Byc Annual Review 2008

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//ANNUAL REVIEW 2008

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Message from the chair 4

Delivering on our core objectives 5

Highlights and key achievements for 2007-2008 7

Helping to develop young people and youth 10organisations - sharing skills and experience

Championing campaigns - raising awareness 12and supporting action

Influencing policy 16

Broadcasting the voices of young people 17

Communicating with our stakeholders 18

Our resources 20

Thank you 21

BYC governance and organisation structure 22

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and we have involved more young peopleas volunteer campaigners. Together we

have been able to raise our profile andincrease our influence by empoweringyoung people to have a say on the issuesthey care about.

Throughout the course of this year, we havedriven forward our theme of reform andrenewal under our three year strategic plan2007-2010.In particular we are forging ahead in our

60th year with the Votes at 16 Campaign,16 at 60 to enable young people to taketheir rightful place in democracy and withour Respect work which calls for morepositive images of young people to beportrayed in the media and beyond.We have also been able to capitalise onour wealth of experience and our statusas a strategic volunteering partner for theGovernments Office of the Third Sector (part

of the Cabinet Office), by offering morevolunteering opportunities than ever before.We have promoted opportunities, raisedawareness and worked to remove barriersto youth volunteering via our website,newsletters and member communications,and fed into policy development on anational level.We have put this experience into practicethis year, focusing on supporting and

developing youth volunteering. Thanksto the youth volunteering charity v, 31young people have completed four monthinternships at BYCs offices over the courseof the year, an incredible achievementwhich continues to place young peopleat the heart of our day to day operations,leading on and sharing in a range ofprojects from research, press and policy tomedia, campaigns and international. Allbar one of these young people achieved

accreditation via the Gold standard of UKYouths Achievement Awards a fantastictestimonial to volunteers and staff alike.

Over the last few years many young peoplehave demonstrated their capability asresponsible citizens and have taken upactive, positive roles in society. More youngpeople are volunteering, achieving betterqualifications, raising money for charities,and being young carers. Unfortunatelytheir reward for such social diligence is anincreased risk of being the victim of aviolent crime.

Young people are still being portrayedas a group that should be feared and ifyou believe the media coverage of youngpeople, you would think that we all takedrugs, practice unsafe sex, hang aroundon street corners to intimidate people andcarry knives. This continued unrelentingdemonisation of young people by themedia encourages other sections of societyto take action, as can be seen by the use ofmosquito devices and curfew enforcements,

and acts only to further marginalise youngpeople and their place in society.In such an environment, the role of theBritish Youth Council is more critical thanever; playing a vibrant and visible rolecampaigning for young people andempowering and inspiring them to play anactive part in society by speaking out andgetting their voices heard.Over the last year, BYC has seen continuedgrowth: we have increased our turnover byone third, we have grown our staff team

//MESSAGE FROM THE BYC CHAIR

In addition, we have recruited nearly200 BYC Campaigners, young, trained

and motivated volunteers from diversebackgrounds from across England. Theyplay a key role in BYC activities by givingup an hour a week to raise awareness, planand champion our campaigns.The board feels that we have made anexcellent start to the beginning of our 60thyear. To help recognise, celebrate and raiseawareness of our achievements over thelast 60 years, we will be championing our

votes at 16 campaign and we will be rollingout activities such as a BYC documentary,a photo competition, and the launch of ournew website.

As well, as all this we have renewedour focus on membership to achieve ourvision of a diverse, active and engagedmembership, with a new membershipstrategy and an enhanced membershipoffer for 2008-2009.

Finally, I am extremely grateful to ourtrustees, staff, volunteers, members andour funders for their support over the pastyear. We said goodbye to our CEO offour years, Kathleen Cronin in September2007 and thank her for all her hard workin developing the organisation into whatit is today. With the support of RachelYoungman our interim CEO, we weredelighted to appoint James Cathcart,

previously from the Princes Trust, as our newCEO at the start of BYCs 60th year.

We remain passionately committed toempowering all young people to have a sayand be heard.

Emily BeardsmoreChair 2007-2008

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//DELIVERING ON OUR CORE OBJECTIVES

In 2006 BYC undertook a strategic

review to evaluate our progress and

successes over the last three yearswhich informed our strategic plan

for the next three years, a copy of

which is available on our website

www.byc.org.uk. This year we are

continuing to build on our strengths

and work towards our vision and

mission and deliver on our three

year strategic objectives.

