Paying attention to young people's mental health and self-awareness is more important than ever
Huggy is a diary of self-analysis, and it is like a trip with what you find out about your feelings and desires. With Huggy's journal, young people can look inside themselves for 100 days. The content has been acknowledged by psychologists.
Roots & Routes Podcast
Roots & Routes aims to establish and enhance connections with young Maltese living abroad. Through this initiative, Aġenzija Żgħażagħ traces the understanding of Maltese identity for these young people – their roots – across the routes taken by themselves, their parents, grandparents or great-grandparents.
ProMo-Cymru's Creating Conversations Event on Digital Youth Work
ProMo-Cymru’s latest Creating Conversations webinar was held on 19th of May and focused on good practice in digital youth work across Wales. Three youth organisations spoke at the event, sharing their youth work challenges and successes during the pandemic.
Youth Worker Online
Youth Worker Online is a free online service that aims to support young people who may wish to know more about anxiety and mental health and how to get help.
Mental health in times of crisis: online workshops by YICs
On the occasion of the European Youth Information Day, the Youth Information Centers in Cyprus, organised a series of two online workshops entitled “Mental health in times of crisis”, to highlight the importance of preserving the notion of mental health and maintaining the emotional well-being of young people
Europegenix, learning mobility opportunities
‘Europegenix’ is an online seminar which is carried out to provide information to a large number of young participants from the University of Malta, who were eager to learn about learning mobility opportunities in the EU
Personal Finance for Young People or Personal Finance - Lecture Series
The main aim of this series was to introduce young people to basic financial planning concepts, especially to those young people who are transitioning to a stage of financial independence. The series was organised across six separate modules within a 6-week window.
Young people issue UK
Young campaigners across the UK marked Children’s Mental Health Week (1-7 February 2021) with a unified call for a transformation of the mental health system into one that puts young people’s needs at the centre.
Facebook Live Panel Discussion
The Youth Board of Cyprus organised a Facebook Live discussion to deal with the impact of the pandemic on children’s mental and emotional health and suggest ways for parents to enhance positive communication with their children.
Youth Checkpoints research project on providing money guidance for young adults
The aim was to research and test ways to provide money guidance for young adults (18-25) in Wales who are about to enter the workforce (including apprenticeships).
Ljubljana Network of Info Points has issued a good practice booklet
The booklet includes a selection of the best practices in the field of youth information implemented by different organisations in Slovenia. It also contains a short reflection on why youth information is a crucial part of youth work and an overview of the key organisations offering youth information services in Slovenia.
Lessons learned from communicating with young people in Scotland during the pandemic
Young Scot worked hard in 2020 to give young people the information they needed in a way that was tailored to their needs. As we move into a new phase of the pandemic, they are keen to share some of the lessons they learned.
Youth Work Ireland launches a new Youth Climate Justice Programme.
The programme supports young people to become change-makers and advocates for a fairer and more just world. The programme shifts the focus of climate action away from a pure environment issue to look at the injustices and inequalities that arise from climate change.
Your Voices - Back to School Covid-19 Survey
Meic, the national information, advice and advocacy helpline for children and young people in Wales, noticed an increase in contacts relating to mental health and the lockdown and was keen to capture the voices of young people on this matter.
Trust Yourself to Talk
The campaign aimed to help break down stigma, whilst encouraging young people to seek assistance and attain reliable information for professional services and support that surrounds mental health.
Build your own drone educational workshop
The Youth Board of Cyprus in collaboration with the Technical School of Avgorou has been implementing since 2019 a skills development program for high school students through training in 3D designing, printing, assembling, programming, and flying drones.
The Philosophies of Happiness- Lecture Series
The main aim of this series of lectures was to help youngsters navigate the moral dilemmas of the Covid-19 crisis and cultivate the idea of personal happiness through the theories of the most important Greek Philosophers and Schools of Philosophy: Aristotle, Socrates, Plato and Epicurus.
Everyday life in the city of Nicosia: from the Middle Ages to modern times
The Youth Information Center of Nicosia, in collaboration with Home for Cooperation, organised a guided bicommunal cycling tour. The cycling tour aimed to bring together, young people from both communities, Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot, in discovering the history of the city.
#GlobeScotters
Young Scot recently partnered with the Scottish Government and British Council Scotland to deliver 'GlobeScotters' – a campaign encouraging young people to embrace the international experiences available to them.
Online school transition summer programmes
What a summer this was for the youth workers at Aġenzija Żgħażagħ! Over 500 young people participated in online school transition programmes targeting those who would be attending a new school in September.