Youth Services Team
Orkney Islands Councils Youth Services Team is part of the Community Learning and Development Service. We work with young people aged 8 -25, providing a range of universal and targeted youth work opportunities across Orkney for young people to get involved in.
Our work with young people supports wider achievement and recognises development of skills for learning, life and work. We build meaningful relationships with young people to involve them in the decision-making process. By improving health and wellbeing, we support young people to build their confidence, self-esteem and resilience. Outlined below are the three key features of youth work delivery:
- Young people choose to take part
- The work begins where the young person is at social, emotionally and academically
- The young person is a joint partner in the learning process
We provide a wide range of learning opportunities for young people. Our programmes support young people to overcome challenges, develop a wide range of skills and gain accreditation for their learning where possible.
Youth Accreditation
We work with schools and other services and community organisations to enable young people to achieve wider achievement and youth accreditation opportunities.
- Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
- Youth Achievement Awards
- Dynamic Youth Awards
- Hi5 Awards
- Participatory Democracy Certificate
- A Guide to Youth Awards
Youth Voice
We offer support and guidance to Orkney Youth Forum, Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament and other Youth Participation groups.
- Orkney Youth Forum
- Scottish Youth Parliament - We support Orkney’s 2 elected members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP).
Youth Groups and Clubs
We provide a number of Youth Clubs and Youth Drop-in’s across Orkney. Please contact us to find out where and when youth clubs take place.
