Working or Volunteering with Young People

As someone working or volunteering with children and young people, you are often the first point of contact for complex conversations.

These free resources are designed to support your work and give evidence-based guidance on sensitive issues like knife crime and healthy relationships. This page also features activity directories for young people in Humberside.

Use these tools to start open discussions and help the young people you work with stay safe and choose positivity over violence.

Public Health Approach

We use a public health approach in our work - this means seeking to identify the root causes of serious violence and focusing on earlier intervention.

About the Public Health Approach

Overview of the public health approach and why it’s useful for your organisation.

Webinar Taking a Public Health Approach Dawn

Public Health Approach Webinar

We Do Wellbeing's recorded webinar on the importance of the public health approach.

Youth Voice

These resources can help you engage young people and embed youth voice meaningfully and consistently across your work.

Youth Connect

Easily identify and analyse youth voice research and activity from organisations across Humberside.

Hope Hacks Reports (2023)

Qualitative findings of what young people think would be the best solutions to problems in their local community.

Violence Prevention Health Champions Report

Evaluation of our programme that developed champions for violence prevention within healthcare and community settings.

Young People's Experiences of Violence

How young people feel about their local area and community, including the support, activities and facilities available to them.

Knife Crime Awareness

Our ‘Breaking the Cycle’ campaign can help you talk to young people about the dangers of carrying weapons and knives. The resources include information on the law regarding knives and offensive weapons, along with activities to prepare for a workshop.

Pol-Ed and Not In Our Community have created educational materials to support young people to stay safe, understand the law and make informed decisions.

Breaking the Cycle (Workbook)

Information and activities to help you prepare for a workshop, either online or in person.

North Lincolnshire Council Breaking the Cycle

Breaking the Cycle (Slides)

Presentation that aims to raise awareness of issues relating to knife crime.

Breaking the Cycle (Video)

Features first-hand accounts from people impacted by knife violence.

Knife Crime Awareness Essentials (Video)

Recorded webinar about the causes of knife crime, led by the Ben Kinsella Trust.

Pol-Ed

Teach young people about the risks of carrying a knife.

Not In Our Community

Suitable for Key Stage 3, 4 and above.

How to be a Trusted Adult

When a young person is having a tough time, they will often reach out to a ‘trusted adult’ in their life. These are usually adults who play an active, positive and important role in the community. If a young person seeks you out as a trusted adult, it can be difficult to know what to do or say. The below resources offer useful advice and support for these potentially tricky conversations.

Trusted Adults (Listen to Us!)

Supporting you to talk to young people without judgment or expectation.

Trusted Adults Guide

Advice for anyone working with children and young people from the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership.

Trauma-Informed Care E-Learning

Strengthen your understanding of trauma-informed care with the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership

Healthy Relationships

Our Anyone. Anywhere. campaign helps young people understand the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships. The resources include printable posters, lesson modules and social media graphics.

The #JustDont campaign aims to challenge everyday harassment and harmful behaviour faced by women and girls. Along with support services for men's mental wellbeing, the page features resources such as videos, posters and a social media toolkit.

Anyone. Anywhere.

Practical advice for young people to recognise the signs of abuse, seek support and help others.

#JustDont

Challenging harassment and supporting young men and boys to be part of positive change.

Activities for Young People

Each local authority in Humberside has a directory of activities, community groups and events:

Healthy Holidays Hull

Activities taking place in Hull during the school holidays for children and young people.

Live Well North Lincolnshire

Organisations, community groups and activities to support you to live your best life.

Teenagers Outdoors with Books and Headphones

Discover North East Lincolnshire

Useful information, including best beaches and discovering wildlife.

Active Communities

Empowering the East Riding of Yorkshire to be active, healthy and connected.

The below map shows activities in the Humber region, including sports clubs, art classes and silent discos. Click on the icons to learn more about the programmes. Please note that the listings are not actively updated – check event details with the organisers before joining a session.

Our Projects

We fund targeted, evidence-informed activities to reduce serious violence and its associated harms.

Our interventions are designed to address underlying risk factors, such as adverse childhood experiences, social inequality and lack of opportunity, while also strengthening protective factors within families and communities.

Click to view our projects