Youth Center/Group Programmes

The Safety Box Youth Service Programme aims to empower and optimise the potential of young people. Our courses cover the ages of 8 – 21, with the priority age range being between 13 -19.

Our courses provide a wide range of ongoing term time and holiday activities for young people in youth centres or youth groups found within communities. These include:

"Nah blud, No shank Project","Manhood project", "Eagles of tommorow" and the "Future Leaders project".

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