Teaching Youth Social Action (Inclusion & Diversity KS 2)

Chester Zoo, together with other young changemakers, have created a Conservation Changemakers' Toolkit for aspiring young changemakers. The toolkit has been developed to empower and enable young people to take action in their own lives for a more sustainable future.

This YSA starter pack contains the key resources needed to plan and deliver YSA in your setting.

This guide can help users maximise the impact of working in partnership with the local community. Community and stakeholder engagement in a youth social action programme involves young people working with other interested individuals or organisations to deliver action and change. The engagement can help increase access to students' learning opportunities, boost student retention, promote optimism among teachers, and improve children's school attendance rates.

This guide's main aim is to help you understand the importance of teamwork when young people are working together on a group project. It gives you an overview of the different departments in organisations and the various roles young people can play in these departments. It explores the different stages of teamwork, such as forming, storming, morning, performing, and adjourning, and applies these to the five steps of Youth Social Action.