Our Vision for Young People

All young people are respected and able

to influence and inform decisions whichaffect their lives or upon which they havestrong opinions.

Our Mission

As the National Youth Council of the UK,through our member organisations andnetwork; BYC supports young peopleaged 26 and under, to participate indecisions which affect them and to havea voice on issues they believe in.

BYCs six strategic objectives for2007-2010

To help young people and our member1.organisations to campaign for change onissues that are important to them.

To support our member organisations to2.develop young peoples skills throughtraining and programmes so they canconfidently participate.

To continue to develop BYC as a diverse3.membership organisation led by young

people for young people.

To provide resources and opportunities4.to members to help young people getinvolved and affect change withintheir local, national and internationalcommunities.

To continue to work in partnership with5.other organisations and actively seeknew partnerships with organisations whoshare in BYCs vision for young people.

To diversify our funding into a growing6.investment and achieve sustainable andconsistent growth.

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BYC continues to strive to empoweryoung people to influence andinform decisions that affect theirlives. Through developing inclusive

and effective youth representationBYC aims to empower young peoplefrom diverse backgrounds to speakout and act at a local, national andinternational level, on issues which areimportant to them.

We also continue to work inpartnership with other organisations

and actively seek new partnershipswith organisations who share in BYCsvision for young people.

This year we have been running anumber of programmes with this asthe central focus both in the UK andinternationally.

//HIGHLIGHTS AND KEYACHIEVEMENTS FROM 2007-2008

Inform and Influence

This year, our Inform & Influenceprogramme, made possible by theElectoral Commission, has reached nearly

2000 young people outside of education,employment and training, with 524 ofthese meeting elected representatives anddebating the issues affecting them, at 6full-day parliamentary events, staged atWestminster, Holyrood, Stormont and theNational Assembly for Wales.

The Electoral Commission

funded the Inform andInfluence programmedue to BYCs knowledgeof politics and young

people. Although thebackgrounds and lives ofthe target group are verydifferent to those of their

traditional volunteer baseBYC has done an excellentjob in inspiring andinforming young peoplenot in education abouttheir democratic rights andresponsibilities, especiallythe ability to hold theirelected representatives to

account.Eleanor Pearch,Partnership Grants Officer,The Electoral Commission.

the whole event wasvery enlightening as itopened my eyes to whatMPs are actually doingon a daily basis as myoriginal thoughts werethem not doing very much

at all, but I learnt thata lot more is involved. Ialso gained an insightinto what they are doingfor young people such asthe benefits we receivesuch as EMA (EducationMaintenance Allowance).

Omar Fletcher,Young person at theWestminster Inform andInfluence Event.

ENGAGING AND SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE INDEMOCRACY AND DECISION-MAKING

BYC has effectively

trained 75 young people

to be decision-makers

and representatives on

boards

We have also worked with another 245young people in small group democracyworkshops. Having seen first hand how theirvoice and their vote can influence their

lives and effect real change, 90% of theseyoung people said they are more likely tovote.

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Youth Trusteeship

We have trained 75 young people fromacross the UK to be effective decision-makers and representatives on boards andmanagement committees and continue tospearhead the opportunities and benefits thisoffers for young people, organisations andsociety at a national level.

Our one day Youth at the Table coursenow forms part of our collaborative workwith other organisations as part of theParticipation Works consortium. ParticipationWorks enables voluntary, communityand other third sector organisations toinvolve young people effectively in thedevelopment, delivery and evaluation of theservices which affect their lives.

Every Young Voice

Building on our previous work withLocal Youth Councils in the UK, we haveresearched the nature and needs of morethan 100 local youth councils in readinessfor the full-scale rollout of our Every YoungVoice (EYV) programme, enabling localyouth councils to strengthen their ability

to be truly representative forums foryoung people in their communities and toeffectively engage local decision-makers.With support from the DCSF Children &Young Peoples Fund, BYC will be rollingEYV out nationwide over the next two years.

