Any skateboarding project working with children has the responsibility to protect its participants from abuse, exploitation and/or neglect, within their programs and externally. This section gives an overview on child protection risks and strategies for skate projects, as well as tips on strengthening your project’s policies and systems for keeping children safe.

If you want to provide the best possible skate programs, it’s essential to set goals and measure your progress. MEL helps you be accountable to those who support your work, as well as to your participants. This section features practical guides and templates about MEL tools like surveys and logframes.

Whether you’re part of a grassroots project looking for some guidance on how to professionalize, or an established project that wants to build a more long-term strategy, this is the section for you! Every community-based skateboarding project is different, but these tools and templates will give you a head-start on creating solid foundations for sustainable growth.

Looking for some ways to raise funding, but don’t know where to start? Check out our intro to fundraising for social skate projects, and check out the tools to help you keep track of your leads and progress along the way.

A successful skate program depends on having strong community relationships. This section gives tips on learning about community needs, growing partnerships, and doing skateboarding outreach. Involve communities to make sure everyone understands and values your work.

Learn about the social barriers that might stop people from joining your programs. Learn about strategies to make your skate-based programs more accessible and welcoming to participants of all backgrounds, with special tips for including girls and children with disabilities.

Interested in how to teach skateboarding lessons for all ages and abilities? Get tips on warm-ups, skill-building activities, and games, with our structured skate lesson examples and other resources. Read about techniques for handling large groups, encouraging beginners, and making the skatepark safe.

Find out how you can start running creative educational activities with children, with some easy lesson ideas you can run before/after skate sessions. Create programs are a type of informal education, using art and hands-on activities to explore larger topics like the environment, culture and respect.

Looking for ways to involve local or foreign volunteers as role models in your programs? This section gives examples of what a structured youth leadership program looks like, common challenges, training tips, and ways to keep youth leaders motivated.