Drugs issue in Out-of-School Settings. Dublin: National Youth Health Programme.

Year: 2002 Country: Ireland

Content: This manual offers a comprehensive overview of drug use in Ireland, information on Youth Work and drug prevention while also providing guidance and support on managing drug-related situations, policy development and identifying organisational needs. It is hoped that this manual and the accompanying training will encourage comprehensiveness of service provision, stimulate interagency co-operation, illustrate best practice and provide added value in the area of Youth Work and drug prevention.

Title: National Youth Council of Ireland, Information Pack on Garda Vetting for the Youth Work Sector

Year: 2010 Country: Ireland

Content: In order to assist youth work organisations to meet their child protection responsibilities, NYCI’s Child Protection Programme offers supports on vetting through the youth work Garda vetting consortium and guidance on safe recruitment practice.

Title: National Youth Council of Ireland, Sense and Sexuality A Support Pack for Addressing the Issue of Sexual Health with Young People in Youth Work Settings

Year: 2004 Country: Ireland

Content: This support pack aims to provide youth organisations with a comprehensive framework to address the issue of sexual health among young people. It was designed to be used by youth organisations in developing their sexual health practice and policy and for use alongside the accompanying training programme which can be accessed through the National Youth Health Programme.

Title: Foróige Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Policy and Guidelines

Year: 2010 Country: Ireland

Content: The Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs policy and guidelines inform specific elements of a Health and Well-Being programme designed and implemented by Foróige Staff or Volunteers, in particular the section on best practice in drug education.

Title: National Youth Council of Ireland, Protecting our Children and Young People: An NYCI Toolkit for Youth Work Organisations to design, review and evaluate their child protection policy

Year: 2012 Country: Ireland

Content: This new resource is aimed at youth clubs, services and organisations that are designing their child protection policy for the first time or reviewing their existing child protection policy.

Title: Swinburne, L, and Mason T. Good Habits of Mind. National Youth Health Programme.

Year: 2004 Country: Ireland

Content: This resource is a mental health promotion initiative for those working with young people in out-of-school settings. One of the key findings of the project was that the relationship between the worker and young person is central to the goal of promoting mental health. Of note also was the importance of organisational context for the work, the out-of-school settings themselves need to pay attention to policies that contribute to mental health.

Title: Headstrong A Mental Health resource for Youth Workers and Volunteers

Year: 2011 Country: Ireland

Content: This resource is primarily for youth workers and volunteers with young people and focuses on:

• Terms that are commonly used to describe mental health difficulties

• When you should be concerned and what to look for

• Understanding the mental health service system and “signposting” the young person to support

• Helpful hints when contacting any service

• Supporting the young person and roles people can play

• Looking after yourself

• Local and national resources.

The resource provides:

• Active links to the websites of mental health and drug and alcohol related services;

• Active links to the websites of mental health and drug and alcohol related services;

• Information and links to organisations that offer a range of general health, personal and social support services.

Although these organisations are not necessarily mental health specific, they are very useful in supporting a young person who may be going through a difficult time.

Title: Crotty, N. and Kelly, Y. Healthy Eating Active Living. National Youth Council of Ireland

Year: 2010 Country: Ireland

Content: This resource aims to equip youth workers with the skills necessary to create a healthy eating, active living environment in their organisation by providing information on health education, healthy eating, active living, policy guidelines and key contact information

Title: Learning-Theories, David Kolb and Experiential Learning

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: United States of America

Content: This knowledge base features learning theories that address how people learn. A resource useful for scholars of various fields such as educational psychology, instructional design, and human-computer interaction. There is an index of learning theories, grouped in categories. Note that this website is an iterative project and these entries are a work in progress. Readers are invited to leave comments with suggestions, corrections, and additional references.

Title: Experience Based Learning Systems Experiential learning theory

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: United States of America

Content: Experience Based learning Systems are a research and development company devoted to advancement of the theory and practice of experiential learning. To achieve this mission, EBLS is committed to

• building on the legacy of scholars whose innovative ideas continue to contribute to state-of-the-art knowledge about learning and education

• stimulating research and disseminating scholarly findings on experiential learning and the Kolb Learning Style Inventory

• offering resources that help individuals develop their own learning potential

• providing tools for educators, parents, and consultants that promote learning

Title: Wilderdom.com Experiential Learning and Experiential Education: Philosophy, theory, practice and resources

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: England

Content: James Neill’s site provides extensive resources and materials for informal educators, and others, together with theoretical articles and links to further information.

Title: Foróige Best Practice Unit The REAL U: Relationships Explored and Life Uncovered.

