Young people face potential exclusion at several possible life stages - leaving care, becoming homeless, legal difficulties, becoming young parents. The Innovation Exchange is focussing on young people that are excluded, marginalised and the at-risk. Today there are more than 150,000 14 to 17 year olds not in education, employment or training. This level of exclusion is an issue attracting high levels of public interest and concern, and investment.
We are a diverse voluntary cultural organisation wishing to engage with partners on a variety of issues.
One of our current projects is an environmental art initiative in partnership with British Waterways. We also have other projects supporting artists and orphan children in other countries.
If interested in being our partner under the theme of Independant […]
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What happens when you put innovators, commissioners and investors who share one interest in the same room? Well, check out the clips below and find out what happened at the Festival of Ideas: Innovation for excluded young people event.
See John Craig present a research report based on our research paper and surveys delegates completed before the festival. What were […]
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Earlier this year, we commissioned independent research into opportunities for innovation on the theme of excluded young people. Over 20 people were interviewed via telephone including commissioners, social investors and innovators. Before releasing the final draft, we wanted to know your thoughts in response to the key emerging questions that were coming out of the […]
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One of the issues that animated conversation at our Festival of Ideas last week was the issue of helping young people who have dropped out of education, employment or training. One participant at the event, the Private Equity Foundation, is now actively looking for a small number of ‘ambitious third sector organisations’ to work […]
“The desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world” wrote espionage novelist John LeCarre. Yet since the rise of the ‘knowledge economy’ that is where most leaders stay, locked away by organisational priorities and packed schedules. This can be an effective approach when we already know what needs to be done and […]
Thank you so much to all those who attended our Festival of Ideas yesterday and contributed so generously. As with last week, it felt to me like a real success. However, what matters is what you the participants thought. We would hugely value your feedback through this very quick feedback form and if you would […]
What is the problem you are working to solve?
Studio+ will help reduce the number of young people in London who are not in education, employment or training (NEET).
It will help support NEET young people back into education, training and employment.
It will help young people to gain qualifications that are vital to their chances of getting […]
What is the problem you are working to solve?
Involving NEET and excluded/disadvantaged young people in new forms of learning. In particular:
Engagement in diverse contexts (our work has happened on the streets, in youth clubs, community centres, hostels, shopping centres …)
Exciting young people in learning via introduction to cutting edge technologies
Building trust by giving young […]
What is the Problem you are trying to solve?
We are trying to engage vulnerable young people in positive activity. Targeting young people who are vulnerable to drug and alcohol misuse, we will aim to do the following;
· Raise aspirations and confidence
· Inform young people about the effects of drugs and alcohol
· Engage […]
Festival of Ideas—Excluded Young People.
1. What is the problem to solve?
How to engage NEET young people aged 16-18 years and other socially excluded young people in positive education/training/employment (ETE) initiatives. A vast array of provision for young people already exists–but despite the calls for co-ordination much of it is still single agency focused, does […]
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