Youth Worker Training Essentials Day - 22/02/2026

Please note: Your booking won't be accepted until you provide all your details. We need all your information, to be able to ensure we have a space for you.

Youth Worker Training Essentials Day - 22/02/2026

In-person - Dumfries and Galloway

A day designed to offer a range of fun, relevant and interactive activities that you can integrate into your existing practice with young people. All workshops are designed around the needs of young people and reflect Scotland’s National Youth Work Outcomes and Skills Framework, building skills and improving outcomes for all our young people.

· Build a toolkit of interactive resources and techniques to support the delivery and exploration of a range of relevant and creative topics.

· Learn how to easily adapt your toolkit and skill set to different settings (school, community, outreach), different ages and abilities of young people.

· Build confidence to deliver engaging and empowering sessions.

· Build on current skills, knowledge and practice to improve outcomes for your young people.

· Network and share practice with other youth workers.

Schedule

9.30-10.00am Welcome and registration

Workshop 1 - 10.00am-12.00 pm

*Choices*

1. The Power of Story Telling and How to Create Your Own
2. LGBTQIA+ Social Stories
3. Comic Book Creations

1. The Power of Story Telling and How to Create Your Own: Storytelling creates a safe space for young people to explore feelings and experiences, strengthen their understanding of themselves and others. Inventive activities to inspire storytelling, story writing, imaginations, creativity and fun. 
2. LGBTQIA+ Social Stories: Coming out, living freely, becoming your true self - as told by young queer voices. This workshop will empower you to create safer and inclusive spaces that reflect perspectives from the community. 
3. Comic Book Creations

Lunch Break - 12.00 pm - 12.30pm

Workshop 2 - 12.30-2.30pm

*Choices*

1. Keep it real - Promoting Youth Participation - get access to a free resource
2. Stories Created for Neurodivergent Readers
3. Zine Making

1. Keep it real - Promoting Youth Participation: Exploring what meaningful youth participation means and activities to make it happen. 
2. Stories Created for Neurodivergent Readers: Craft and tell stories that celebrate neurodivergent voices and help young people understand each other in this practical session brimming with heart and appreciation for everyone. 
3. Zine Making: This creative session will introduce youth workers to the world of zines and prepare them to confidently deliver engaging zine-making workshops with their youth groups to cover anything from personal stories and artwork to poetry, music, or social issues.

2.30-2.45pm Break

Workshop 3 - 2.45-4.45pm

*Choices*

1. Story telling through art
2. Story telling through rap and poetry
3. Great Women who changed the world - using stories to retell history

1. Story telling through art: Highlighting how art activities can help young people explore feelings, identity and relationships. Take part in an art activity that young people of all ages can get involved in to help tell their story.
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2. Story telling through rap and poetry: Use beat and rhythm to connect and tell stories, giving young people a chance to have their voice heard in a completely unique way. 
3. Great Women who changed the world, using stories to retell history: Explore how centring women’s voices and personal stories can re-examine the past, challenge dominant histories, and connect these narratives to the present.

Youth worker training is in high demand – please help us support youth workers to access the training and development they deserve with these simple steps:

1. Tell us if you cannot attend more than 24hrs in advance. This allows us to free up the space for another youth worker (many sessions are oversubscribed) and means you will avoid being charged the £25 fee for late-notice cancellation or non-attendance.
2. Check you can join with camera and microphone. Our online training is engaging, interactive and discussion-based – not a webinar format. Our members regularly tell us this is better learning and we are confident you will gain more.
3. Eventbrite sends you all your information by email. You will receive your ticket at booking and be sent a reminder – with any login details if online – approximately 24hrs in advance. If there are materials and handouts, your facilitator will send these too.

Thank you for using our training and helping us to continue supporting the needs of our members and community-based youth work.

CANCELLATION POLICY:

Members:

A £25 non-attendance fee will be applied where cancellation has not been received in advance of the event(24 hours before the event).

Please note: if you have been charged a fee to attend this training, training fees are non-refundable, where a cancellation has not been received in advance of the event starting.

You/your group will then receive an invoice.

Non-members:

A £25 non-attendance fee will be applied where cancellation has not been received in advance of the event(24 hours before the event).

Please note: If you have been charged a fee to attend this training as a non-member groups/organisation, training fees will be non-refundable, where a cancellation has not been received in advance of the event starting.

You/your group will then receive an invoice.