A project which aims to ensure that marginalised and disadvantaged young people across London are better able to engage with the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Background
This project has been developed to ensure that young Londoners and the youth-led sector are provided with the opportunity to influence the London 2012 Games. IARS have a strong commitment to young people across London and as a youth-led organisation feel that there needs to be more support available to those who would like to get involved and have their say about the games.
In addition to supporting young people IARS has identified a lack of infrastructure support for the youth-led sector and as a result secured funding through this project to provide a platform for doing so through a new forum: The London Youth-led Sector Policy Forum.
Project Aims
The LYVP forum is providing the opportunity for youth-led organisations, infrastructure organisations and representatives from other sectors and government to work together at a London-wide and strategic level on the following issues:
- Providing capacity building information around the 2012 Olympics games for young people.
- Ensure that youth-led organisations receive adequate support from relevant infrastructure organisations and authorities, especially around the 2012 Olympics.
- To promote networking between youth-led organisations, with particular emphasis around the 2012 Olympics.
- Provide knowledge and expertise on the youth-led sector to infrastructure organisations, policy makers and other sectors.
The London Youth-led Sector Policy Forum webpage is currently in development and will go live very shortly. The page will contain details of members, the Forum's activities and copies of meeting minutes.
Supporting young Londoners will be done through the delivery of a training programme designed to provide leadership, teamwork and skills development. This training will be delivered by young people for young people. The youth-led team involved in this project will also undertake outreach to 'hard to reach' groups in order to deliver volunteering opportunities to young people.
Current Activities
Details of project activities are listed below.
- Youth Voice Journal - IARS is producing 3 issues of its Youth Voice Journal that focus on the Olympics. Details of the journal can be found by following this link.
- Training- Provide youth-led, face-to-face and online training and a skills development programme (e.g. leadership, team work, value and meaning of volunteering), accreditation opportunities and Youth Achievement Awards.
The training programme is currently being developed and will soon be available to access on this page.
- Advice- Provide advice, information and signposting through a youth-led dedicated website, publications and through special editions of IARS' journal "Youth Voice".
- A Youth-led short film will also be produced and disseminated by young people to youth clubs, community colleges, youth groups and educational institutions.
- Outreach- Outreach will be delivered to engage hard to reach groups.
- Volunteering- Direct delivery of volunteering opportunities.
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