West Dunbartonshire

Youth Alliance Peer Education Group

IntroductionWhat we will be talking about;

History of the group. What have we done;Experiential learning

Primary school delivery No knives better lives

Internet safety Road safety/drink driving

Joint peer education residential

History of our group The group came together when we took part in a

training residential in August 2013 Our group is made up of young people

from 3 different youth organisations

The Early Intervention Team Community Learning and Development

The Tullochan Trust

Once we developed workshops together we decided to keep working together and we formed the Youth

Alliance peer education group

What have we done!Over the past 2 years we have been involved in a variety of

training We have been trained by;

Sonal (fast forward) - No knives better lives Jay (fast forward) – workshop development

John martin- sharp solutions tool kit Janice and Joe from the early intervention team

and CLD - communication skills, confidence building, presentation skills, team building residentials and workshop

development

With this training we have been able to develop and deliver the following workshops to young people across West

Dunbartonshire

Experiential Learning We have delivered workshops 2 years running, this has seen us

deliver workshops to over 1900 primary7s across West Dunbartonshire

These workshops have included ; Internet safety – chat room

No knives better lives –workshops

Road safety - Drink driving, car simulator , speed reaction

After each block of experiential learning we arranged to go into some of the primary schools to do follow up session to find out

what the young people have learned and to explore the workshops further with a focus on;

Community Safety Drugs and Alcohol

Making changes in your community

Primary school inputs workshops on community safety

No knives better lives Gang culture VandalismLittering Drink and drug abuse

Road safetyRole play – interactive and fun Punishment for drink driving – giving knowledge and

understanding about consequences Reaction time - speed limit simulator Distractions for drivers – showing what real drivers could go

through whilst driving

Drink AwarenessWe delivered a workshop on drink driving and this involved

using a car stimulator.We gave the young people beer goggles to put on to let

them see how dangerous it is if drink driving.We gave them information of the penalty for drink driving

and reasons why it is dangerous.

Internet safetyCyber bullying

Accessibility to websites without consent of age Social media

AppsOnline gaming

Developing a workshop

Joint Peer Education Training Residential

Three youth organisations who share there passion for peer education came together to train and learn together. This residential was a way find out new ways to deliver and develop workshops on issues that affect young people . This training residential seen 38 young people come together to learn and share experiences

The three youth organisations were WDC Youth alliance peer education group Y sort it Inverclyde council The training was delivered by Jay Wardrop from Fast forward

What we learned ! Police Scotland input : Act now workshop –counter terrorism prevention strategy Serious and organised crime Internet Safety & Cyber Bullying

Being a peer educator using different methods to look at peer education what it is what makes a good peer educator Ways to consult with young people using ice breaker as a way to make a group comfortable listening skills roots of issues breaking issues down working with others

Drugs and alcohol Booze and risks

Booze on the body Drugs Corners

Legal HighsWorkshop development

Using the information we learned from the consultation workshops we were to plan and develop workshops on the

themes that had shown up and presentation them to the rest of peer educators

Evaluation Throughout the residential Jay shown us different

way to evaluate each workshops using different methods from paper methods , movement and photographs

What's next

Using the skills we learned from our residential and the support from our workers we are developing new workshops that we can use to deliver to more young people across West Dunbartonshire

These workshops are ; Community safety Cyber bullying Internet use / Apps safety We are also hoping to get more training such as; street games cycling proficiency

Which we will be delivering to primary schools and youth groups

Any Questions ?

Thank you