The Youth Adventure Trust programmes are about building confidence and resilience, trying something different, and meeting new people. As your time with YAT comes to an end, we hope you’ll look forward to new challenges, feel ready to give different things a go, and build on your experiences by getting involved in things that interest you in your local area.
There’s lots of different options; from youth groups and creative clubs, to sports teams and award schemes. You may even be able to go on an adventure expedition, or become a volunteer helping other people out.
Follow the links to help you make contact with other youth organisations, or get in touch with the YAT team if you’d like to have a chat about what you could do next.
Don’t forget you can visit our Help Hub for advice on getting support if you’re worried about anything. There’s also a section for parents and carers with advice on things like mental health, social media awareness and more.
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Get Active
- 1st4Sport: Qualifications in 39 sports available here.
- England Football: Find a local club to play football.
- England Rugby: Find a local rugby team.
- Basketball England: Find a local court or team.
- England Netball: Find a club or session near you.
- Mountain Training England: The governing body for Climbing and Hill Walking in England. They offer climbing courses and hill walking courses from introductory to advanced level, with minimum ages ranging from 10-16 years old.
- BarBend: Aim to provide the most informed content around fitness and strength training. From improving posture to building muscle, they have loads of blogs and articles to help you exercise well at home here.
- BMABA: UK boxing and martial arts. Making an impact on grass roots martial arts.
- GetOutside: Lots of ideas and links from outdoor organisations on how to get connected with the outdoors and engaged with our natural environments whilst keeping safe.
- Joe Wicks: Lots of workout videos from Joe Wicks the Body Coach.
- Oti Mabuse: Strictly Come Dancing star Oti Mabuse hosting lots of dance classes.
- Yoga With Adriene: Hours of indoor yoga sessions to help you keep fit and relaxed indoors.
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Get Creative
- Choirs of England: Find a choir near you.
- Cartoon Museum: Free resources showing people how to draw their own comic stories, create caricatures and more.
- Fender Play: A programme of free guitar lessons being offered by Fender, the worlds most famous guitar company. If there is a guitar in the house why not start learning.
- Paper aeroplane competition: Compare different designs and see how well they fly and land.
- Free Drawing Lessons: Art For Kids Hub is a YouTube channel with lots of great drawing videos that teach as you draw along with them.
- Free Drawing Lessons: From famous children’s author, Mo Willems.
- Origami: There are loads of origami videos on YouTube, from ninja stars to speedboats and jumping frogs.
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Learn something new
- Oak National Academy: Lots of brilliant resources to learn from. You can search their Online Lessons by key stage and so much more.
- The National Archive: Allows you to travel through time; just pick a time period and start exploring.
- The Observatory Science Centre: Quizzes and games to explore the night sky.
- BBC Bitesize: Lots of learning ideas and lessons to build your knowledge and skills. Just enter your year group to get started.
- TED-Ed: Tons of amazing, thought-provoking, inspiring videos of short presentations by knowledgeable and fascinating people. TED-Ed works with expert educators and TED speakers throughout the world to create and share high-quality, interactive, video-based lessons on a daily basis, for free.
- 75 Virtual Museum Tours: The world’s most popular museums are now just a click away thanks to incredible free virtual tours.
- Steve Backshall: The Nature presenter giving virtual talks about wildlife, biology, conservation, geography and exploration
- Jamie Oliver: Watch virtual cooking lessons from the famous chef.
- Konnie Huq: Lots of science and other interesting videos.
- Gardening and Nature with Maddie and Greg: Lots of interesting nature based videos and ideas for you to try at home, delving into everything from daffodil dissection to how to make a bird feeder.
- National Geographic: Offers lots of activities and interactive material for young people to get involved in.
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More ideas
- The Wilderness Foundation UK: Lots of activities to keep you focussed, fit and entertained while looking after your mental health.
- RSPB Wild Challenge: Earn awards while helping nature in your local area.
