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	Yes Me!		Food Mood Guide
	Mind Matters		A Framework For Peer Learning
	Making Safer Places		Know the Score
	From Disaffection to Social Inclusion		Quality Work With Young People
	You Can¹t Be Serious! (set of 5)		Foundations - the basic guide to running a youth club
	The Art of Youth Work		Actual Reality
	Starting Points: Literacy & Numeracy		Understanding Anger
	Youth Listens		Perspectives on Young Carers
	Making Connexions

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Yes Me!

For: Young people and their workers.
Key Themes: Peer education, Self-development.
Size: A4, 70 pages
ISBN: 0 907095 22 4
Price: £9.95

This booklet is easy to follow and outlines a user friendly self-development programme designed to help potential peer educators gain the understanding and skills needed to run a peer learning group.
Yes Me! clearly demonstrates the benefits peer education has on participating young people by encouraging them to look at themselves, identify their qualities and strengths. It looks into topics such as non-verbal communication and group dynamics as well as helping a young person explore why they might want to be a peer educator.
Yes Me! is divided into 23 sessions covering many aspects of self-development. It supports quality youth work and encourages systematic project planning and evaluation.

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Making Safer Places

For: Women, Community groups, Youth workers, Teachers.
Key Themes: Safety, Neighbourhood action.
Size: A4, 90 pages
Published: 1998
ISBN: 0 9516166 4 4
Price: £16.50

Making Safer Places is intended for use by those who wish to take action to improve the quality and safety of their neighbourhoods. It outlines a strong formula for doing this based in young people's first hand experience and concerns.
The resource guides the reader through an audit process, a method that enables people to assess the level of safety in the area in which they live work or play. It suggests ways that a group can present their findings to effect positive changes in the built environment.
The booklet is divided into activities, case studies of projects undertaken by young people and fact sheets on design features such as lighting and youth centre design.

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From Disaffection to Social Inclusion

For: Youth workers, Teachers, Probation officers, Lecturers, Social workers.
Key themes: Truancy, Mentoring, Crime diversion.
Size: A4, 140 pages
Published: 1998
Price: £20.70

Focusing on addressing disaffection within Learning Gateways, Youth Support Service and Youth Offending Team Programmes, this book recommends developing youth work partnerships with schools to tackle truancy and exclusion. It aims to assist workers and teachers to do so by outlining how they can help young people to develop self-esteem, recognise and manage feelings, empathise with others and examine the values by which they live.
Quality Work with Young People underpins UK Youth's Youth Achievement Award Scheme and is an invaluable support document. From Disaffection to Social Inclusion advocates using the awards as a tool for motivating excluded and truanting young people.

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Know the Score

For: Youth Offending Teams, PSHE Teachers, Youth, Health and Social workers.
Key themes: Peer drug education.
Size: A4, 100 pages
Published: 1999
ISBN: 0 907095 99 2
Price: £19.75

Drug education is the focus of this comprehensive peer education resource. Designed to be used as a preparation programme Know the Score! includes activities that can be used or adapted to increase other young peoples awareness about drug issues. It gives hints and tips on the strengths and challanges of peer drug education work, as well as techniques for evaluating learning outcomes. Know the Score! contains photocopiable materials for use in training peer drug education groups and case studies illustrating different approaches.

"This resource covers all aspects of drug education, support and training, which I think - after five years experience in this field - are essential. I tried hard to find a loophole, however I was unsuccessful." Xcellent: The journal of peer education in Scotland.

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Food Mood Guide

For: PSHE Teachers, Youth, Health and Social.
Key Themes: Young women, Eating Problems, Food, Society, Emotions.
Size: A4, 60 pages
Published: 1995
ISBN: 0 907095 75 5
Price: £9.95

Reprinted due to demand, this lively resource is for work with young women on food, feelings and society, three of the major factors involved in eating problems.

Used successfully in schools and youth groups the Food Mood Guide enables workers to deliver a complete programme on eating problems and the accompanying issues. It enables young women to gain a greater understanding of society's pressures on them and to feel encouraged to look for positive ways of meeting their emotional needs.

Over 20 exercises are included, laid out under headings: 'Looking at food in society'; 'How I deal with feelings'; 'Me and food'; and 'How I see myself'. Also included is much needed information on the main eating disorders, where to go for further help and guidance on facilitating a workshop.

