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Youth Group Programme
The Safety Box Youth Service Programme aims to empower and optimise the potential of young people in addition to give them the ability to handle dangerous and aggressive situations, our programme covers the ages of 11 – 25, with the priority age range being between 13-19. The young people are given a diverse wide range of tools in order to gain knowledge, skills, make informed choices and to assist in their personal development to enable them to become active citizens, with the priority staying away from anti-social behaviour and keeping safe. We provide a tailored service related to core youth work values and principles, this is based on a curriculum framework which supports young people’s development in society as citizens.
Our Focus
Developing good relationships and respecting the differences between people
• about the effects of all types of stereotyping, prejudice, bullying, racism and discrimination and how to challenge them assertively
• how to empathise with people different from themselves
• about the nature of friendship and how to make and keep friends
• to recognise that goodwill is essential to positive and constructive relationships
• to negotiate within relationships, recognising that actions have consequences, and when and how to make compromises
Developing a healthy, safer lifestyle
We teach participants:
• to use assertiveness skills to resist unhelpful pressure
• to have a sense of their own identity and present themselves confidently in a range of situations
• to be aware of how others see them, manage praise and criticism, and success and failure in a positive way and learn from the experience
Developing good relationships and respecting the differences between people
We teach participants:
• to challenge offending behaviour, prejudice, bullying, racism and discrimination assertively and take the initiative in giving and receiving support
• to work cooperatively with a range of people who are different from themselves
• to deal with changing relationships in a positive way, showing goodwill to others and using strategies to resolve disagreements peacefully
• about the diversity of different ethnic groups and the power of prejudice
Youth Group General Training Programme -
Courses are normally tailored to meet the youth group but the general course can be seen below |
Weeks 1 Modules (designed to teach conflict resolution, handling bullying, anger management and self control through the skills development process)
• Conflict Resolution part 1
• Anger Management
• Handling bullying and How to avoid street robbery
• Personality Types
• Wrist Hold Defences Level 1
• How to break fall
Week 2 Modules (designed to teach verbal diffusion, non-reactive responses, personal safety on the streets, defensive postures and awareness, basic escapes)
• Verbal Defence (Team Role Plays)
• Mental Awareness
• ‘Keeping your cool’
• Handling bullying
• Avoiding Mobile phone theft Safety on public transport
• Posture in Attack Prevention (Group Work)
• Wrist Hold Defences Level 1 (Physical)
• Strangle Hold Defences Level 1 (Physical)
• Clothing Grabs (Physical)
• How to break fall (Physical)
Week 3 Modules (designed to teach how to see potential danger, plan to escape, defensive postures, basic escapes)
• Conflict Resolution part 2 (workbook)
• Action = Reaction
• Dangers of reacting
• Planning and spotting danger
• Travelling home on public transport
• Posture in Attack Prevention
• Wrist Hold Defences Level 2 (Physical)
• Strangle Hold Defences Level 1 (Physical)
• Defence against head locks (Physical)
• Dangers of being cut by a knife (what to do)
• How to break fall (Physical)
Week 4 Modules (designed to teach how to escape potentially violent situations, defensive postures, escapes, how to safely fall, defence against knifes)
• Strangle Hold Defences Level 2 (Physical)
• Dynamic Simulation Response Drill
• Self Defence & the Law (Police Lecture)
• The lines of attack of a knife
• Gross motor blocking (Physical)
• Defence against a knife level 1 (Physical)
• How to break fall (Physical)
• Your Body as a Weapon of Defence (Striking)
• Biomechanics
• Vital Striking Points
• Dynamic Simulation Response Drill
• Awareness of the Date Rape Drug
• Rape Defence Level 1
• Defence against a knife level 2
• Rape Defence Level 2 |
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