News

  • Award!
    Adrienne Katz is honoured to have been awarded ‘Inspirational Individual of the Year’ by the Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation in the  StandUp Champion awards.  Congratulations to the other incredible award-winners! 
  • Anti-Bullying
    Youthworks is leading a team developing new Anti-Bullying Guidance and online resources hub for the government of Wales. 
  • Youthworks is the external evaluator on: the ‘Make a Noise’ project by Internet Matters & Tootoot, funded by DfE for a second year. (Addressing Anti-Bullying in schools  with an electronic reporting tool and resources for schools.)
  • Equality for vulnerable young people 
    A paper for Internet Matters on what’s needed to help vulnerable children in a digital world. Coming soon!
  • Our research partnership with Dr Aiman El Asam recently published a paper on vulnerable young people and their experiences of online risk in the journal, Human-Computer Interaction.
  • Equality in college
    Youthworks is the evaluator on Expect Respect, a HEFCE project at Sussex Coast College to address hate crime and sexual harassment.

    FOR ONLINE SAFETY RESOURCES AND NEWS  www.esafetyforschools.com

    Cybersurvey

    The CYBERSURVEY is an exciting annual online survey exploring young people’s online experiences and their e-safety education. With over 38,000 respondents from 9 local authority areas it is now in its 10th year. It covers all aspects of online life for 10-16 year olds and delivers vital messages for educators on your local trends. Safeguarding, staff training, PSED rmonitoring and your action plans are informed by this annual survey.

    Find out how your group of schools, academy chain or local authority area can participate. Tel 0208 9794991


    Evaluation

    Do you want to evaluate your service?
    Use an independent evaluator.

    Children’s services expertly evaluated.
    Children, parents and staff consulted.
    Qualitative and qualitative methods
    Interviews, focus groups, workshops and surveys
    Enjoyable and innovative  techniques
    Young people respected and engaged.
    Example:
    Evaluation of services’ responses to young people’s online lives for Dudley MBC. 2017

    Consulting

    Do you need expert advice and support without committing to an employee post? Short term contracts and projects are regularly undertaken for a range of services, charities and local authorities.

    Reports

    Research

    Conferences

    Consultations with service users

    Youthworks is leading a tream developing new Anti-Bullying Guidance for Wales. With colleagues, Jonathan Charlesworth of EACH, Robin Richardson of Insted and Carole Phillips formerly of Crickhowell High School in Powys.

     Training

    Cyberbullying and e-safety: new approaches

    New CPD accredited course offered.
    In your school for staff or join a training day with other schools.

    A bespoke version of this course is offered for workers in the care sector.

    Next available course: March 27th, London. Contact Osiris Educational.

    • A Whole School Approach to bullying
      This popular course is available as a one day course.

    Delegates are given access to regular updates, new resources and trend alerts.