"This is an extremely useful resource" Health Development Agency

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A Framework For Peer Learning

For: Youth workers, Peer educators, Schools, Colleges.
Key Themes: Planning, Recruitment, Delivery, Evaluation.
Size: A4, 80 pages
Published: 1995 Second Edition 2000
ISBN: 0 907095 77 1
Price: £9.95

New Edition

This comprehensive resource offers a youth worker or teacher sound guidelines on how to establish a successful peer education programme. Reprinted due to demand and fully updated it lays out the different stages of peer education and the structure provided can be used at different levels of participation, over a range of issues.

Included are guidelines for action, session plans for recruitment and training, ideas for follow up and evaluation as well as a section on key problems and dilemmas.

Used in combination with the Yes Me! booklet, it provides all the tools required to train young people to devise and run a complete peer education programme.

"I found the material accessible and concise. It opened up new areas of work for us to pursue." Redbridge Child & Family Centre .

Set of 5 books
You Can¹t Be Serious!
For: Peer Educators.
Key Themes: Peer Education, Health of the Young Nation target areas.
Size: 23cm x 23cm, 70 pages apx. in each
Published: 1997
ISBN's: Heart Health 0 907095 00 3; Accident Prevention 0 907095 15 1; Cancer Prevention 0 907095 01 1; Mental Health 0907095 03 8; Sexual Health 0 907095 04 6
Price: £48.00 for full set, £10.50 individually.

A series of five health resource booklets for peer educators, by Marilyn Harvey. Each covers one of the Health of the Young Nation target areas and contains background information on the topic, guidance on the role of peer educator, activities for use by peer educators and a case study.
This series is particularly useful as a follow-on from the Yes Me! publication.

' Their accessible style encourages the trainer to draw on their imagination as well as personal experience.' Clipboard, NCVYS.

"The exercises really got young people looking in to their own opinions, but also got them listening to others." Youth Health Worker

Heart Health

Heart Health gets young people to think about their lifestyles. It helps them to set up a pattern which will keep their heart pumping away efficiently, enabling them to get more out of life - now and into their nineties.
Themes include exercise, food and drink, gender and heart health, stress and assertiveness.

Accident Prevention
Accident Prevention is about managing risk in a way that reduces the chance of an unnecessary accident. It looks at making sensible decisions whether in the home, on the road, or on public transport.
Themes include understanding accidents, drink driving, safety messages for young people, risk and assertiveness.

Cancer Prevention

Cancer Prevention aims to set up health patterns that help prevent cancer. It gives accurate information and discussion activities covering lifestyle factors, taking health risks, smoking, experiencing cancer and sun safety. It gets young people thinking about factors related to cancer and introduces prevention as a vital strategy in reducing cancer risks.

Mental Health

Mental Health encourages young people to be aware of their qualities and respect themselves. It is about individuals taking control of their own lives, making their own decisions and learning to say 'yes' and 'no'. It encourages the appropriate expression of feelings and believes that self-awareness is the key to forming good relationships.
Themes covered include bullying, understanding mental health, feelings, friendship and sources of help.

Sexual Health

Sexual Health gives young people the knowledge needed to be in control of their sexual health. It gives information on family planning, avoiding disease and preventing damage to yourself and others.
It looks at how to decide what's right from an individual point of view, how to live by that and gain the skills to say 'yes' and 'no'. Themes include language and communication, teenage pregnancy, peer pressure, assertiveness, HIV, AIDS and STD's.

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Foundations - the basic guide to running a youth group

For: Volunteers, Youth workers and Managers.
Key Themes: Aims and youth work principals, Programme delivery.
Size: A4, 44 pages.
Published: 2000
ISBN: 0 907095 76 3
Price: £11.50

Foundations, a vital resource by Alan Rogers, has been produced by popular request and is an introduction to the practicalities of working with young people. The book is in two parts, with part one looking at what is required in order to establish a youth group and part two focusing on delivering a programme that involves and interests young people.

Each section covers a key aspect of setting up, managing and running a youth group. Aimed both at those who are new to work with young people and want to set up a group in their own community, and those who are established youth work teams who want to review their work.
Foundations also includes 'Agenda issues' - questions for reflection and discussion. These questions can be addressed individually, but may be particularly valuable if used as agenda items at a group meeting.

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The Art of Youth Work

For: Youth workers, Managers and Policy makers.
Key Themes: What is youth work & what do youth workers do?
Size: A5, 114 pages
Published: 1999
ISBN: 1 8988924 49 X
Price: £14.75

This book is a return to the principal that youth work is centrally concerned with the development of young people as authentic human beings - not because they are 'in trouble' or 'cause trouble' and not because they are at risk or socially excluded - but because they are young people in the process of creating themselves, their identity, meanings and values.

