Young People

Useful links to organisations offering help and advice to young people

• AVERT Aids Education Research Trust Young Peoples section
• Gloucester Youth Movement - Gloucester Youth Web Site
• BBC Schools - Bite size GCSE revision and AS level revision
• BBC Switch
• The Brook Awards - Free Confidential sex advise and contraception
• Childline.org.uk - information about the 24 hour helpline
• Connexions offers a range of guidance and support for 13 to 19 year olds, to help make the transition to adult life a smooth one.
• Duke of Edinburgh's Award
• Directgov - Young people [Opens in New Window]
• 4-Sight: Gloucester Diocesan Youth Office - local church youth provision of Gloucester Diocese
• GAM Gloucester Academy of Music
• gloucestershireguides.org.uk
• Gloucestershire Music Service
• NUS (National Union of Students)
• www.carelaw.org.uk
• Rockwatch - club for young people interested in the Earth, rocks, fossils and minerals
• Scout Base UK official website of The Scout Association :: Gloucestershire Explorer Scouts :: Scouting in Gloucestershire
• Shell LiveWIRE - Helping 16-30 year olds start their own business
• South Cerney Outdoors - Out door water activities and courses for young people
• Stonewall Gay and Lesbian civil rights group 
• After Adoption - the largest national provider of independent adoption support services
• Girlguiding UK - official website
• The National Youth Agency (NYA) & Youth Information pages [Opens in New Window] from the National Youth Agency
• The Prince's Trust
• Wildlife Trusts
• UK Youth
• UCAS - Universities and colleges admissions service for UK
• WellChild - a national charity founded 1977 to fund research into the treatment, prevention and cure of childhood diseases
• The Young Archaeologists' Club
• Gloucestershire Youth Service
• YHA [Opens in New Window]
• Youth Sport Trust