Teachers
View our other guidance and resources to help education professionals provide a supportive environment for young people with a visible difference.
Our resources will help you talk to young people about visible difference in youth group settings, enabling you to create an inclusive environment for all.
By exploring visible difference, we can help to change the negative stereotypes often associated with looking different. Talking with young people about visible difference is a key part of creating an inclusive environment for all.
Our resources are open for all youth group settings including youth clubs, sports clubs, performance groups, uniformed groups or outdoor activity centres.
The resources will help you support young people to discuss and explore issues such as:
Our latest research has found that when it comes to taking part in activities outside of school, children and young people with a visible difference are more likely than their peers to worry that:
One in six children living with a visible difference say they are too self-conscious about the way they look to join new groups (16%).
Scroll down to the next section to view and download our resources.
Funded by The Robertson Trust and the National Lottery community fund in Scotland, our A World of Difference resources will support youth workers and volunteers to better understand and deliver workshops on visible difference to their groups and communities.
The resources will help youth workers and volunteers talk about visible difference within their groups. Through greater awareness and understanding, groups and clubs can provide a welcoming and inclusive space for everyone.
The resources are made up of:
To further support delivery of the workshops we have created an animation about unconscious bias and a 10-minute continuous professional development (CPD) training film:
You can download the resources here:
Information, discussion, and activities help youth groups and clubs explore the ways in which people are different and how to accept these differences. It’s important that all young people learn about difference and acceptance. By creating inclusive environments, we can create an inclusive society which welcomes and includes everyone and values difference.
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View our other guidance and resources to help education professionals provide a supportive environment for young people with a visible difference.
Resources to help young people growing up with a visible difference as well as parents of a child or young person who looks different.