UK Young Ambassadors Programme

BYC has been lobbying hard since 2005for more effective and inclusive UK youthrepresentation to international platforms

with partners across the UK. At the endof the year, BYC as coordinators of the UKInternational Representation Committeewhich includes the United Kingdom YouthParliament (UKYP), Funky Dragon, ScottishYouth Parliament and the Northern IrelandYouth Forum, received financial backingfrom the government and the British Councilto take forward an initiative which willprepare, train and enable young people totake part in decision-making internationally.

BYC has empowered

35 young people to

represent the UK at

international decision-

making platforms, in 18

different countries

across 4 continents

BYC has been involvedin international youthrepresentation since 1948and this project representsa fantastic leap forwardin our capacity to makethat representation trulyinclusive and effective,

James Slocombe,

BYC Trustee.

I wanted to say thank you forthe training which we receivedand let you know that I amnow the chairperson of myuniversity athletics team.Our training really preparedme for the position...thank you again,

Hannah,Young person who attendedthe YATT training.

We are all concerned that

representative and informedviews by young peopleare heard consistently atmeetings, seminars, forumsand debates across theinternational community.It is of real value forBritish Council and DCSFto support the initiative

of the consortium on UKYouth Representation ledby the BYC. This will bringclarity to the purpose ofrepresentation, and ensure agreater legacy for those whomake the effort to championcauses.

Gordon Blakely,Director,Connect Youth InternationalThe British Council.

BYC has held 6 full-day

parliamentary events,

staged at Westminster,

Holyrood, Stormont and

the National Assembly forWales - engaging with over

2000 young people Not in

Education Employment or

Training (NEET)

BYC researched the

nature and needs of more

than 100 Local Youth

Councils

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DfID Youth Event

In March 2008, BYC successfully organiseda youth facilitation of a 2 day meetingbetween the Department for InternationalDevelopment and charities, the eventwas chaired by BYC trustee Tom LeFeuvre and was attended by staff from

major organisations including Oxfam,UNICEF, Christian Aid and Y-Careinternational.

In the future

BYC will continue to develop ourinternational work with the launch of ourYoung UK Ambassadors programme aswell as deliver our Two Kingdoms project tosupport Inter-cultural dialogue and youthparticipation in the UK and Saudi Arabia.

BYC will continue to provide opportunitiesfor young people to learn how politicsaffects their lives and to meet electedrepresentatives and engage with decision-makers.

Saudi Arabia UK Youth Summit

In November 2007, BYC worked withMinorities of Europe to deliver the firstever Saudi Arabia / UK youth summit.The outcomes of the summit were widely

applauded as young people challengedboth governments on issues of youthparticipation and inter-cultural dialogue.

The exchange withthe British students wasa great success. It wasan opportunity to clearmisconceptions on both

sides and pave theway for young mindsto reach out to othercommunities to create abetter understanding..

Samar Fatany,Saudi radio journalist.

Many thanks to BYC fororganising the youth-ledfacilitation of the DfID youth

advocacy residential. Thefriendly, informed andprofessional facilitation wasa key factor in the overallsuccess of the event. Expertfacilitation was required toenable the group to cometo a broad consensus on theadvocacy strategy and it

is clear from the evaluationforms that the participantswere very impressed by the

process through which theagenda was delivered.

Amisha Patel,Equity and Rights Team,Department for

International Development.

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BYC believes young people and youth

organisations have a lot to offer the

world. We have been working with

our member organisations and a

wider network of organisations to

develop young peoples skills through

training and providing resources to

help young people get involved and

confidently effect change within their

local, national and internationalcommunities.

International Development

BYC delivered funded training and capacitybuilding for the Columbian ministry foryouth and the South African Limpopo youthcouncil (SAYC). BYC and SAYC receivedfunding from the British Council to developLocal Youth Councils in the Limpopo regionof South Africa. A training manual has beendeveloped and training will be delivered in

2008 to over 100 young people.

BYC has hosted 5 international delegationsat the BYC offices to share experiences andexplore possibilities for joint working.

Global Citizenship

BYC has held 4 successful workshopson active global citizenship and youth

leadership for partners, schools and youthgroups.

BYC Training

BYC has delivered a range of off-the-pegand tailored courses designed for the specificneeds of youth organisations, to developyoung peoples skills in representation andadvocacy, campaigning and participationin decision-making. Popular topics include

media training and train the trainer aswell as our core trio of courses for local andregional youth-led groups.