Year: 2011 Country: Ireland

Content: The REAL U manual is a personal development and sex education programme aimed at equipping young people with the skills, knowledge and confidence to develop healthy relationships and delay the onset of early sexual activity. This manual has been developed as a way of exploring a number of relevant topics with young people including puberty, body image, relationships, boundaries, emotional well-being, reproduction, sexuality, contraception and sexually transmitted infections. It is designed to be used with young people aged 12-18 years in a group work setting. The resource will assist in the development of skills such as decision making and communication skills which promote positive well-being and confidence in relationships. Other agencies that have contributed to this manual are The Rape Crisis Network Ireland, The Marie Keating Foundation, BeLonGTo and the Health Service Executive Crisis Pregnancy Programme.

Title: Foróige Best Practice Unit, A Life of Choices

Year: 2011 Country: Ireland

Content: A Life of Choices has been developed with the work of the Garda Youth Diversion Projects in mind. The core modules focus on building social skills, decision making, problem solving, managing emotions, reducing impulsivity building empathy, anger managements, encouraging pro-social behaviour and increasing motivation to change – but to name but a few.

Title: Leclerc, E., Digital Media Resource Pack. National Youth Arts Programme

Year: 2005 Country: Ireland

Content: This resource is aimed at youth workers and others interested in using digital media creatively with young people. Written by Elise LeClerc, former manager of the SWICN Computer Clubhouse in Dublin, the manual is based on a tried and tested methodology and outlines sample workshop ideas used with youth groups at the Computer Clubhouse. Youth organisations interested in developing staff skills can avail of in-house training to support the use of this manual.

Title: Devlin, M. and Healy, D. (eds.) Work in Progress: Case Studies in Participatory Arts with Young People. National Youth Arts Programme

Year: 2007 Country: Ireland

Content: This book is offered to artists, youth workers and everyone interested in arts practice with young people. In the contributions to this volume the concept of ‘participation’ itself is absolutely central. Drawing on the work both of students on the NUI Certificate in Youth Arts and of other artists, educators and youth workers engaged in arts work with young people, they highlight the value of arts experiences which are not only enjoyable and relevant to young people’s own lives, needs and circumstances but which are developmental in design and which purposefully engage the young people as critical, active participants at all stages of the process. They describe an approach, therefore, which might be termed arts work by, for and with young people.

Title: b4udecide.ie

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: Ireland

Content: The b4udecide campaign aims to encourage teenagers to make healthy, responsible decisions about relationships and sex. It is aimed at teenagers aged between 14-16. The new b4udecide.ie Relationships and Sexuality Education Resource Materials have been developed for Youth Workers and Teachers. This resource pack can be used by youth workers and teachers in delivering a relationships and sexuality education programme. The pack contains lessons, posters, stickers and highlighters. A booklet has also been developed for parents with tips on talking to teenagers about relationships and sex.

Title: Perry, M. Creating Magic: Developing Arts-based Practices with Young People

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: Ireland

Content: This document describes the processes and realities of developing an arts project with young people. In order to ensure a cost effective project, energetically and financially for the artist or youth worker with limited experience in youth arts we have tried to illustrate the many phases involved in moving from the original idea to exploring an art form through to the final completion of a project or programme. Also, this resource describes the various elements that contribute to a positive interaction between young people and an art form. If you are currently running an arts project or you are thinking about getting started, this publication should prove very helpful. It is intended as a guide for both youth workers and artists who wish to carry out an arts project with a group of young people. It is, however, not aimed at planning and running ‘once off’ facilitated workshops. Rather its focus is on arts projects or programmes (large or small) which take place over a period of time.

Title: Youth Group Gameshttp://www.youthgroupgames.co.uk/

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: United Kingdom

Content: Youth Group Games offers a unique reference point on comprehensive advice on games and activities for youth groups. The website provides a single resource that offers extensive practical advice and ideas for games suitable for youth groups and adolescent or pre adolescent age groups. The features and articles are written by experts who have experience, or a particular interest in this area.

Title: Youth Work Ireland, Youth Work Ireland Equality Policy: Ensuring Rights are a Reality, Dublin: Irish Youth Work Press

Year: 2010 Country: Ireland

Content: This policy provides a framework of principles for the Youth Work Ireland and its Member Youth Services to promote equality of access and opportunity and access to services for all.

Title: National Youth Council of Ireland, Access All Areas: A Diversity Toolkit for the Youth Work Sector

Year: 2012 Country: Ireland

Content: Access All Areas Toolkit has been designed to be used by trained youth workers, by volunteer youth leaders, by directors and managers of youth services and others working with children and young people. It invites you to look at what support you need - at both leader and organisational level - to make sure that all young people in your community feel they belong and are actively participating in society. A series of interactive chapters will enable an individual or a group to see the level of access they are providing to all young people, especially those from minority ethnic communities, young Travellers, lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender young people, young people with a disability, early school leavers, young people involved in the juvenile justice system, young parents and young people with mental health issues.

