With a high percentage of young people disengaged and disillusioned with
modern society and with many youth being unaware or disaffected with
the real answers & guidance as to why, who, where or what can be done
to make real change Breach is a three year project that will engage young
people in social issues that affect themselves and […]
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Dear friends,
Please note that the deadline for submitting expression of interests (in relation to both themes) is Thursday, 31st July 2008.
If you are interested in participating in the Next Practice Programme and applying for the Innovation Exchange NESTA fund please follow this link to the right page on the website.
In order to understand what the Next Practice Programme […]
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If you are interested in applying for the Innovation Exchange NESTA fund please follow this link to the right page on the website.
In order to understand what the Next Practice programme entails, we would advise you to:
1) Find out what the Innovation Exchange is about
2) Find out what the opportunities for innovation are under […]
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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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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?
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% […]
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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 […]
The Government plans to create an Institute of Youth Leadership, and putting Aiming High for Young People into action is going to need a massive programme of training for Leaders and Managers of the new Integrated Youth Support Services that are being created.
If we’re going to be creating programmes to support the leaders of […]
I’ve just returned from the first of a series of regional events run by The National Youth Agency about the Government’s ten year strategy for positive activities for young people - ‘Aiming High for Young People’. The events are digging deeper into the challenges and opportunities of change around workforce development, creating markets for commissioning, […]
Donald Hirsch has written a new report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which analyses what changes will be needed for the government to achieve its ambitious target of ending child poverty by 2020.
The study starts by reviewing the character of child poverty in Britain today, and showing that not ending child poverty has high costs […]
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