Training

Youth Scotland offers a range of training for part time and voluntary youth workers and young people.

Youth Scotland offers training to youth workers to accompany all of its projects and programmes. It also offers training to young people to increase leadership skills and support their participation in the running of their youth groups and in decision making processes.

See the training calendar below for Youth Scotland training events taking place in 2010/11. Scroll down the page to find the month you are looking for.

Please note - there may be entry restrictions/booking criteria for some of the training listed. Where the course is highlighted, click on the course title to take you to a page with more information. If in doubt, please contact us! Courses specifically for young people are marked YP.

Roadshows: The 2010/11 training programme will include a series of special local training events, offering workers and volunteers the opportunity to try out a number of new courses over one or two days - information about these events will be available here shortly!

September 2010

1st Sept: Awards Induction Training Day, Edinburgh 

16th Sept: Involvement Training tutor training, Edinburgh

21st Sept: Girls on the Move Worker Training in Dance and Movement, Elgin

24th - 26th Sept: Involvement Training Stage 2 Residential, Aviemore (YP and workers)

28th Sept: Keep It Real, Dumfries

October 2010

2nd Oct: Girls on the Move Active Clubs Leadership Course, Edinburgh (YP)

11th - 15th Oct: Girls on the Move 5 Day Award in Dance Leadership course (non-residential), Glasgow (YP)

11th - 15th Oct: Girls on the Move 5 Day Award in Dance Leadership course (residential), Orkney (YP)

27th Oct: Keep It Real, Edinburgh

November 2010

9th Nov: Involvement Training tutor training, Glasgow

13th - 14th Nov: Practical Problems Sensible Solutions - Youth Scotland's national training event for part-time and voluntary youth workers

26th - 28th Nov: Involvement Training Stage 2 Residential, Dumfries  (YP and workers)

December 2010

1st Dec: Awards Induction Training Day, Stirling

4th Dec: Bored Meetings for Workers training, Aberdeen

January 2011

29th Jan: Bored Meetings for Workers training, Fife

March 2011

18th - 20th Mar: Involvement Training Stage 2 Residential, Abernethy (YP and workers)

June 2011

10th - 12th Jun: Involvement Training Stage 2 Residential, Larbert (YP and workers)