Title: National Youth Council of Ireland, Promoting Quality in Intercultural Youth Work: 12 Steps to Good Practice

Year: 2011 Country: Ireland

Content: This resource was devised as a guide for youth workers and volunteers in promoting intercultural youth work across the youth sector in Ireland. It is a guide that any youth service, club or project can use to become a more inclusive service, reaching as many young people in the local community as possible, and ensuring those young people feel welcome to return as regular participants.

Title: National Youth Council of Ireland, Promoting Quality in Intercultural Youth Work: 12 Steps to Good Practice. Phase II: Exploring Intercultural Youth Work in the City of Dublin.

Year: 2011 Country: Ireland

Content: The resource is laid out as 12 Steps to Good Practice in Intercultural Youth Work. Each step covers a different aspect of youth work from the practicalities of creating an inclusive environment in your organisation (Step 2 – Space & Environment) to effectively monitoring the impact of your work (Step 11 – Monitoring and Evaluation). Each Step contains a description of what your youth organisation can do, methods and good practice examples from other youth work organisations around Ireland, additional resources and training to consult as necessary, and a list of indicators to measure how you are doing, and how you can go further.

Title: Axner, M. Cultural Competence in a Multi-Cultural World, Community Toolbox

Year: Last accessed: 13/2/13 Country: United States of America

Content: Contains information on the importance of culture, offers questions to consider within your community in order to identify important issues to consider and helpful tips to start building a diverse community

Title: Belong To, Addressing Homophobia: Guidelines for the Youth Sector in Ireland.

Year: 2010 Country: Ireland

Content: These Guidelines offer strategies for addressing homophobia and homophobic bullying in the youth sector in Ireland. Parts of the Guidelines draw on a number of excellent manuals on homophobic bullying from Northern Ireland, Scotland and other countries. These Guidelines also build on the 'whole organisational approach' to bullying presented in the National Youth Council of Ireland's Let's Beat Bullying. The Guidelines have also benefitted from consultations and workshops with young people, youth workers and other experts on the youth sector in Ireland. Each section of these Guidelines addresses different aspects of ensuring that youth services are safe and welcoming places for all young people. The Guidelines conclude with a list of Best Practices for Addressing Homophobia. Appendices provide information about Training for Youth Workers, LGBT Youth Services across Ireland, and Further Resources on LGBT young people's issues.

Title: Belong To, Stand Up! in Youth Services & Youthreach Centres

Year: 2012 Country: Ireland

Content: Stand Up addresses homophobic bullying across Ireland by encouraging friendship and positive understanding of LGBT young people and saying ‘Don’t Stand for Homophobic Bullying!’ The packs included a Cover Letter, Background Information, and Educational Activities for use with young people. The Packs also included a DVD and Discussion Guide and a Stand Up poster.

Title: Nolan, J. Progressing Traveller Inclusion in Youth Work A Training Manual and Toolkit for Youth Workers. Foróige.

Year: 2010 Country: Ireland

Content: Progressing Traveller Inclusion is a resource for youth workers that has been informed by and that draws on the NYCI’s (2009) Access All Diversity Toolkit for the Youth Work Sector developed by Liz Loftus, Marie Fitzpatrick, Anne Walsh and Suzanne Lindsey and Foróige’s (2010) Integration Strategy. It also builds on the Good Practice Guidelines for working with young Travellers developed by the Youth Link Project (2007-2009) and published by the Traveller Visibility Group (2009). Essentially this manual sets out to further support youth workers in their work with young Travellers.

Title: Crotty, N. Lets Beat Bullying. Dublin: National Youth Health Programme and Child Protection Unit

Year: 2007 Country: Ireland

Content: The aim of this resource is to provide youth organisations with a comprehensive framework within which to address the issue of bullying from a whole organisational approach.

Title: National Youth Council of Ireland, Framing Our World

Year: 2010 Country: Ireland

Content: The 'Framing Our World’ pack aims to raise awareness of the reality behind images and messages. It looks at the power relations and stories behind the images we receive about the world we live in. It challenges stereotypes to find a more balanced, just approach to global justice. The pack details a number of tools to analyse where images and messages come from and their impact. These tools include developing photo-literacy, critical reflection and the Dóchas Code of Conduct on Images and Messages.

Title: National Youth Council of Ireland, A Rich Man’s World? A Youth Work Resource on Global Issues Affecting our Lives

Year: Date accessed: 12/2/13 Country: Ireland

Content: A Rich Man’s World?’ is a youth work resource on global issues affecting our lives. It examines justice issues such as poverty, education, employment and fair relationships between countries and people. This resource uses a variety of methodologies to help meet the learning needs of your group.

