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How about this for a great idea? We have compiled our top forty suggestions for things that your group can get involved in. Take a look and be inspired because when it comes to having fun with your friends the possibilities are endless! If you think some of the ideas are a little too ambitious for your group, then consider this: Each and every one of the 40 ideas we have suggested here have come from real activities and projects set up by youth groups around Wales. They made it happen, and with a little determination and by working together with your friends you can make it happen too! Go on, have fun! Talk to your youth worker about the ideas that grab your attention and get organising!

The top 40: Forty top ideas for your group

1. Create your own forum with all of your friends to change things for the better. This will not only benefit you, but your community as well.
2. Hold your own debate on life skills activities. These can be things like ironing, home safety, cooking your own meals, food hygiene – anything you like!
3. Look at creating your own venue where you can hang out and meet friends. This could contain things such as a pool table, widescreen TV, music system, games systems – and sofas!
4. Build your own climbing wall for the whole community. This will provide an exciting and fun challenge for everyone!
5. Raise money in your area and travel to another country to work with people there on a community aid project. This will make a real difference not just to the lives of others, but make you feel good too.
6. Make your own film to tackle grime and litter problems in your local area. This will encourage people to clean up their act and make where you live a safer and healthier place to be.
7. Organise days out for people with disabilities and get them involved in activities that they wouldn’t normally be able to do. This could include things like pottery, painting, horse riding, climbing and even swimming.
8. Create your own campaign for something you really want to happen in your area, such as having your own purpose built skate park.
9. Write your own booklet on something you feel strongly about and distribute it to other young people. The more people that read it, the more people will get to know about it. They may even offer to help you find a way to resolve it.
10. Set up your own group of volunteers to create an after-school club to help your fellow pupils and teachers and children that have special needs. This will really show everyone your leadership and teamworking skills.
11. Hold your own “Oscars” awards night. Get all of your friends to make their own films on topics such as bullying, drugs, health. It will give everyone a better understanding of these topics and will be great fun and glamorous too!
12. Set up your own conservation area and look after your natural surroundings. You could repair damaged paths and make the countryside a better place for everyone.
13. Design your own website to collect views from your friends and the community as a whole. It’s a great way to share ideas and work together to make a real difference.
14. Hold your own awards night to celebrate local achievements. This can be anything from horticulture, computers, to sports and fitness training.
15. Write and design your own magazine to highlight young people’s issues and celebrate the achievements of the community.
16. Make your own documentary on issues that affect you and your friends and invite everyone in your community to come and see it. It’s a great chance to have your say and really make a difference.
17. Organise your own action-packed activity day and involve all of your friends. You could do activities like football, rugby, swimming or cycling. You’ll have fun and get fit at the same time.
18. Learn about different cultures in your community and make new friends. You’ll learn about new foods, clothes, as well as exciting arts and crafts from around the world.
19. Organise a game of rugby with your local team and get your friends involved! You can sell tickets to your friends and family to come and watch you in action too!
20. Go to a dance workshop in your local area! It doesn’t matter if you are a boy or a girl! Just think about how impressed your friends will be when they see you perform!
21. Organise a talent competition. It could be similar to “Britain’s Got Talent”. You could even have your own judges with heats and a final as well. It will be a great chance to find out things about your friends that you never knew before.
22. Have your own Karaoke and dance night. It’s a fantastic way to let your hair down and keep fit.
23. Form your own band and go along and play at a venue near you. It will be a musical journey you’ll never forget and can be really proud of.
24. Go along to an organised team-building day. It will give you a real challenge and get you thinking in new ways.
25. Organise a fundraising event or two for a good cause. It will benefit not only you but the people around you and make you feel really good about yourself.
26. Find out about taster sessions going on in your local area. You can take part in lots of exciting activities, including digital media, painting and decorating or even circus skills! Don’t be afraid to try new things that you’ve never had a go at before!
27. Research your own community’s heritage and build a family tree. You’ll find out so many interesting things that you never knew before. You could even build your own website to show off the results to everyone around you.
28. Get skilled and relax! Go on a course or two and learn about such things as living skills, CV building and finding that perfect job.
29. Organise your own quiz night and really get your brain into gear! You could make the questions as easy or as difficult as you want, and even have prizes for the best team!
30. Organise your own movie night with toffee apples, hotdogs and fruit kebabs. You could even have your own Wii tournament and play against your friends.
31. Be the detective! Have your own giant Cluedo night with non-alcoholic cocktails. You could even get into fancy dress to avoid being recognised!
32. Mask-erade! Design your own masks and parade them with pride! You could have prizes for the most imaginative design with fun games and a disco too!
33. Make your own blast from the past by holding your own school reunion! Meet up with friends you haven’t seen for a while and have a party.
34. Fancy a game of dodgeball or volleyball with your mates? Try it – you might like it!
35. Fancy learning some new dance moves for the dancefloor? Why not go along to a belly dancing or street dance class and let yourself go!
36. Can’t cook? Won’t cook! Why not organise your own cookery competition and make and sell healthy snacks with your friends.
37. Get involved in a sports programme. You could play football for an hour and then try another sport of your choice. It’s a fantastic way to learn and keep fit at the same time!
38. Pop along to your local youth club and find what you’ve been missing out on! You can take part in lots of exciting activities and it’s a great way to make new friends.
39. Clean up your act! Hold your own litter pick and clean up day and make your local community a safer and healthier place to live. It really is the best way to make a difference!
40. Team up with your friends and take over the running of your local youth club for a day. You’ll find out about skills you never knew you had, as well as learning new ones!

Useful Links to other sites

cwvys.org.uk

funkydragon.org.uk

cliconline.co.uk

schoolcouncilswales.org.uk

wcva.org.uk

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