Author Kerry Young asked youth workers and young people, 'what is youth work?' and 'what do youth workers do?' Their answers demonstrate that despite differences in methods, 'curriculum' and 'target groups', they believe the purpose of youth work is to enable young people to ask and answer the central questions of self and identity. Youth workers achieve this by making relationships with young people, assisting them to learn and develop from their own experiences.

Set of 5 books
Mind Matters

For: Youth Offending Teams PSHE Teachers, Youth, Health and Social workers.
Key Themes: Mental health issues.
Size: A4, 96 pages
Published: 2000
ISBN's: Loss & Grief 0 907095 06 2; Self-esteem 0 907095 09 7; Relationships 0 907095 14 3; Stress 0 907095 08 9; Actions 0 907095 12 7
Price: £88.00 for full set, £19.75 individually.

Mind Matters is a popular series of five resource banks by Marilyn Harvey and has been reprinted due to demand. They giive workers the practical information they need to work with young people on mental health issues.
Mental health is not something generally talked about, which can often result in a lack of understanding. Good mental health is much more than the absence of mental illness, it is about being aware of what you are like and having self respect so that you can take control of your own life and make your own decisions.
These Resource Banks each comprise:

Good practice principles for facilitating activities and discussions
An introduction to the subject theme, giving background information and a context to activities
10 or more various activities to use with young people in order to explore mental health issues related to the subject theme
A write-up of a project which centres around young people and mental health issues

Loss & Grief "It hurts"

'Loss and grief' are historically closely linked to death. However, in recent years those in the mental health field have come to realise that many other kinds of traumas and life situations also evoke strong feelings associated with loss and grief.
This resource bank will enable you to help young people explore their feelings around loss and grief (in whatever form it occurs), ways they might deal with these feelings, and how they might support friends who are bereaved.

Self-esteem "What if ?"

The way individuals feel about themselves can help or hinder their physical, mental, spiritual and emotional health. Feelings associated with high or low self-esteem can also influence and sometimes govern behaviour both in private and in public. This resource bank will enable you to help young people explore factors that influence the way they feel about themselves and behave towards others, while also giving them an opportunity to learn skills to improve their self esteem.

Relationships "Work it out!"

Young people often find adolescence is a time when they redefine relationships with their parents and experiment with a variety of different alliances with their peers, whilst also coping with those in authority who may have expectations that feel unreasonable to some individuals. This resource bank will enable you to help young people consider the different kinds of relationships they have with others and ways they might deal with different relationship issues that affect their day to day life.

Stress "Life's hassles"

In recent years those in the mental health field have come to realise that stress can be a positive stimulator for action as well as a major cause of physical, psychological and behaviour problems - for both young people and adults alike. This resource bank will enable you to help young people investigate the different stresses affecting their lives and ways they can positively and constructively manage this stress.

Actions "Should I, shouldn't I?"

Peer group pressure is often given as the reason why many young people behave in both the positive and negative ways that they do. For many young people the conflict between should I, shouldn't I. . . can often be daunting and stressful because they don't feel skilled or confident enough to know how to make informed choices without fearing they might be isolated from their peers and others. This resource bank will help young people discover the factors influencing their behaviour, whilst giving them the opportunity to learn skills needed to resist pressure to behave in ways that they do not want.

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Starting Points - Youth Tutoring Youth: Literacy & Numeracy

For: Youth Workers, Schools, Colleges.
Key Themes: Literacy, Numeracy, Peer education.
Size: A4, 100 pages
Published: 2000
ISBN: 0907095 11 9
Price: £28.50

This manual enables young people to support other young people to improve their basic literacy and numeracy skills, in fun and informal ways. It responds to the fact that many young people leave school unable to read, write and use numbers at a level that allows them to participate fully in their everyday life.

This manual includes key elements of peer education work and guidance for setting up Youth Tutoring Youth projects. It contains young peoples stories, learning materials and activities for improving their literacy, numeracy and confidence.

"It felt really good having someone my own age helping me to learn"

"I learnt the alphabet properly by going to CD shops with my tutor and looking up groups' names."

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Actual Reality - a programme for young people beyond 2000: the report

For: Youth, Health and Social workers, Schools, Colleges, Managers, Local Councillors and MP's.
Key Themes: Citizenship, Participation and Empowerment.
Size: A4, 24 pages
Published: 2000
ISBN: 0907095 81 X
Price: £8.50

This is the report of the acclaimed Actual Reality Conference. Organised by young people from across the UK, it was the culmination of a year long participation project managed by UK Youth's National Members Group.