Title: Brander, P., Cardenas, C., Gomes, R., Taylor, M. and de Vincent Abad, J. All Different, All Equal Education Pack. European Youth Centre.

Year: 1995 Country: European Union

Content: Part A is a general overview of the current situation in Europe and argues for the introduction of intercultural education. We look at the historical, political and economic developments which have produced our societies. After defining some key concepts we go on to examine the bases of intercultural education. A reference section at the end suggests avenues for further exploration. Questions are placed strategically throughout the text to make the issues come alive and to provide suggestions for discussion topics with youth groups. Part A provides the context for the educational approaches outlined in Part B. Part B provides a tool box of methods and activities to use with young people in intercultural education. Following a description of the overall methodology, you will find a range of activities which are based firmly on group work and participation. Working from experience, exploring new approaches, Part B encourages young people to take action.

Title: Gunning, A, Spiced Up: A Resource Book for Working with Young Women

Year: Date accessed: 12/2/13 Country: Ireland

Content: Spiced up is written with youth workers and leaders in mind as well as those who are involved in working with young women in a non-formal setting. The materials are aimed at young women aged between 12 and 18 years but leaders should adapt the exercises to suit their group - indeed some of what you will find here could be used with women of 45 or even with boys and young men too. But our focus is girls and young women. The book aims to address a wide range of issues which, we feel are particularly important to girls today. It is by no means a comprehensive resource of all these matters but we have selected some, which we feel, and you have said, are the most important. The format of the book does not allow us to go into great detail on any one topic, but it gives a general overview. This Book is divided into seven sections, each one dealing with a different broad area. These sections are:

• Knowing Me Knowing You

• Body and Mind

• My Life My Future

• In the Picture

• Women making a difference

• Activities

• Resources

Title: Maintaining Quality Performance, Community Toolbox.

Year: Date accessed: 12/2/13 Country: United States of America

Content: Contains information on achieving and maintaining quality performance, obtaining and using feedback from clients.

Title: Rabinowitz, P. Improving Services, Community Toolbox.

Year: Date accessed: 12/2/13 Country: United States of America

Content: Contains what is meant by developing and improving community services, who should be involved in this and when to seek to develop or improve community services as well as options for achieving this.

Title: Centre for Effective Services The What Works Process: Evidence Informed Improvement for Child and Family Services. Dublin: Centre for Effective Services

Year: 2010 Country: Ireland and Northern Ireland

Content: The What Works Process is a set of activities undertaken collaboratively with service providing organisations, that aims to help services understand how effective they are in relation to improving outcomes for children and families, and in terms of the current research and thinking on ‘what works’.

Title: Smith, M. K. (1996, 1999) Reflection

Year: Date accessed: 12/2/13 Country: England

Content: What constitutes reflection - and what significance does it have for educators? The contributions of Dewey, Schön and Boud et al. are assessed.

Title: Murray, M. Lessons for Youth Program Quality Improvement Initiatives: A Summary of the YMCA of Greater Seattle’s Initiative. Seattle: Raikes Foundation.

Year: 2012 Country: United States of America

Content: Lessons for Youth Program Quality Improvements Initiatives, released by the Raikes Foundation, is a case study of YMCA of Greater Seattle’s experience with the Youth Program Quality Intervention (YPQI)—an evidence-based continuous improvement model to strengthen the skills of staff and the quality of services in after-school and youth development programs.  The report lays out the goals, successes, and challenges of the process. Through each step, the leaders, program directors, and program deliverers demonstrate their defined and maintained goals while following the YPQI process. 

Title: Beardsley, E. Next Steps in Quality: PQASSO in Practice, Charities Evaluation Service.

Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom

Content: PQASSO in Practice is written for Board members, staff and volunteers in third sector organisations who are in the process of introducing PQASSO to their organisation, or considering doing so. It is intended to help all those involved in and concerned with quality in your organisation become more familiar with PQASSO and what it entails, and to help you get the best out of it.

• Chapter 1 provides an overview of PQASSO.

• Chapter 2 introduces the 12 quality areas and the three levels of achievement.

• Chapter 3 describes the self-assessment process, which is the essence of how PQASSO works.

• Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 describe the key elements involved in successfully getting started and keeping going with PQASSO.

• Chapter 6 introduces and outlines the process for achieving the PQASSO Quality Mark.

• Chapter 7 tells you about resources you may find helpful in implementing PQASSO.

Title: Youth Work Northern Ireland A Quality Assurance Framework for the Youth Work Sector in Northern Ireland

Year: 2010 Country: Northern Ireland

Content: The Quality Assurance Framework has been developed by the youth work sector in Northern Ireland to provide a common and flexible framework to support the continuous improvement in the quality of youth work at all levels, including at local part-time and voluntary unit level.