Youth / young workers

Young people are curious and want to try things out. Caution is often secondary. With our information you can channel the arrogance of learners and show them where the dangers lie. Ensure that your apprenticeship period is safe so that no accidents thwart your protégés' future plans.

The group reporting the highest levels of loneliness in the UK is young people. Loneliness is increasingly recognised as a serious public health concern with robust links to mental and physical health, use of health and care services and early mortality.

Youth Town (“Ungdomsbyen”) developed a process tool which can be used to adapt existing, or design new, activities with a sustainability focus.

The "trafficsafety4you" program was specially developed for 14 to 18 year olds. It comprises four modules, each of which lasts four school hours and is carried out by experienced traffic psychologists in the presence of the class teachers. There is an alcohol module, a drugs and medication module, a distraction module and a tiredness and fitness to drive module in road traffic.

YouthLink Scotland is committed to the role that Learning for Sustainability has in both a current and future practice as a youth work sector. On this website, you can find the current projects that YouthLink Scotland is supporting, resources on LfS and opportunities on how to get involved.

Charlie Waller is one the UK’s most respected mental health charities, founded by the family of Charlie Waller who took his own life in 1997 whilst suffering from depression. The charity helps young people to understand their own mental health, to equip them to support themselves and those around them, and to empower them to talk more openly about the subject.

Pilot project by the HSA

The Irish Health and Safety Authority (HSA) launched a pilot project in post-primary schools in the south-east and west of the country in September 2007. ‘Choose Safety’ is a teaching and learning resource pack for post- junior certificate students.

Teaching Young Workers About Job Safety and Health

Talking Safety, a foundation curriculum in occupational safety and health. This curriculum by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the culmination of many years’ work by a consortium of partners dedicated to reducing occupational injuries and illnesses among youth.

Website For Construction Safety

This website by the BAR Bygge & Anlæg (Sectoral Working Environment Council on Building and Construction) aims to raise awareness and knowledge about safety ...

Young Worker Safety

„HEADS UP – WORK SMART WORK SAFE“ is a project of WCB Worker’s Compensation Board in Alberta, Canada.

Health and Safety Courses, Training, Health and Safety Audits

This website by the British Safety Council offers lots of information and resources for young people and employers ...

Education materials for vocational training

"An apprenticeship that fits" for four professional groups The BGW offers you materials that support you in your lessons. Topics include first aid, skin protection, hand hygiene and needlestick injuries. The BGW has put together brochures for the following apprenticeships: medical assistants, veterinary assistants, dental assistants and hairdressers.

The Youth Engagement Toolkit is a free eBook, made to promote the importance of youth engagement for school health. The book is available online and additionl videos and interactive pages maximize the experience.

A project with papers and seminars for the promotion of health amongst children and teenagers.

The "Risk out!" campaign of the statutory accident insurance dedicated itself in the years 2010 and 2011 to safe driving and transport.

Every beginning is difficult! Everyone has this experience in the course of their life and unfortunately the accident statistics also prove it: Young employees, and thus trainees as well, are exposed to a much higher risk of having an accident or becoming ill at an early age than their older colleagues. Anyone who enters a new environment exposes themselves to an increased risk.

The Authority has completed extensive revisions and amendments to the ‘Choose Safety’ school text.

“This is me” is a youth specific internet helpline and a youth prevention programme for schools consisting of several workshops on life skills development of young people.

Young Life Savers Club (your safety matters) is a subsidiary of Combined Training Solutions Limited (CTS), an international company with its core specialization in Health & Safety training and Consultancy.