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
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
Slide 18 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Practical Application
•How do we use this information to transform the way we work?
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Bringing funding to young people
•What is I Do Ideas?•Why does it matter?•What has it achieved?•Where do we go from here?
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I Do Ideas: Case Study
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