• Support to families and young people – LiveBorders have a range of Activity Camps available – FREE places can be allocated using a voucher code. If you have any families/children that you work with who could be supported with FREE places then please let YouthBorders know or contact your local Community Assistance Hubs who have voucher codes.
• FREE Cinema for Youth Groups – LiveBorders are providing FREE cinema/film screenings at Heart of Hawick this summer. If your group would like to organise a group trip to the cinema for a private screening then please contact Live Borders – the cinema capacity is 17 people, and you can pick your own film.
• FREE Cinema for children, young people, families – LiveBorders are providing FREE cinema tickets to families/young people at Heart of Hawick who may face a financial barrier to attending the cinema.  The voucher codes can be used in place of payment using the public access booking system: What's On - (patronbase.com) . Note your interest with YouthBorders if you would like to support this opportunity. 
• FREE use of the MUGA/3G Cages in Peebles and Galashiels – LiveBorders have some FREE availability to book the Gytes MUGA or Gala 3G Cage for youth clubs and groups. If your youth group are interested in finding out more please email Live Borders.  
• Scottish Borders Hardship Fund – Financial support to remove barriers to participation and involvement for individual children, young people or their families can be provided by the Scottish Borders Hardship Fund. This can include provision of supermarket vouchers or other payment alternatives as well as purchasing specific items/goods to support travel, food, equipment costs to enable participation. Referrals should be made via the local Community Assistance Hubs either by your organisation or by the family themselves.  For example this might include travel, clothing or equipment for activity for a young person to get involved. Community Assistance Hubs | Scottish Borders Council (scotborders.gov.uk)

• Nature Unlimited – Various dates and venues between 7^th July–16^th August, 10am – 12.30pm or 12.30-1.30pm. For ages P3-P7 & S1-S4  in Chirnside, Yetholm, Heriot, Greenlaw and Coldstream. Activities include cooperative wide games, natural art, den building, bug hunts, rope swings, slack line, etc depending on the venue and interests of the children and young people. Find out more and Book  
• Rock UK – Holiday Club Jr p1-P7 and Holiday Club Snr S1-S6 at Whithaugh Park in Newcastleton, involving archery, abseiling, climbing and more! Find out more and book.
• Branching Upwards – 12^th July & 16^th July at Broughtonknowe, 10am - 3pm. 9^th  & 11^th Aug at Romanno Bridge, 1.30 – 4pm. For ages P1-P7. Woodland Play sessions. Activities on offer will include bushcraft and fire lighting, den building, woodland crafts, mud kitchen, hammock and rope swing fun, games. To find out more and Book
• Stable Life – 5^th July – 11^th Aug,10am – 12pm, Dryden Farm, Ashkirk, Selkirk. For ages 8-12yrs and 13-18yrs hour Pony Care fun sessions which would include pony care, riding and some fun activity such as a small obstacle course, picnic etc. Targeted at young people from Selkirk, Hawick and Galashiels. Bookings via school and partnership referrals. Partners should contact the Tack Room: 01750 32288 for more information.   
• Transform Arts - 6^th, 12^th, 28^th July & 5^th Aug in Walkerburn, Yarrow and Bannerfield. For ages P3-P7. Quality arts and craft activity, inspired by nature with nature connection activity and play. To book your place

COVID-19 Guidance and Information: Updates
The Guiding Framework to Support Youth Work Delivery has been updated (17^th June) and can be found on the YouthLink Scotland Youth Work Recovery hub.
 
In line with Scottish Government Guidance for the CLD sector, the youth work guidance has been updated to remove the cap on numbers at levels 0-2. Following a risk assessment, a space-based approach should be taken in line with capacity guidance. Numbers permitted are to be based on the capacity of the venue, providing physical distancing and other mitigations remain in place.
 
In order to assess the capacity of your spaces please have a look at these useful Capacity Assessment Tools:

• Scottish Government Guidance on Determining Capacity
• SCDC 2m physical distance calculation method
• Kaon space planning tool

• Two-metre distancing between adults and young people, and between young people (12 and over) should be always maintained.
•  Face coverings should be worn by anyone aged 12 years of age and over, in all indoor spaces. Youth work leaders may wish to consider strengthening the use of face coverings to address specific local circumstances e.g. where increased community transmission is being seen 
• Please note the ‘expectations before delivery’, outlined in the youth work guidance should be in place when planning for the delivery of any youth work activity.

We would advise you to review your risk assessment in line with the updated guidance and share this with staff and volunteers.
 
For any specific questions regarding the guidance please contact Ayliffe at YouthBorders or visit the YouthLink Scotland FAQ.

