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Aiming High for Young People
Positive Outcomes for Youth through Social Media
Linda Brooks, DCSF
• Duty on local authorities
• New relationship with LAs
• Support for the Third Sector
• Unprecedented levels of funding
• New Partnership
Introduction
• Vital to secure young people’s transition to adulthood
• Opportunities for the most disadvantaged
• £679m investment through Aiming high
• Across 55 commitments and 6 key objectives
Aiming High- The Context
• Rebalancing the public narrative about young people. • Empowering young people to increase their influence
over the design and delivery of services for them. • Increasing the number of local places for young
people to go. • Removing barriers and supporting young people to
access local opportunities and services for them. • Improving the capacity and quality of services for
young people. • Supporting and developing the youth workforce to
employ the very best practice in working with young people.
6 Key Objectives
Achievements: Launch of myplace YSDF Pathfinders and Managing Body £60m p.a. for YOF/YCF guaranteed until at least 2011 Extra YOF/YCF for 50 most deprived areas Extra funding for 15 priority areas for targeted support Almost 10,000 young people benefited from residentials New Performance Indicator Youth Task Force Launch of Information and Signposting Project
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Aiming high – One Year on
But still more to do: Some structural reorganisation needed Improve quality of provision Do all we can to reach most disadvantaged and vulnerable Bridge gap between young people and adults Fully integrate youth and 14-19 offers Schools and colleges need to be better engaged Remodel youth workforce Improve publicity about positive activities harnessing
existing arrangements and technologies including social media
Integrated youth support services
Over next 12 months: myplace: all initial investment decisions made – Feb 09: YSDF gearing up to deliver 2nd round of funding: Building on YOF/YCF to embed empowerment of young people Moving forward on workforce reform: Additional PAYP baseline funding on stream for all local authorities Publish strategy for youth sector support Participation in positive activities base lined Share the learning from the Information and Signposting project delivered by
Substance
Aiming high – Next Steps