HEALTH

This thoughtful training will provide attendees with a fuller understanding of the effects of trauma on young people, practical ideas in addressing trauma when working with young people, as well as tangible techniques to implement in your program area to improve the quality of your services as we collectively advance community inclusion in the global YMCA movement.

How do you learn to recognise emotions? What do you do to help you know how to use emotions in the most appropriate ways? How do you help others to recognise and use their emotions for the benefit of all? We all have lots of emotions and many are very powerful and can be helpful or they can be damaging when used wrongly. Emotions are good. But how we recognise them and respond to them is very important. This fully interactive workshop will help you learn to identify, recognise and use your emotions and seek to help you work with others to do the same. The workshop will involve sharing in small groups and working together.

Mon 5 Aug, 3-4:30pm

This group fitness training will be funny and effective. It will be a mixture of cardio and functional training with various exercises to train endurance, strength, mobility and coordination. So let´s burn our tummy, hips, thighs, back and bottom with this 90-minute-workout – and keep smiling! We begin with a warm-up to bring you on a fitness temperature and continue with running and jumping as well as self-weight-exercises for arms, legs, abdominal and back muscles. Finally we will cool down with a broad stretch programme. Please be prepared with sport shoes and clothing.

“Futebol 3 tempos” started in the ACM in 2008, as a strategy to develop inclusion and citizenship with the institution’s youth. It serves for empowering young people, to develop life skills and learn how to become leaders in their communities. Unlike a traditional and competitive football match, “3-time football” aims a fair play and education for values such as solidarity, respect and cooperation. That means: The match has no judge and it is not the amount of goals that defines the champion, but the team that follows more appropriately the agreed rules. This workshop consists of a presentation of Futebol 3, explaining its operation, its history and the performance in ACM-RS.

The treehouse-camp is an action-oriented and participative project which aims to promote the participants` social and personal competences while pursuing the YMCA holistic approach. The treehouse camp challenge is to build a fully completed and habitable treehouse within seven or 14 days – including space to sleep, cook and spend the time together in the forest. Treehouse Camps are a way to grow together into a team. In this workshop you will experience how a tree house is built, what material is needed for the construction and what framework conditions are necessary. Besides the presentation of pictures, you will get to know special climbing equipment and a tree house model which you can discover on-site. The workshop will show good practice examples of tree house camps which has been run in Germany with teens and young adults. The concept is well-known in the YMCA Germany and especially in Switzerland.

Are you looking for new ways to lead groups? Do you need tools to connect with your participants? This workshop will help you learn the basics of leading and creating recreational songs. Through experiential learning exercises, we will learn to manage our body language, position ourselves effectively, manage the attention, empathy and motivation of our participants, as well as learn about the applications and benefits of recreational songs. The workshop is suitable for everyone, whether you are a beginner or not. However, we encourage those people related to children and youth work, leisure time activities and camps to attend.

According to research from Girl Effect, one in 10 girls in Africa miss class or drop out of school all because of their periods. In Sierra Leone, more than one in five girls miss school because of their periods. In Nepal and Afghanistan, three in 10 girls do. Research has demonstrated the positive effects of universal education: educated women are less likely to die in childbirth, their babies tend to be healthier, and their children are in turn more likely to go to school. Menstruation is a recurrent event in human life; it cannot be ignored and we need to speak about i. It portrays the fertility and recognition of female as adolescent, but most male-dominated cultures in Ghana and Africa view it as messy, revolting and polluted. The creation of menstrual taboos took place independently and repeatedly across different peoples and geographies. The science behind menstruation and the myths surrounding it must be discussed. Discussion is needed about menstruation with boys at home or school to help them be sensitive and supportive. It’s very important to remove stigmas and taboos attached to periods.

YMCA was founded on encouraging a healthy spirit, mind and body. This workshop wants to help individuals understand how important it is to implement rest in your life for spirit, mind and body and to give individuals practical tools to help them achieve rest. The session will give information around the risks associated with stress and a lifestyle that does not allow times of rest and self-care. Everyone can benefit from a life style that is more restful, yet so many of us do not know where to begin. This workshop will include a combination of lecture and class participation. Come join this workshop for some insightful tips on finding that rest in a crazy world.

Building on our 13 years’ experience in this field, we will present an abbreviated version of Hidden Sentence, which highlights the important work we do with prisoners to reconnect prisoners with their families while incarcerated. Working towards breaking the stigma attached to those affected by a prison sentence, all of our work helps to keep families together but also supports them when they have drifted apart.

Participants will engage in discussions about the needs of children with an incarcerated parent. Viewed from all family member’s perspectives, we will finish with a team building activity on an imaginary ‘Day Out’.

Do you know your purpose? What are you here on earth for? In this globalized world, we have endless opportunities and are stuck in the decision process. Using biblical examples and modern techniques, this workshop will help you to find your calling, activate your passion and strengthen your decision making skills. Personal Strength and Mental Wellbeing are the foundation of a fulfilling and happy life. When you are able to find your purpose, set clear goals, and know how to approach them you are well equipped for a bright future.

