Relationships/Mental/Emotional development - I want to make changes!

[AmIPolly]

Hi,
I'm a SAHM but give admin support to a youth club. I suppose I'm on a bit of a mission to change the world!
I've noticed that lots of the young people have hardly any 'emotional intelligence', they struggle to cooperate respectfully (on quite petty things), bottle up their emotions etc.
Although I've done a counselling course and my degree is related - I dont actually have a lot of direct contact with the folks at the youth club (looking after my own LOs at the time the club is on - which my husband and an older couple jointly run). But I do hear about their 'antics' and stuff that happens often makes me feel quite sad.
Anyway - I'm after any ideas (no matter how small/alternative/oblique) that I could use to at least raise awareness of how to improve relationships/encourage tolerance etc. I've done a google search for posters so far but not got very far...
If anyone has any ideas at all, feedback, comment, signposts to organisations that could help etc I would be sooo grateful as i'm struggling with where to begin.
Thanks soo much for reading-and if anyone fancies joining me that would be fab!!

IME cooperation comes from necessity i.e. having to work with someone in order to gain something, and you get that through team-building exercises. Can be physical/mental tasks, large or small, doesn't matter as long as they have to work together to achieve a goal. How old are the young people concerned?

Thanks Cogito - they're 13-17. Team building excercises a great idea thankyou.

I help out with our local cubs and scouts and a lot of what we do is team-work. Simple exercises can be things like supplying small groups with a pile of newspapers and sellotape and seeing which can build the tallest structure. Generates lots of conversation and the most cooperative team tends to win the task. Other ideas... guiding a blindfolded team-mate through a 'minefield' (pieces of paper on the floor) but directions can only be given using sound-effects. Means they have to agree between them which sound goes with which instruction. Good for verbal connections. And finally, encouragement. If you can get them doing something more physically challenging or scary, you know they're starting to connect when they are shouting support at each other.