Actual Reality gave young people a direct voice to those with influence. Held in Westminster it attracted the support of the Prime Minister and an audience of 200 politicians, policy-makers, managers, civil servants and heads of voluntary sector agencies.

Written by young people in the NMG, the report explains the processes used in putting on the conference event and gives information on the young peoples workshops covering subjects such as young peoples finances, stress in education, and developing local facilities with young people. Transcripts of the Q&A session outlines young peoples ideas for increasing consultation with them across a range of provision.

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Understanding Anger - a group work programme

For: Youth Offending Teams, PSHE Teachers, Youth and Health workers.
Key Themes: Emotions, Anger management, Mental health.
Size: A4, 45 pages
Published: 2001
Price: £10.50

This is a vital tool for those working with angry young people who are on the edge of the law and whose temper is causing difficulties.

Understanding Anger group programmes are being run successfully in Leicester by the Anubis Trust. In this resource, Jim Hopkinson has detailed factors considered and activities used in running the intensive 3 day programmes.

Anger is explored within the context of emotional health and guidence on the practicalities of planning, running and reviewing a course. In addition numerous activities are included specifically for young people with few literacy skills who don't want to sit down for too long.

"Before I'd have started fighting probably. I feel different now - more calm. I'm dealing with things in a different way."

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Youth Listens - training and supporting peer mentors

For: Youth Offending Teams, Personal Advisors, PSHE Teachers, Youth and Health workers.
Key Themes: Peer mentoring, Mental health, Communication.
Size: A4, 96 pages.
Published: 2001
ISBN: 0 907095 79 8
Price: £25.00

Using this resource, you can enable young people to air their personal concerns and problems whilst also developing their skills and qualities so they can become mentors for others.

Youth Listens gives clear guidance on setting up a peer mentoring project in both formal and informal settings. It explains the principals of peer mentoring work and covers issues such as recruiting and supporting young people to mentor, and planning a training programme. It has useful photocopiable activities and a peer mentor training case study.

"National statistics show that 25% of young people have attempted suicide and 87% have felt that life is not worth living. Not having anybody to talk to is one reason for these feelings of worthlessness and despair."

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Perspectives on Young Carers

For: Youth Offending Teams, Personal Advisors, Youth, Health and Social workers.
Key Themes: An introduction to young carers issues and their support needs.
Size: A4, 96 pages.
Published: 2001
ISBN: 0 907095 78 X
Price: £20.50

Young Carers as a group are often neglected and feel that there is little understanding of their lives.

Perspectives on Young Carers begins to address this by providing workers with a picture of the role of a young carer and guidance in setting up projects to support them. It suggest ways of exploring with young people the issues, feelings and concerns that might influence their life as a young carer. It contains photocopiable activities to raise awareness of the surrounding issues. Guidelines on facilitating these activities are also included.

"It is estimated that approximately 51,000 young people are involved in some kind of caring roles."

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Making Connexions - the role of youth work

For: Practitioners, front line managers, Policy makers and Government officers.
Key Themes: The role of youth work within ConneXions.
Size: A4, 16 pages.
Published: 2001
ISBN: 0 907095 80 1
Price: £11.50

Youth work, especially within the voluntary sector, is well-positioned to play a part in the delivery of the ConneXions Service. However the role of youth work in ConneXions is not simple or exact.

This vital new publication, written by Alan Rogers, uses case studies to illustrate how youth work is already delivering work which is 'ConneXions-compatible'. It also identifies some of the concerns which will need to be addressed if youth workers are to work alongside ConneXions. Making Connexions goes on to explore ways in which youth workers can contribute to the goals of ConneXions, while maintaining both the integrity of their practice and the confidence of their partners.

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Quality Work With Young People

For: Youth workers, Managers, Policy makers.
Key Themes: Risk behaviours, Assessment, Outcome measurement.
Size: A4, 166 pages
Published: 1996
Price: £32.70

The methods outlined in this popular book are becoming essential practice for policy makers, managers and workers in order to target, plan and effectively evaluate youth work practice.
Quality Work with Young People is about personal and social development for all young people. It enables youth workers to address Government concerns about young people, in particular in relation to risk behaviours and social exclusion. It gives youth workers the tools to work effectively with all young people and to demonstrate that their work is accountable and cost effective. These results are not achieved by chance but only through well-managed and skilled work with young people.
Quality Work with Young People underpins UK Youth's Youth Achievement Award Scheme

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