Delivering Leading for the Future in your district To start with we thought about “Why is youth leadership important (in Woodcraft Folk)?” to get everyone thinking about what exactly youth leadership is and why promoting it, through using resources like Leading for the Future, is important, and not only for the young people involved ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Future proofing the organisation Leadership by older people is also important - don’t forget about it or make it about “us” and “them” building leadership skills of young people who will be leaders outside of WCF Young people are not constrained by “it’s always been done that way” - makes a more progressive organisation ensures we have sustainable groups and districts supporting young leaders is the co-operative thing to do boosts young leaders self confidence - to take on other things as well encourages growth and strength and group enables young people to drive their own future fresh and new ideas Young leaders provide enthusiasm and ENERGY! they can relate better to the young people they’re working with important to promote current views on youth issues by young people themselves gives young people a voice responsibility and commitment it empowers and educates young people To change the world! helps transfer skills and experience to others it’s important to ensure subjects and activities are the things that matter to young people and not what the “not so young” people think should matter Woodcraft is a youth led organisation - and this shows that to share the work to learn the new skills need to take WCF forward and to ensure its continuation to provide a wider pool of skills and resources so people have experience when they’re no longer “youth to give something back
Summary of the resource - 12 hour long sessions - divided into 4 sections (our story, our groups, our community and across the country) - Designed for Venturer age and group nights, but it can be adapted quite easily - Really easy resource to use as it tells you everything you need - you can just pick it up and run with it or get some of the group members to run the session - “Before next time” section allows you to relate ideas in the resource to more practical situations in Woodcraft, to encourage people taking on new leadership roles - Foldout (with additional exciting poster!) gives people space to write down thoughts and ideas as they take part in different sessions, and also can signpost people to further training and support.