- Maketime2play: Lots of ideas of things to do. You can search by age range and whether you want something physical, creative, and loads of other options.
- 14 day Sort-Your-Life-Out Challenge: A great resource from BBC Bitesize.
- 7-days-of-kindness challenge: A great resource from BBC Bitesize.
- The Making of Harry Potter: Try your hand at filmmaking from your front room, test your Harry Potter knowledge and learn how the magic was brought to life on screen.
- FilmedOnStage: Free musicals and plays to stream.
- Dance Performances: Sadler’s Wells presents a programme of full-length dance performances and workshops online.
- Wessex Archaeology and The National Gallery: Online access to exhibitions and archives.
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Free access to DSO Replay, a service letting you watch past performances.
- Royal Opera House: Free broadcasts and live content featuring ballet and opera.
- Google Earth: Take a tour of somewhere amazing in the world using Google Street View. Visit London, New York, Hollywood or Disneyland.
- You can see many of the Wonders of the World without having to leave the house. A virtual 360 degree tour of the Great Wall of China can be found online, while Google Arts & Culture has views from the top of the Eiffel Tower to the Taj Mahal in India. Take a tour of Lapland via YouTube or explore stunning National Parks across America.
- ChatterPack.net: Has lots of ideas to ‘bust the boredom’ including links to language courses, computer programming games and great ideas you can use to help nature in your garden.
- Many zoos and aquariums offer livestreaming or offering virtual tours so you can enjoy the animals. Some of the best are listed below:
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Volunteering & Expeditions
- Royal Voluntary Service: Search for volunteer opportunities by location.
- Kaya: Opportunities to volunteer abroad.
- NHS Cadets: Providing opportunities to explore roles in healthcare.
- Duke of Edinburgh Award: Find everything you need to know about the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Search providers by location. You can search for DofE volunteer opportunities here.
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Financial Support
- Cam&Bear Fund: Grants of up to £500 available for 12-18 year olds to help them take part in outdoor activities.
- Youth Adventure Trust Bursary Programme: Available to all young people at the end of their Youth Adventure Programme until they are 16 years old. We know that taking part in activities can be expensive with things like club memberships or. equipment, so let us know if there is something in particular you need help with and we’ll try to find a way to support you if we can.
- The Gane Trust provides grants of up to £500 to individuals for things like art, craft and design materials, and other costs associated with education and training.
- Leisure Organisations
16 years +
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Education, Apprenticeships and Employment
- Find an apprenticeship: Gov UK apprenticeship finder.
- Local Courses and Qualifications: Find courses and qualifications for your age group in your area.
- MPCT Military Academies: Military Preparation College for a career in the armed forces.
- CV and cover letter writing: Get tips for writing or improving your CV and cover letter.
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Volunteering and Expeditions
- Inspiring Girls Expeditions: Unique, tuition-free wilderness science expeditions for young women aged 15-17.
- Do It: Search for volunteering opportunities by location in a wide variety of roles.
- Community First: Search volunteer opportunities by interest.
- Projects Abroad: Opportunities to volunteer abroad.
- British Exploring Society: Take young people aged 16-25 on expeditions to wild and remote locations.
- VSO: An international development charity that uses volunteers to create change in developing countries.
- Restless Development: Training young people to volunteer worldwide.
- Martin Moran Foundation For young people with a passion for the mountains. This foundation offer fully-funded places on their 7 day programmes to 16-18yr olds who have a passion for the mountains but may not have the support and financial resources to access them. Learn the skills, knowledge and self-reliance required to get the most out of spending time in the mountains, learning rock climbing, hill walking and much more.
- One World: Opportunities to volunteer abroad.
- Explorers Connect: Lots of expeditions offered each year, many with free places available to apply for.
- NHS Cadets: NHS Cadets programme gives young people the chance to explore exciting opportunities in healthcare while building their confidence and readiness for the workplace.