Where's Your Head At? Peer Education, Cyber Resilience

Download our AWARD WINNING Youth Work RPG - Cyber Resilience

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Our youth worker Bronwyn has been working in partnership with young people to develop a fun and interactive online role-playing game.

Youth Highland has a history of working with groups of young people using a peer education approach. This approach is based on the theory that young people are best placed to design and deliver learning opportunities for one another and shape conversations about their lived experience.

During the covid-19 pandemic lockdowns much of our work with young people happened online. We recognised the value of developing more youth led online learning resources and things to do. As a result the game provides a safe space for young people to explore some challenging issues including drugs and alcohol, consent and relationships, cyber safety and resilience and UNCRC (human rights).

Players are able to participate in a range of issue based challenges which explore topics as well as to help us further develop the game by developing their own challenges and 'mini games' to feature in this online space. The game is being developed as an online app, as well as being available via Google Classroom. This means that there are opportunities for these youth led youth work resources to be delivered in school as part of PSE curriculum.

Young people can feedback to us and other organisations whilst creating and growing the game.

There is an opportunity to gain a Dynamic Youth Award for collecting Cyber Resilience Points.

Games development has been funded by a range of funders: YouthLink Scotland, HADP, Young Start, CORRA Foundation

Email - bronwyn.strachan@youthhighland.org.uk

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