//HELPING TO DEVELOP YOUNGPEOPLE AND YOUTH ORGANISATIONSSHARING SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Over 100 young people in

South Africa will benef

from BYCs Youth Council

development work

it

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BYC Convention and Members Day

BYC Convention was combined with ourMembers Day and AGM for the first timein 2007, to form a flagship residentialevent for young people from acrossBYCs membership. The combinationof skills development, knowledgesharing, networking and debate provedas popular as ever, with a majority ofsessions led by young people themselves.Highlights included a panel debate onlowering the voting age to 16, campaignsbriefings, a volunteer fair and theenergetic policy workout which formedpart of Members Day.

In the future

BYC will continue to develop ourinternational representation work,ensuring that young people from theUK have a voice internationally. Closerto home, BYC will consolidate andstrengthen our training packages tomeet the needs of young people andyouth organisations. In addition, BYCwill aim to develop our support of youngvolunteers, including our campaignersfor social change, locally, nationally and

internationally.

BYC staff and Trustees

have traveled to

Japan, Israel, Pakistan,

Washington and South

Africa to participate

in project development

meetings, share skills

and experience

It was a great experience,not just on a personal level,meeting tons of new peoplethat have the same passionsas myself, but a greatnetworking experience also,both for me and my youthcouncil. Thanks for a greatexperience!,

Young person at BYCConvention 2007.

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BYC has continued to campaign on alocal, national and international levelto raise awareness and campaign forchange across a range of areas whichare important to young people.

//CHAMPIONING CAMPAIGNSRAISING AWARENESS AND SUPPORTING ACTION

193 BYC campaigners,

young people between

16-25, involved in ourvolunteering programme

have championed BYCs

key campaigns

Votes at 16

From 2008, to celebrate 60 years ofcampaigning, empowering and inspiring

young people in the UK, BYC has beenchampioning a 16 at 60 campaign callingfor votes at 16 in our 60 th year. A series ofevents has been planned to coincide withthis 16 at 60 campaign.

We have also continued to work as part ofthe Votes at 16 Coalition Steering Group andto campaign for the voting age for all publicelections to be lowered to 16. An important

part of this work has been demonstratingsupport for the Private Members Bill of JulieMorgan MP on Voting Age (Reduction).Many of our BYC Campiagners have beenactively lobbying their MPs on this issue.

As I do a lot of different volunteerprojects, the true impact ofvolunteering on my life is veryhard to measure. However, I cansafely say that my time with BYChas been the most amazing, andthe most beneficial. To know thatI have been involved in actually

making a difference that has beenfelt by millions of different young

people up and down thecountry makes me feel incredible!

Craig,aged 19 from Cumbria.

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BYC and YouthNets

Respect Report The

Voice Behind the Hood

was referenced in the

governments 10-year

Youth Strategy

Respect? (in the Media)

BYC and the online charity YouthNetcontinue to champion the Respect?campaign to empower young people tochallenge misrepresentations of youngpeople in the media and in British societyas a whole. New members for the youth-led Advisory Group were recruited andBYC Campaigners have also becomeincreasingly involved in the campaignthrough inviting their local MP tosupport Early Day Motion (EDM) 1885

Representation of young people whichsupports the Respect? cause. This EDM wastabled by BYC Honorary President, DawnButler MP. BYC campaigners have alsotaken up the challenge of monitoring theirlocal newspapers to scrutinise how muchcoverage on young people is negative orpositive.

Equal National Minimum Wage

BYC has continued to call for an equalNational Minimum Wage for everyone agedover 16. BYC has held several successfulmeetings with the Low Pay Commission(LPC), the independent statutory non-departmental public body that advises theGovernment about the National MinimumWage. The LPC noted BYC campaignersinterest and sustained activity on this issue.

During this period BYC campaignersalso personally emailed their MPs to askthem to support Katy Clarks Early DayMotion 329 National Minimum Wage andYoung Workers. BYC campaigners havealso emailed Pat McFadden MP who hasministerial duty for employment relations atthe Department for Business, Enterprise andRegulatory Reform in order to express theirviews.

Not all young peopleare guilty of anti-socialbehaviour and I fullysupport the British YouthCouncils Respect?campaign to changethe medias portrayal of

youth culture.Nigel Evans MP.

