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