Mentoring Works
Key National partners state their support for wider replication of the approach!
For an investment of £108,000 Plusone Mentoring was found to have generated social value of over £1.05m.
For a summary of the evaluation report click here
YMCA Scotland audited accounts
A copy of YMCA Scotland audited accounts for the year April 2010-March 2011 is available to download here
Young Men in Scotland
Launched in July 2009, the report ‘Young Men in Scotland' was written in partnership with Professor Howard Sercombe from Strathclyde University.
The report reflects an ongoing conversation about young men triggered by YMCA Scotland and involving senior practitioners from key stakeholders like children's panel, licensing board, police, press, social work, health and youth work.
The cost of this publication is £1.00 plus p&p, which covers YMCA Scotland core printing costs.
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Achieve Your Potential
This resource provides an ‘off-the-shelf' programme designed to support children through the transition to High School.
Included in the resource is a detailed format for an eight week programme aimed at engaging children with low self esteem and building a supportive relationship with their parents.
The cost of this publication is £20.00 plus p&p.
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Mentoring Guide
This document seeks to capture much of the learning and process of YMCA Scotland's journey to date in the delivery of mentoring programmes targeting vulnerable young people.
It focuses upon a preventative approach that recruits and trains local volunteers to act as mentors to young people deemed to be at risk of future dysfunction or, to put it in YMCA terms, deemed to be at risk of not achieving their fullest potential.
The cost of this publication is £12.00 plus p&p.
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YMCA work with Refugees 1945-1995
The work of YMCA National Movements and the World Alliance of YMCAs with refugees and rehabilitation 1945-1995, compiled by Jim Thomson
The cost of this publication is £10.00 including p&p
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Glimpses - Youth Work and Spirituality
This resource pack from The National Youth Agency will help youth workers to develop spirituality for themselves and in their work with young people. Designed to be an accessible pack to help explore what the concept of spirituality means in modern life and how it can be applied to modern day youth work.
Written by Steve Bullock, Church of England Diocesan youth officer in Gloucester, and Nigel Pimlott of the Frontier Youth Trust, the five sections in Glimpses will encourage readers to reflect on spirituality and stimulate thought and discussion and promote greater awareness.
The cost of this publication is £15.00 plus p&p.
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