The support of BYCcampaigners for my Early

Day Motion calling for anequal National MinimumWage has been a great help.Their campaign has beenimportant in demonstratingthe desire of young peoplefor equal pay for equalwork.

Katy Clark MP.

The responses on the youthrates from organisationsrepresenting young peoplewere more forceful thanin previous years. The

British Youth Council (BYC)accompanied its submissionwith a petition of letterssigned by around 600young people calling forequal treatment under theminimum wage

The Low Pay Commission,2008(2008: 137)

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Climate Change

BYC surveyed young peoples views on theGovernments Climate Change Bill and hasput forward these findings through a briefingto parliamentarians and other decision-

makers. Our policy position says youngpeople are concerned that on the basis ofscience available now, 80% is an absoluteminimum target for the UK and this targetshould be on the face of the Bill.

Dont Force Us, Inspire Us

On the announcement of the GovernmentsGreen Paper Raising Expectations on raisingthe participation age for education or training

to 18, BYC launched an online survey entitledRaising Expectations to consult youngpeople on these proposals. This consultationled BYC to voice concerns about imposinga compulsory duty on 16 and 17 year oldsto participate in education or training. Inparticular concerns were voiced that youngpeople could be criminalised if they do notcomply with this new duty. BYC decided tolaunch a campaign to lobby the Educationand Skills Bill team and Parliamentarians, as

a result BYC was asked to give evidence tothe Education and Skills Bill Committee on29th January 2008.

In the next year BYC will be working toproduce a joint statement with other youthorganisations who have concerns about theBill and continuing to consult our membersand young people to inform our currentposition on the Education and Skills Bill.

BYC gave evidenceto the Education and

Skills Bill Committee

on the Education and

Skills Bill

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Love Europe Right

At the end of the year BYC successfullybid for funding for a project to follow upthe popular Stop Homophobia in PolandCampaign. The project, called LOVE.

EUROPE.RIGHT brings together youngpeople from across the UK and Poland tolook at the issues of European citizenshipand LGBT rights.

Young participants will participate intraining and project development meetingsin both countries whilst carrying out theirown research and campaigns

In the future

We will continue to take forward ourcampaigns and increase our influence byempowering young people to have a sayon the issues they care about.

Being a BYC CampaignerI have been involved inlots of campaigns andactivities for instance theBYC Annual Convention,Gay Pride Marches and

Induction Days. I haveeven met my local MPAndy Reed!,

Myriam,Aged 20from Loughborough.

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BYC continues to consult young peopleand our members to help informresponses to specific proposals putforward by the Government and otherdecision-makers.

All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)on Youth Affairs.

The aim of the APPG on Youth Affairs,chaired by Dawn Bulter MP, is to raise the

profile of issues that affect and concernyoung people, encourage dialogue betweenparliamentarians, young people and youthservices, and encourage a co-ordinatedand coherent approach to youth policymaking. As part of the Secretariat of theAPPG on Youth Affairs, BYC has continuedto work with NCVYS and YMCA England toimplement its strategy for 2007-2008 with thetheme of youth engagement. Meetings havebeen held on young black people in the

criminal justice system, the Ten Year YouthStrategy and citizenship and engagement.

The Democracy Coalition for Childrenand Young People

BYC is the co-chair of the Democracy Coalitionfor Children and Young People (DCCYP), whichis an alliance of non-governmental, voluntaryand statutory organisations, who work togetherto increase children and young peoplesparticipation in our democracy.

Since April 2007, the Ministry of Justice havesupported the DCCYP in its work includingseminars in Westminster with Bridget PrenticeMP on What can the Government do toengage with young people?.

In the future

We will continue to take forward ourcampaigns and policy positions through thework of the APPG, partnerships and directlobbying work in Westminster and Whitehallto help young people to effect influence and

change. Consultations and surveys will be heldon public policy, which will shape our Youthmanifesto and give us a huge mandate fromyoung people and our members to campaignon issues that are important to them.

BYC has submitted eightpolicy responses to six

different government

departments on topics

including the National

Minimum Wage (NMW),

Climate Change, Equality,

Employment, Education

and Youth Sector

Support.

//INFLUENCING POLICY

The APPG on Youth Affairs

is an important way for MPsto discuss youth issues andraise their profile. As Chair, Ithank BYC for their role in theSecretariat, for raising issuesyoung people care about,and for facilitating young

peoples attendance at themeetings.