Children and young people’s mental health has never been a more topical issue both in the Uk and globally. Young people today are facing unprecedented threats to their mental health and wellbeing, not least in the advent of the internet and social media. The most recent prevalence study in the U.K shows a marked increase in mental health difficulties, particularly in adolescence. However, there is hope. This workshop will use a combination of the latest research, coupled with practical examples of how young people’s mental health can be improved, voiced by young people themselves.

“YMCA Right Here” is a youth-led health and wellbeing project. We would like to share how young people engage with us in many different ways in order to ensure their views and experience inform and influence all the work we do. This might include campaigns we have developed; resources we have developed e.g. around preventing self harm; training we have delivered in schools; and activities to find out how young people experience health and wellbeing services in order to improve practice. Come and see how we work, learn about the importance of youth participation and how this could be incorporated into what you do!

Stress has significant negative impacts on our mind as well as our body and health. This workshop is intended to educate you on the basics of yoga and how this practice can help you manage your stress. The complimentary practice of meditation will be woven throughout this workshop.

The majority of our time will be in the practical application of these skills. We will close our time together with a guided meditation practice and assessment of the impact of this practice. All experience levels and abilities are welcome as there are modifications and alternatives that can help every body. Please bring sport (comfortable) clothes.

With colorful balloons we will create figures, animals and objects. We will learn techniques to twist and arrange varying balloons in a harmonic and humorous design.

We will exercise to present balloon arts on stage with a valuable message for the audience. The balloon arts consist of one up to ten balloons or more.
We want you to apart of it!

Especially sport and movement programmes or even short activities brought in from time to time in all kinds of YMCA work give the opportunity to „learn with head, heart and hands“ (J.H. Pestalozzi, Swiss educator).

Even the ancient biblical texts are full of activity, challenges, experiential learning stories and „learning by doing“. So being active, practical work and discovering faith always belonged together and still do.

Today we see that sports and movement provide qualitative learning settings to develop not only motor skills but also personal, social, health, action and decision-making competences as well as spiritual competence – respectively faith can be discovered and finds space to grow. In this workshop we will experience different examples of how to find „good news“ in sport activities for children, youths and adults.

We will get active, experience biblical messages while doing sports and discover who is the best trainer for our life. Please bring sport clothes and sport shoes.

Come and get to know other youth from around the world. In this high energy workshop youth will participate in many different large and small group games and team building.

Be ready to move out of your comfort zone and meet new people in a fun and engaging way.

Participants will leave with new friends, stronger leadership skills and new games and team building ideas to bring back to their local YMCA. Please bring comfortable (sporty) clothes.

Physical and mental health, wellbeing and Christian inspiration and motivation are at the core of our YMCAs.

This workshop intends to clarify the significance of the „C“ as a vital and strong force of inspiration for our societies and our personal lives. We will have a reflection on several basic concepts and questions on health, wellbeing, values and Christianity.

Participants can expect an inspirational Power Point-Presentation and a vivid interactive conversation and discussion. If you are also interested in some moments of reflection during the 175 years celebration and are interested in learning together as well as share visions and personal experiences join this workshop.

You’ve planned your session, you know what instructional activities, coaching moments, and faciliation questions you want to ask, but … you’re not sure that your players/campers/students left the session having had the opportunity to develop socially or emotionally. In my session, I’ll show you how.

You’ll wear two hats;
1. The soccer player participant. This will be a session targeting new young players, so come show off or learn a thing or two!
2. Discover a coaching mindset, from planning, to acting on observations, to debrief, including specific techniques and mini-activities that elevate the social-emotional impact of your sessions.

Why do some sports departments fail while others thrive? What is the key to building up a department? There is one key factor all successful programs must have in order to create a fun, thriving environment. We must have connection.

We will look at the importance of developmental relationships in youth and why this connection is important for a youth’s future success, how we model this to our frontline staff, and how our connections must go beyond the participants and reach into the community in order for a program to have continued growth.

This group discussion will be focused on the importance of connection. We will look into how we make connections through both our successes and failures.

However we will also look at how that connection must be built beyond just our participants. How does our connections among fellow Y employees, community partners and beyond impact our work? While I look forward to sharing my Y story with you, this workshop will include dedicated time for small group discussions, where we can connect through shared experiences.

Journey to Freedom small groups are committed to transform your life in 3 key areas – body, mind and spirit. We all desire to be loved, to be known and to be accepted. What happens if our desires are not fulfilled?

Freedom – are you free? Or do you struggle in an area of your life, such as; anxiety, depression, fear, relationships, loneliness, anger, grief, loss or low self-esteem?

Do you long for change in these areas? Let’s explore together the power of safe space small groups and learn how to build intentional healing communities to transform ourselves and the world around us!

Learn training methods, develop a greater understanding of the coach’s role and explore personal and team development.