For staff and volunteers
Book a session online or in person at a time and date suited to your team. This could be as part of a training day or as an additional online opportunity.
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Empowering healthy gaming
Through engaging, practical training, you’ll develop a deeper understanding of young people’s digital lives, confidence in spotting warning signs, and strategies for creating safer digital spaces.
We’ll explore both the opportunities and risks of gaming together, ensuring you can encourage a healthy and balanced relationship with gaming, identify potential risks and access support when needed.
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Gaming & Esports: Navigating Risks, Unlocking Potential
Designed for any adults working or volunteering with young people aged 7+, who want to build their confidence surrounding the topics of gaming.
- How young people encounter gaming in their daily lives
- The role of advertising, social media, and evolving gaming mechanics
- Understanding in-game purchases, microtransactions and virtual currencies
- The impact of gaming on mental health and wellbeing
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- Supporting young people through effective conversations
- Signposting and connecting young people with appropriate support
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Level Up Safeguarding: Protecting Young Players in Esports
Designed for those working or volunteering with young people within esports education, clubs or teams, this workshop explores the safeguarding topics within the esports sector, equipping professionals with the confidence to embed stronger safeguarding cultures.
Please note, a basic understanding of esports is assumed for this workshop. If you are new within the esports environment, we recommend attending our Gaming & Esports: Navigating Risks, Unlocking Potential prior to participating.
- Understanding and recognising unique safeguarding risks in esports environments
- Streaming, data and platform-specific safeguards
- Integrity, gambling and financial risks in esports
- Parental engagement and child empowerment
- Creating a safeguarding culture
- Utilising codes of conduct, policies and reporting systems
- Player wellbeing and mental health support
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In addition to the sessions bookable on our website, we can also offer bespoke training for your organisation.
For young people
Once we have trained your staff and volunteers, we can offer one of two sessions for our facilitators to come and deliver to your young people, to kick start the activities you can run longer term using our resources.
For parents and carers
Suitable for parents, carers or any adults who have responsibility for young people, our parent awareness session cover how to have productive conversations about gaming with your child, as well as tips for safer gaming at home.
Sessions for young people
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Gaming: A Healthy Balance
Aimed at any young people who game casually, whether console, PC or mobile phone. We offer age appropriate sessions from 7-21 years.
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Esports: Playing it Safe
Ideal for those competing in or doing a qualification in esports, or looking to do so in the future. These sessions are offered to those aged 11-21.
Resources
Your training includes access to a range of free resources to enable you to run sessions for young people aged 7-21.
Broken down into age group and duration of activity, these are suitable for a range of youth based learning.
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Aanlyn werkswinkel
2.5-3 hours delivered via Microsoft Teams
Persoonlike sessie
2.5-3 hour session at a venue of your choosing
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Bespoke training for your organisation with options of online or in person
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Join us for our brand new programme to help young people across the UK to have a safe and healthy gaming experience. Book your free CPD training today.