Dawn Butler MP,Chair of the All PartyParliamentary Group onYouth Affairs.

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BYC continues to work to empoweryoung people to voice their opinionsin the media on issues they feelstrongly about and which affect theireveryday lives.

//BROADCASTING THE VOICESOF YOUNG PEOPLE

BYC gained 151 pieces of

press coverage across

print, broadcast andonline media, an increase

of over 60% on the

previous year.

35 BYC young media

spokespeople have

appeared in the press

this year.

Over the past year 125

articles have included

comments from young BYC

media spokespeople.

In the future

We are currently reviewing our MediaSpokespeople group to refresh itsmembership and to include reportersas well as spokespeople. We will workproactively to develop relationships withthe Media to not only take forward ourmessages but to increase opportunities foryoung people to be represented positively.

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In May 2007 a new Marketing andCommunications department was setup and grown to raise BYCs profile,increase uptake of BYC servicesand develop consistent and clearcommunication practices.

External Communications

This year we focused our externalcommunications, by providing moreinformation to our key stakeholders aboutour work and providing our memberorganisations with more information whichcan be passed onto young people in theirorganisations such as e-newsletters andwebsite links.

E-Bulletins and Publications

We have continued to develop the lookand feel of our weekly email bulletin TheBULLETin, making it much more visualand appealing to both youth workers andyoung people. We conducted a review ofour Voices publication with its readershipand as a result will be launching a new lookpublication for Local Youth Councils.

Brand review

In August 2007 we began to re-evaluatethe BYC brand and communication. Overa period of six months we conducted acomprehensive consultation involving ourkey stakeholders. We will rollout the secondphase the brand communications strategyand protocol later in 2008.

//COMMUNICATING WITHOUR STAKEHOLDERS

7000 young people

have accessed BYCsinformation, advice and

guidance on volunteering

on-screen / virtually

The BYC bulletin is agreat way of keeping upwith whats going on atBYC but is just as good atupdating us (me) abouta huge range of other

fantastic opportunities toget involved in.

Ben Bilverstone,Coventry Youth Council.

BYC is clearly an organisationthat includes and empowers

young people. I am verygrateful that they invitedmembers to participate inshaping their identity andbranding to reflect thesestrengths. Thank you forgiving a voice to yourmembers in this process.

Stephen Matthews,Head of Policy,Media & ResearchYMCA England.

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Internal Communications

This year we launched the The MC BYCsweekly internal communications e-bulletin- which keeps staff up-to-date with keyinternal issues and activities. In additionto this we now produce a monthly Trusteereport with departmental work updates forTrustees.

Marketing our services and programmes

We have produced a range of promotionalmaterials to help us promote ourvolunteering opportunities, including a set ofnew exhibition materials and stands, bags,leaflets, e-shots, lanyards, pens, key ringsand t-shirts.

In the future

We will launch a new website with newfunctionality which will allow young peopleand member organisations to more easilyinteract with BYC. We will complete ourbranding review and present fresh keymessages. We will continue to use the 60thBirthday year to raise our profile, with a newlogo and series of one-off events.

BYCs weekly email

bulletin The BULLETin

reached over 1500

contacts every week,

30% more than last year

BYCs website received

81,000 unique visitors

over the last year a 25%

increase on last year

Website DevelopmentThis year, we have endeavoured todevelop our website, and make it muchmore engaging and interactive. Thisongoing review involved consulting withyoung people, interns, members, staff andtrustees and commissioning a new websitedeveloper to help us develop a new looksite. This will be launched in 2008/2009.

New Media and social networking

This is a growing area of our work and ishelping to reach our target audiences ofyoung people and member organisationsin a more engaging and interactive way.We have made several short Films, Adverts,Logos and Promos. We also have profilesacross all the major social networking sitesincluding Facebook, Bebo, MySpace andYoutube, to help us communicate withyoung people.

BYC has distributed 14,150

hard copies of marketing

materials, a 38% increase

on last year

Children & Young PeopleNow has been delighted towork closely with the BritishYouth Council at a numberof our recent conferences.The BYC has provided somefantastic coverage of our

conferences, as well asproviding leading speakersand chairs. We verymuch hope to continue this

partnership into 2009.

