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Involving young people in the Future City Game
Jon ReaStrategic Lead for Engagement and ParticipationNottingham City Council, UK
Why?
• UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 12
• UK Education Act 2004• Sustainable Communities Act, Duty to Involve
• Equality Impact Assessments• Participation Strategy • Quality assurance – Hear by Right
Why really?
• Enables better decisions to be made• Provides creative, innovative solutions
• Assists community cohesion, builds social capital
• Develops capacity for the future• Improves attainment, career pathways• Open-minded and fun – refreshesgovernance and local democracy
Core Cities Youth, UK
• Core Cities summit, Nottingham
November 2007 – 16 youth delegates,
identified priority issues
• Core Cities youth summit, Nottingham
February 2009 – a two-day FCG
programme around the themes of transport,
environment and active citizenship
• Presentation to Core Cities leaders group, May 2009
• Core Cities summit, Liverpool, November 2009 – film and
project showcase, Department of Transport referral, part of
ongoing CC transport working group
Core Cities Youth, UK
• Core Cities summit, Nottingham
November 2007 – 16 youth delegates,
identified priority issues
• Core Cities youth summit, Nottingham
February 2009 – a two-day FCG
programme around the themes of transport,
environment and active citizenship
• Presentation to Core Cities leaders group, May 2009
• Core Cities summit, Liverpool, November 2009 – film and
project showcase, Department of Transport referral, part of
ongoing CC transport working group
Core Cities Youth, UK
• Core Cities summit, Nottingham
November 2007 – 16 youth delegates,
identified priority issues
• Core Cities youth summit, Nottingham
February 2009 – a two-day FCG
programme around the themes of transport,
environment and active citizenship
• Presentation to Core Cities leaders group, May 2009
• Core Cities summit, Liverpool, November 2009 – film and
project showcase, Department of Transport referral, part of
ongoing CC transport working group
Gorton, Manchester UK
• Urbis/Reclaim played FCG with hard to
reach young men from a socially deprived
area of Manchester
• Local partner input, real-life challenges
• Winning project idea involved utilising unused space in the
Market for creative community activities, providing a crèche,
and an advertising campaign to promote multi-ethnic traders.
• Other ideas around crime and community safety.
• Active citizenship, improved relations, personal prestige…
16 projects and counting, Estonia
• Involvement of Estonian Youth Club Union
• Funding from Estonian Ministry of Education
and Science and support from Swedbank as part
of corporate responsibility agenda
• New client groups, cohesion outcomes
• Not just about young people – intergenerational outcomes too