No Knives Better Lives have developed a new free resource designed to support youth workers engaging with young people in the lead-up to the summer period.
A 'Summer Story' is a comic-style resource accompanied by a flexible session plan, printable handouts, and a full 45-minute PowerPoint. It explores how situations can escalate, with a particular focus on summer gatherings and peer dynamics. The story centres on a beach setting – a scenario that many young people will recognise and relate to.
This resource is well-suited to use in youth clubs, group work sessions, outreach, or targeted interventions, offering opportunities to facilitate discussion around decision-making, peer influence, and safety.
Although the story is fictional and avoids explicit depictions of violence, it draws on real-life incidents from recent years. As always, youth workers should use their professional judgement when deciding how and whether to use the resource, considering the age, stage, and current experiences of the young people they support, as well as any relevant local context.
