Suite of new global youth work tools launched
Thursday March 18 2010
DEA has launched a range of new global learning resources for youth workers.
A series of new publications aiming to support youth workers was launched by DEA and the National Youth Agency (NYA) at the Local Government Association today, March 18.
The publications and resources follow the successful running of a five year project, Global Youth Action, a national project that supports young people to explore and take action on the global issues that matter to them.
A Practice Guide
A History of Global Youth Work
An Evaluation of the Global Youth Action Project
A Youth Worker's Resource Website
A film (trailer to the film shown at the launch)
The centre piece of the series is Connect - Challenge - Change. A Practical Guide to Global Youth Work. The Guide contains practice information, tips and learning from five Global Youth Action projects run in England.
The Guide explains a three part process that helps youth workers connect young people to the global issues that matter to them, supporting young people to make the connections between the personal, local and global.
It explains how to encourage young people to challenge themselves, to gain a more critical understanding of the world around them, and to challenge inequality and injustice.
Finally it offers practical suggestions for supporting young people to plan and take action to bring about positive change towards a more just and sustainable world.
An independent evaluation found that Global Youth Action was "a highly successful pilot and an example of an effective global youth work programme.... The breadth, diversity and strength of the overall GYA programme have been striking. Young people have been keen and enthusiastic participants and desire more global youth work opportunities. Global youth work has undoubted benefits for the youth work agenda..."