Imogen Parker,Conference Producer,Children and YoungPeople Now,Haymarket Conferences.

Working with the BYC hasallowed me to gain thevital practical experience tocompliment my time studyingat university. This has openedseveral new doors for me as faras employment is concerned,as I now have a strong video

portfolio. I have since beencontacted by several different

people about the possibility ofconducting freelance work forthem.

Not only do I have the videoportfolio to show off, but alsomy volunteering achievementgold award which I gained

as a result of my placement.On top of all this I had thesatisfaction of knowing I wasdoing a good thing in the

process!

Jack Hussey,BYC New Media Intern 2007.

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Where the money came from in 2007-2008Grants 692,109

Thanks to DCSF; DFID; British Council; Office of the Third SectorMOJ; Electoral Commission; V and Participation Works

Other Income 51,624Including Membership; Donations; Publications; EventsTraining and Consultancy

Total 743,733

What we spend it on(including funds brought forward from 06/07)

Programmes and Training 381,469Policy & Communications 308,045International Activities 88,503Governance 37,154Total 815, 171

For further information or if you would like to support BYC seeour website www.byc.org.uk or email [email protected]

//OUR RESOURCES

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BYC Campaigners

2007- 2008V- InternsJenny Commin

Dean Coe

Maeve McGoldrick

Kayrun Naher

Amanda TauroOlivia Ogunbunmi

Rocky Lorusso

Laura Morris

Rebecca Pearson

Ellie Lavant

Mark Allred

Rugena Ali

Shinal Patel

George Robinson

Jack Hussey

Alexandra Yakovleva

Krupesh Hirani

Helen Deakin

Sheniz Tan

Rebecca Richardson

Kate Adewale

Emma McEwan

Siama Rashid

Elena MikolajekKimberley Garrad

2007-2008 Trustees

Emily Beardsmore

(Chair)

Natalie Campbell

(Vice Chair Campaigns and Communications)

Lloyd Russell-Moyle

(Vice Chair Participation and Development)

Victoria Dunne

(Vice Chair Finance and Fundraising)

James Slocombe

Eleanor DoddThomas Le Feuvre

Kristopher McGhee

Derek Oakley

Peter Mason

Sean Donnelly

Sean Hanlon

Kay Ritchie

Ben Rawlings

Becky Sharp

Anne Gammon

//THANK YOUBYC is enormously grateful to all thosethat support our work, including:trustees, v-interns,BYC Campaigners,volunteers, parliamentarians, funders,

voluntary and private sector partners,friends and individuals. Through theircontinued energy and vision they havehelped us to provide young people withthe chance to get their voices heard.We would like to give special thanks tothe following and volunteers:

Lorna Cannon

Heather Carlton

Jenny Commin

Rachael Dumigan

Sarah El Bagndady

Lizzie OHagan

Cathleen Meehen

Rocky LorussoTom Minor

Lewis Nicholls

Kirsty ONeil

Daniella Ransom

Abdus Salam

Kalika Sunger

Jay Tiyar

Josie Vallely

Craig Williams

Respect Advisory Group

Rachael Dumigan

Natalie Grant

Katie Hamilton

Emily Hughes

Mo Iqbal

Rick Lomax

Sophie Manning

Liam PearceKate Rowley

Ruby Smith

BYC Honorary PresidentsGeorge Osborne MP

Dawn Butler MP

Tim Farron MP

BYC Advisory GroupRt Hon Charles Clarke MP

Sir Tom ShebbeareJanet Paraskeva

Derek Twine CBE

Dawn Butler MP

George Osbourne MP

Tim Farron MP

Lord Waheed Alli

Tom Wylie

A special thanks also goes to KathleenCronin for all her hard work at BYC overthe past four years (CEO 2003 2007) andto Jock Meikle who provides BYC with probono HR advice.

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Chief ExecutiveOfficerJames Cathcart

Chair Vice ChairCampaigns &Communication

Vice ChairTreasurer

Vice ChairParticipation &Development

9 Boardmembers

Head ofProgrammes &

TrainingChris Keeling-Rowe

Programmes &Training ManagerDavid Clark

ProgrammesOfficerCathryn Langdon

Training OfficerHelen Marshall

Head ofInternational

Daniel Smith

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