Youth Projects Duke of Edinburgh's Award
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award is a voluntary, non-competitive programme of practical, cultural and adventurous activities, designed to support the personal and social development of young people aged 14 - 25, regardless of gender, background or ability.
The Award seeks to challenge young people to try new activities and integrate with their local communities. Its programme of activities provides a structured pattern for personal and social development.
The Award is divided up into 3 levels dependent upon your age and is available to young people aged 14 and over.
There is no real time limit when it comes to completing a Duke of Edinburgh Award programme. As long as participants are under 25 years old when they complete all their activities in their programme, they are free to work at a pae that they are comfortable with to achieve their Award.
For further information please contact the Duke of Edinburgh Award Team - Tel No. 01443 693498.
Princes Trust Team Programme
Team is a free 12 week programme of personal development and training. It aims to re-engage young people, helping them to think about their futures. In many cases it changes their lives.
Unemployed young people aged 16 - 25 can join a Prince's Trust Team Programme here in Merthyr Tydfil through the Youth Service and its delivery partners.
Princes Trust XL Programme
XL Clubs target young people facing difficulties at school and work with them on a personal development curriculum.
Deliberately informal, the clubs seek to re-engage and motivate young people. throughout their last 2 years of compulsory schooling, club members learn to take responsibility, develop social skills and enjoy the benefits of teamwork, guided by a Prince's Trust-trained XL Club Adviser. XL Clubs' are delivered by the Youth Service at each of the High Schools within the Borough to ensure young people are supported to achieve within formal education.
Youth Achievement Awards
Merthyr Tydfil Youth Service in partnership with Youth Cymru provides young people with the opportunity to access a family of awards which have been designed to enable progression and accreditation of young people's learning. theses ASDAN accredited awards work around young people's skills and interests and recognise achievement within a framework of levels e.g. bronze, silver, gold and platinum. These programmes are available to young people aged 14 plus.
these awards recognise the levels of responsibility and skill development young people undertake within local youth provisions when participating in or developing activities and projects for themselves. the programme focuses on developing effective communication and ream working skills, project management and organisational skills all of which complements their formal learning.
For those under 14, the following awards are available which can provide progression into the full Youth Achievement Award programmes.
Youth Challenge
A 30 hour programme comprising of 5, 6 hour activities with a central element of peer assessment supported by the Award Group Worker. Encouraging young people to take part in activities is the focus at this first level.
Youth Challenge Extra
This programme can be used as a progression from the Youth Challenge or as direct entry for a young person capable of demonstrating the ability to help organise.
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