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 […]
Excluded Young People
Overview
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.
Key Topics
Latest Blog posts
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 […]
Continue reading '( YEETI) Youth Employment, education and Training Innovation'
With so much focus on regeneration, economic deprivation and inner city crime (all real issues) a large swathe of social deprivation in suburbia is overlooked. Many young people in relatively well off areas have no social infrastructure and few adults around to inspire or guide them. Along with their comparative affluence and freedom […]
What is the problem you are working to solve?
Young people are not receiving the vital financial literacy education they need to have every chance of succeeding in a modern society. As financial services become increasingly complex, young people face an increasingly high chance of becoming financially excluded. The problem is evident when considered that 91% […]
Continue reading 'MyBnk - Tackling a lack of financial literacy'
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM YOU ARE WORKING TO SOLVE?
Dance United proposes a leading role for professional contemporary dance training and performance as an innovative and realistic alternative to custody for young offenders and a transformational pathway for those at serious risk of offending. Dance United seeks to make this work an indispensable part of the […]
Continue reading '‘SENTENCED TO DANCE? YOU MUST BE JOKING…..’'
40% of young people with autistic spectrum conditions (ASCs) do not have a single friend. Coping with school, dealing with change and communicating socially are real struggles. 40% are bullied, and more are marginalised, due to their perceived eccentric mannerisms, odd obsessions and poor social skills. A quarter are excluded from school […]
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM YOU ARE WORKING TO SOLVE?
Most young people are excluded from decision making, especially where this relates to the design and delivery of public services. Those opportunities that do exist tend to be via outmoded 20th century representative and supposedly ‘democratic’ structures which are a turnoff for the majority and engage […]
What is the problem you are working to solve?
Existing services are failing to deliver the outcomes vulnerable young care leavers require. It is during the transitional period from school to work that young care leavers are most vulnerable as their poor academic attainment, lack of work experience and low self-esteem puts them at a […]
What is the problem you are working to solve?
We want to help children and young people who cannot currently read text books and other educational material because they are visually impaired, are physically unable to hold a book, or turn the pages or to physically focus or track with their eyes. This is around 5% […]