• School's Out-Peebles are an out of school service offering play and childcare for children and young people aged 4-14yrs. They are registered with the care inspectorate and SSSC. Their service is based in Peebles however children from throughout the Tweeddale area utilise their holiday programmes. They use child led play and GIRFEC and the Health and social care standards underpin all their work.
• KICC are a cycling club in in the Scottish Borders offering led cycle rides, bike packing, young leadership training and forest skills. They endeavour to give as much decision making responsibility to the children as possible and they don’t focus purely on the sport aspect of cycling. Cycling can be many things to many people and they try to spark enthusiasm for the outdoors from a young age. 

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• Togetherall

• Learning and Development
• The Promise and Children’s Hearings
• Findings of Child Protection Practitioner Survey
• A message from the Independent Chair of the Public Protection Unit

The Realising and Recognising Children’s Rights (RRCR) Youth Work Resource has been adapted by the sector over the years to make it fit for purpose and at the start of 2021 and in partnership with Education Scotland and Scottish Government we are now excited to offer the first digital version of this updated course.

Join YouthLink Scotland on 1 September from 10am to 1pm to explore what children’s rights are, why we have those rights, what the articles are and provide space for personal reflection in relation to what you or your organisation is already doing or what could be changed in the future.

Online booking.

• Direct 1-1 support work with young people
• Small targeted group work
• Working in evening drop-in and streetwork settings
• Supporting young people in transitions to demonstrate their learning and skills
• Coordinating young people’s accreditation

• Non judgemental
• Strong communicator
• Understanding
• Organised

This post is fixed term until 31st March 2022, continuation subject to funding.

• Location : Berwickshire High School with occasional travel across the Scottish Borders
• Salary : £24,577.92 per annum
• Hours Per week: Full time
• Closing Date: Friday 25 June
• Interview Dates: Thursday 1 and Friday 2 July

Resilience Practitioners support young people to improve their mental health and emotional wellbeing through one to one sessions and small group work within each of the secondary schools across the Scottish Borders as well as supporting young people that have left school up to the age of 18.
CLICK HERE for more information

Should you wish to speak about this opportunity please email Angela Freeman, Service Co-ordinator

• Be trained and experienced in youth work
• Be highly motivated individual
• Have excellent communication skills
• Create a nurturing environment to enable the development of capable and confident young people
• Share the good news of Jesus with the young people
• Be able to build and develop a team of volunteers
• Set up and run weekly groups for young people
• Have excellent social media skills
• Be part of the three churches involved in the project
• Produce development plans and reports
• Keep comprehensive records of work for our funders
• Start date September 2021

Live Borders - Free Urban Dance Workshop
City Breakz is a new outdoor performance from Room 2 Manoeuvre, with an outdoor pop-up hip hop & breakin’ dance trail and throwdown. As part of their performance at Heart of Hawick, Room 2 Manoeuvre are providing a free workshop run by City Breakz performances.

City Breakz workshops are aimed at 12-18 years old movers who are open to learn how to hip to the hop with street dance moves & grooves.  After a dynamic warm up, participants can expect to learn street dance moves and sequences, short sections of the City Breakz show and have a chance to come up with their own moves, as solos or in groups through creative tasks.

This is a great opportunity to learn, create and explore with a professional dance company. To find out more CLICK HERE

Online registration is FREE and now open for those who are:

• age 14-19
• living in Scotland
• involved in making any kind of music
• interested in working in the music industry
• haven't previously taken part in the project

APPLY HERE

For further information, please contact Musicplus

Fast Forward - Peer Inspiration Projects Wanted!
Sign up your organisation’s projects now at Pips Projects to receive a packet of wildflower seeds, and be entered into our annual “PIPS to Trees” awards taking place later in the summer- organisations with registered projects may receive a heritage apple fruit tree, or a tree planted in the Fast Forward grove. 

PIPS, formerly known as SPEN, celebrates, promotes and supports peer inspiration projects. For more information on PIPS, go to their website or email

Project activity must take place during July and August 2021 during the #BordersGetIntoSummer.

Micro Grants are available between £250 and £500.
Small Grants are available between £500 and £4000.

The aim is to provide support for initiatives, projects or events that will ‘re-boot’ or ‘kick start’ activities relating to sport, culture, volunteering, tackling environment and climate change issues with the overall aim of strengthening community capacity, resilience and engagement.

The fund is available for one-off new initiatives and projects and has been divided between the five localities of Berwickshire, Cheviot, Eildon, Teviot and Liddesdale and Tweeddale.

The fund is open from 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022 and is available to both constituted groups (maximum £15k) and non-constituted groups (maximum £5k, with payment through an umbrella body). A fast track process is available for applications of up to £1.5k. Funding will be allocated on a one-off basis only and successful applicants must have spent their award within 6 months.

More information about the application process and eligibility criteria is available