Youth Social Action Resource Hub

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

This resource contains the following lessons: Lesson 1: Understanding the Meaning of Sustainability Young people to understand the meaning of sustainability and the skills and knowledge needed to make changes. Lesson 2: How does what we eat impact the environment? Young people to understand the impact our eating habits can have on the environment. Lesson 3: What is Biodiversity? The key objective of this lesson is to learn about biodiversity and importance Lesson 4: What do young people think about Climate Change? What do young people think about Climate Crisis? What are they doing about it? Let's meet some young people. Lesson 5: The role of the UN in supporting young people with change? The role of the UN in supporting young people to support change.

This resource contains the following lessons: Delivering Youth Social Action Lesson 1: The main purpose of this lesson is to be able to describe the biodiversity found in Antarctica and allow the young people to learn about different elements regulating the climate as well as the role of biodiversity in sustaining health and life. Lesson 2: The aim of the session is for young people to understand the role of the glaciers in the greenhouse effect and how greater CO2 emissions through the impact of human activities Lesson 3: In this session, young people will look at the effects that the melting of glaciers has on the Antarctic food web.
Lesson 4: The aim of this session is to develop the skills to present an argument for the protection of Antarctica.

The Green Influencers Scheme’s mission is to help young people connect with the natural environment. By taking part in youth-led projects, they learn and develop new skills, open up progression routes and help inspire their local communities to take meaningful action. In total 81 Green Influencers have taken part across Norfolk and 88 in Southampton, each Influencer spending an average of almost 10 hours connecting with nature and leading on climate action. Some projects: The Green Influencer newspaper; Team GreenPhone: The Polygon School’s repair shop for electronic devices; a traditional orchard; an allotment for young people without gardens at home.

This is a detailed guide containing everything you need to engage pupils in debates. The content includes: - Understanding debate language - Easy-to-use ideas for debate and oracy (all age groups from KS1-KS5) - Setting up Debates - Templates for . Judges . The main speakers . Researchers . Summary speakers - References and useful websites

A template to guide the young people through the project planning process

A guide that assists in applying the skills of research to the 5 step process of Youth Social Action

The passport supports the reflection process of #WeWill projects. Passports have been developed as a medium for pupils to record their journey through the social action process. It gives pupils tasks to be completed in class or as part of their home learning process. The passport allows pupils to record what they have learnt, learn more skills, and solve riddles through the use of their problem-solving skills.