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Just Talk Week 2026

 

Find Your Fun

Just Talk Week 2026

Feeling like you don’t know what your ‘thing’ is? We're here to help you Find Your Fun.

Whether you enjoy being physical, creative, musical, competitive, out in nature, or even if you don’t know where to start, we have some suggestions to help you make a start on discovering what you enjoy doing.

Just Talk’s latest campaign focuses on the powerful connection between trying new activities and your wellbeing. Join us as we explore how having fun can uplift your spirits and improve overall wellbeing!

 

 

 

 

 

Get involved in our challenge

Try new activities and explore what you enjoy. Some ideas for starters:

  1. Walk in nature – with your dog, with friends, family or a solo walk.
  2. Run – on your own / with a friend/ join your local park run.
  3. Dance – make up your own Routine / follow tutorials / or join a local dance class.
  4. Football – learning to do keepy-uppies, playing with friends, join a local football team.
  5. Gymnastics – practicing safely at home or joining a local club.
More ideas

6. Rugby – practicing your throwing and catching skills with friends, or joining a local club.

7. Swimming – with friends and family, or join a local class.

8. Colouring – whether it's your own drawing, a printed stencil or a coloring book.

9. Paint – make your own art or paint by numbers.

10. Gem art – make your own artwork or add them to items like water bottles and clothing.

11. Photography – take up a photo challenge, capturing nature/ movement/ portraits.

12. Scrapbooking – keep photos, stickers, drawings and notes in a journal.

13. Music – explore different genres of music, write lyrics, sing your favourite songs.

14. Writing – create your own stories, songs or poems.

15. Learning an instrument – whether at home or your local music centres.

16. Braid hair – learn different types of braiding and styling.

17. Lego – make your own creations, or build a set.

18. Read – at home, join a book club, visit your local library.

19. Board games/card games – playing with family or friends or learning magic tricks.

20 Cook / bake – learn new recipes or make your favourite treats.

21. Gardening – planting flowers, herbs, veggies or mowing the grass.

 

What's on near you

There's a lot more going on in Hertfordshire than you might think.

 

Explore music

Find your fun in music creation, editing, recording and streaming.

  • Audacity – free audio editing and recording tool.
  • ScratchMusic (free music streaming app).
  • Chrome Music Lab – makes music learning more accessible through fun experiments.

 

 

Libraries and reading

 

My Voice youth volunteers

Hertfordshire Libraries' volunteering programme, My Voice, is for young people aged 14-24.

Opportunities range from more traditional roles like helping in the library, to developing debate clubs and young adult book groups.

My Voice youth volunteers – find out more

Reading Well for teens

Reading Well for teens suggests recommended reading and digital resources for young people aged 13–18.

It provides book lists and resources that can be found in the Young Adult section of our libraries.

Reading Well Books on Prescription - find out more

The Reading Agency

 

Schools

This Just Talk week, we're encouraging young people to explore a range of different activities to help them discover what they enjoy, to aid broadening their range of coping mechanisms.

We encourage you to play this Just Talk Week 2026 intro video (YouTube) in form time / class to introduce the campaign and engage with your young people in the topic of trying new things. 

We have also created a Find Your Fun checklist (PDF, 1.4MB) with examples of activities that young people can try over the next few weeks.

You could also consider printing and displaying the Find your Fun QR code poster (PDF, 1.4MB).

We encourage you to task the class with a friendly competition: to try as many new activities or skills as possible and share back, to see who wins.