The National Youth Agency: Low Cost, No Cost Youth Work title is perfect for credit-crunching times

Low Cost, No Cost Youth Work: 101 Positive Activities for Youth People follows Vanessa's tried and tested style of producing activities that will encourage, energise and motivate young people. Environmentally sound, good fun and encouraging team work, each of the 101 activities has already been trialled by practitioners to ensure that they work.

The pack is divided into five categories - icebreakers, energisers, craft activities, problem solving and team games. Each activity provides a resource list, clear instructions of how to do it and an estimated time of how long it will take. There are also suggestions for adapting the ideas to include young people with disabilities and those needing more targeted support. A notes section for each activity means you can personalise this resource with your own evaluations, learning outcomes and useful variations.