Awards Network for Parents and Carers
Parents and carers are at the centre of learning for young people. Youth awards can make a positive difference to your family:
The Curriculum for Excellence requires schools to recognise the breadth of young people’s achievement, to include achievements gained outside of school through e.g. youth work, volunteering and hobbies, and not simply their ability to pass exams. This means that there is a growing role for community activities to support and complement school based learning.
Employers say:
Business is clear – we need an education system which develops rigorous, rounded and grounded young people. This means a system which focuses as much on the development of key attitudes and attributes – such as confidence, resilience, enterprise, ambition – as on academic progression and attainment.
– Delivering Excellence – an approach for schools in Scotland, CBI, 3/2015
Any job requires a set of technical skills, but employees also need a range of ‘soft skills’. Employers increasingly recognise how youth work awards help young people develop these ‘soft skills’, and consequently make them more valuable as employees in the workplace.
Provider: British Red Cross
The RED programme is an internal British Red Cross accreditation scheme designed to Recognise, Empower and Develop all young (15-25 year old) volunteers engaged… more
Provider: Venture Scotland
We support young people aged 16-30 to develop new life skills and build their confidence, improve their mental and physical health and increase their… more
Provider: Youth Scotland
The Youth Achievement Awards provide an accreditation framework to support quality work with young people. They are easy to use and can be incorporated… more
Provider: Young Enterprise Scotland
Designed to aid young people’s transition from education into independent living and employment, the Team Programme develops confidence and life skills… more
Grant funding of up to £10,250 is available for eligible community and voluntary organisations to set up and deliver the DofE, as well as the enrolment costs for young people taking part.
This toolkit has been developed through consultation with educators and other partners to create a suite of resources that will support practitioners embed skills in a manageable and sustainable way.
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The Curriculum Improvement Cycle is a systematic review of the Scottish curriculum to ensure it remains up to date and relevant for children and young people.
Build a library of your achievements! Use this to help track your successes, reflect on what you've accomplished and discover what motivates you.
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A tool to help young people to identify and articulate the skills they develop and apply through youth work and related non-formal learning activity
A simple explanation of Wider Achievement from The National Parents Forum of Scotland with examples of opportunities and related awards and qualifications
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