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Hands-on archaeology for young people across the UK

The Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) is the only UK-wide club where 8–16 year olds can participate in real archaeology and discover why it matters. If you want to become a professional archaeologist in the future or just feel like taking up an amazing new hobby, YAC is the right place for you!

About YAC
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What’s New at YAC?

The What’s New section brings you the latest in YAC news, events and competitions.

Check out our blog, where we highlight what our members, volunteers and branches have been up to. We will share opportunities to participate in events and projects, exciting resources and much more.

We’ll also let you know about the different competitions we run throughout the year.

Our most recent blog post shares a new resource called ‘Voyage of the Vikings‘ created by one of the Council for British Archaeology’s Youth Advisors, Kenny Xie. If you liked DnD this is for you!!

 

What’s new?
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Club spotlight: Peak District YAC

Peak District YAC are based in Matlock  but also visit different venues around the Peak District for a range of indoor and outdoor activities, sometimes exploring a theme such as Ancient Egypt or Roman food, sometimes exploring archaeological methods such as building recording or excavation. Their recent activities include exploring historical graffiti, planning a historical fancy dress party and recreating coprolites!

“What activity lets you climb hills, cook strange historical recipes, explore ancient crafts and uncover stories from the past? Where do young people grow from curious eight-year-olds into adventurous teenagers? YAC, of course!”

Peak District YAC

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Become a volunteer

Our 80+ YACs across the UK could not operate without the hard work and dedication of over 500 volunteers. Find out more about volunteering with one of our existing CBA-managed YAC branches on our volunteering page.

We are also working on developing volunteering opportunities for our older YAC members. You can find out more about this on our Young Leaders Pathway page.

If you’re interested in starting a new YAC branch, visit our Set up a new club page to find out about the different types of branches we run and the support we offer our YAC leaders.

Become a volunteer