Volunteering project

Outcomes

Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council

• Increased volunteering from under represented groups;
• Partnerships between Local Authority and voluntary and arts sector;
• Platforms for young people’s voices to feed directly to policy makers;
• Young people enabled to shape local services

Derwentside District Council

• identification of the barriers to engaging vulnerable young people
• identification of the differences of working with newly arrived and existing ethnic minority young people
• the examination of local, regional and national differences and how they can be overcome

Gateshead Council

• demonstration of value of young people in service development
• evidence of how specific groups of young people can be involved in evaluating public services
• transferable approaches to evaluating public services

Lancashire County Council

• Increased numbers of young people from PSA 4 groups involved in volunteering
• Recommendations on how to overcome barriers to volunteering amongst young people
• Good practice case studies to illustrate policy in practice

London Borough of Lewisham

• Identification of potential barriers using a problem solving approach to overcome them
• Identification of prescriptive changes to structural and policy necessary to enable to the meaningful inclusion of young people
• Achievement/evidence of how specific groups of young people affect service development.

South Norfolk District and Norfolk County Council

• Recommendations and advice resulting from the development of methodologies to encourage increased youth volunteering within decision making processes in line with Recommendation 9 of the Russell Commission

West Sussex County Council

• Recommendations made by Looked After Children young people for policy development
• Recommendations made by adults who work with young people
• Peer education package

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

• Evidence of the links to support and complement key policies e.g. 14-19 Strategy, Respect, Community Cohesion
• Positive impact on Not in Employment Education or Training targets and entry to work skills and active citizenship.