Research case studies overview v3 in tyot format

You are all part of something amazing

775 organisations have applied to the Youth of Today for funding. We have now closed the Youth Leadership Fund….

…and you are the people we have chosen.

Reaching Out Round 1

A staggering 385 groups applied…

Anne Frank Trust

Campaign for National Parks

Groundwork

National Community Boating Association

Praxis Community Project

RADAR

Streetgames and Football League

Scaling Up Round 1

107 different groups applied…

Cumbria Youth Alliance

Deafinitions

Higher Rhythm

Starlight Music Academy

Theatre 503

Trustreet Dance

Scaling Up Round 2

98 different groups applied… Aston Athletics Basketball

Eclectic

Exposure

Induction

Markfield

Off The Record

Somerset Rural Youth Project

The Source

Tiber Community Building

Warrington Wolves

Scaling Up Round 3

100 different groups applied… GlosAid

Independent Academic Research Studies (IARS)

Muscular Dystrophy Campaign

North Tyneside Voluntary Organisations Development Agency

READ International

Rolling Sound

Young People Cornwall

The Otesha Project

Scaling Up Round 4

85 different groups applied… Cricket 4 Change

EDGE

Hertfordshire PASS

Open City

SE1 United

Sport 4 Life

West Silvertown

Drama

Music

Film making

Art

Training Awards

Events

Social media

Advice

Animation

Fashion

Radio

Awards Writing

Peer mentoring

Projects

Entrepreneur

Olympics

Photography

Dance Song writing

Performing

Poetry Journalism

Competition

Make £

Competition

Charitable

Work experience

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Divides eg.Age

Relationships

Environment MentoringQualificationsPolitics

Global eg.Haiti earthquake Local

Homelessness

Youth crime

Solve conflict

Raise £

Multiculturalism

Identity

Confidence

Human rights

Academic choices

Volunteering

Team Building

Success

Leadership

Environment

HealthSexual Health

Mental Health Body issues

What can you all do together?

An introduction to the research

Global Research on Youth Leadership

Goals:•Central info point for global YL practice & opportunities

•Support international collaboration and networking

•Build stronger evidence base

•Faster adoption of effective models

Leaders of the future will need to …•Embrace complexity – requiring more collaborative and inter-dependent work •Lead through authenticity rather than authority

Leadership skills

The social and emotional skills and competencies that foster and build inter-personal relationships (c.f Grit)

• Self- and social-awareness • Emotional intelligence • Emotional resilience • Empathy • Communication • Collaboration and teamwork • Innovation & Creativity • Flexibility • (Self-)discipline

Youth leadership matters: For democracy – to ensure representation and

engagement of all citizens; address democratic deficit

For the economy – clear overlaps with entrepreneurialism; skills implicated in leadership demanded within workplaces and NB for employability

For life success - the skills that enable effective leadership are important in preparing youth to take on formal leadership roles AND crucial in facilitating a successful transition to adulthood (more NB than IQ)

For tackling pressing social challenges – young people critical to innovation and catalysing positive social change

What is youth leadership, and why does it matter?

Our findings

There is a wide debate around what youth leadership is, and how best to develop young people’s leadership skills …

Our definition of Youth Leadership:

‘Young people empowered to inspire and mobilise themselves and others towards a common purpose, in response to personal and/or social issues and challenges, to effect positive change’

Key ingredients of effective youth leadership programmes:

• Engage young people in challenging action

• Focus around issues that reflect their genuine needs

• Offer authentic opportunities to make decisions and effect change

• Provide an environment of support in which young people can reflect on their experiences

• Are sustainable to ensure that young people can carry their leadership skills into adulthood

• Provide clear progression routes and appropriate support at all stages

… And are youth led***

Case Studies

Case studies to be conducted by YF researchers, supported by our team of Young Journalists

Face-to-face/telephone interviews, multi-media approach (e.g. video, photography)

Will build on material gleaned from reporting

Minimum requirements of investees At least 1 staff member AND 1 young person per organisation to participate in at least 1 interview

Schedule & timing Schedule tbc – ideally, interviews to take place AFTER 6mo into programme (maximise reflection)

Prior warning

Publicity: Communicating & Disseminating Online networks – e.g. Global Optimists website (www.globaloptimists.org)

Future YF reports, books, pamphlets, publicity material

Ethics Confidentiality & anonymity where desired (e.g. Sensitive issues)

Control over publicised information

Voluntary participation

Procedural Issues

http://www.globaloptimists.org/

Encourage reflection (young leaders and

practitioners) = vital to learning & development

Build a complex picture of youth leadership development

Multiple perspectives = young people & practitioners; parallel journeys of young leaders and organisations; Views on both challenges/shortcomings &

successes

Publicise +ve portrayals of young peoplePublicise the positive contributions of young people to their communities / offer

positive role models and inspiration to other YP

Build stronger evidence base - Inform practice, policy, funding

Promote learning - through sharing promising

and effective practice

Faster adoption of effective models

Aims & Benefits

The Young Foundation 2010

Our work on Youth Transitions Young people hold tremendous untapped potential as entrepreneurs and leaders today, not as ‘citizens in waiting’ for tomorrow. We believe in harnessing the power of ideas – unrestricted thinking – and the power of people – unrestricted potential – to deliver social growth.

1.Research and learning

•Sinking and Swimming report on Britain’s unmet needs, including investigation of young people’s needs•Grit, examining the importance of resilience and “SEED” skills:

• Social and emotional competencies• Emotional Resilience• Enterprise, innovation and creativity• Discipline

•Ethnographic research on teenage pregnancy •Turning the corner: Beyond incarceration and offending looks at the challenges and potential solutions within the justice system

2. Public sector advisory

•The Apprenticeships Pathfinder Project in partnership with the LGA•Our Innovation, Justice and Youth programme seeks to find sensible approaches to juvenile justice•Emotional resilience pilot in Harrow to tackle problematic relationships between police and at-risk youth


3. Piloting and investment

• The Youth of Today Leadership Fund , giving away £1m over 2 years in roughly 40 grants to innovative projects operating a National and local scale. This work devolved decision making to a team of Young Funders, who also developed the “I Do Ideas” project, which support young people at an individual level.

• The Learning Launchpad Fund, investing in 14early stage social ventures providing compelling alternatives to traditional educational models. Has supported Arrival Education, Enternships, Working Rite, Space Unlimited, and many others.

• Studio Schools: a new kind of school embracing project based learning

• Emotional resilience education for 11-13 year olds through our Local Wellbeing project: using the University of Pennsylvania “Penn Resiliency Programme”

• UpRising , for 19-25 year olds, training next generation of public leaders representing diverse communities.

• Fastlaners, an intensive “finishing school” for unemployed graduates


Plugged in, Untapped Sarah Hewes, Lauren Kahn and Mary Abdo

•Explores the role of digital technology in enabling young people to lead positive social change

•Looks at the benefits and limitations of digital technologies

•Provides recommendations for practitioners, policy-makers and teachers


Findings: Opportunities Digital technologies can be powerful tools for creating positive social change, personal development and leadership in four key areas:

•Communication•Collaboration•Connection•Action


Findings - Limitations

But, certain factors limit the potential of digital technologies as tools for empowering young people as leaders:

•Digital divides and exclusion•Shortcomings of online social capital and networks•Challenges in teaching leadership skills online•Youth participation and engagement contexts remain crucial


Practical Application

•How do we use this information to transform the way we work?


Bringing funding to young people

•What is I Do Ideas?•Why does it matter?•What has it achieved?•Where do we go from here?


I Do Ideas: Case Study

Research case studies overview v3 in tyot format

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