IARS' Vision of society
Young people living in an inclusive, equal and cohesive society that is founded upon the FRED human rights principles: Freedom, Respect, Equality and Dignity.
IARS' Strategic Aims
IARS has identified strategic aims for future activities. These relate to the function and role of IARS as a youth-led charity working directly with young people and youth-led organisations, groups and networks to help them deliver their charitable objects. These strategies help to determine the focus and desired outcomes of all IARS' project activities, and the emphasis of any future plans:
- Empower and enable young people and the youth-led third sector, particularly those from disadvantaged groups, to influence, shape and inform policy and practices in the areas of criminal justice, human rights, equality, restorative justice and alternative dispute resolution.
- Provide youth-led policy and research support to the UK's Third Sector.
- Work with government and statutory bodies (regionally, nationally and internationally) to ensure that youth issues and views of Third Sector organisations working on human rights, equality and restorative justice are represented and heard.
- Pilot new ideas in order to demonstrate new youth-led models, opportunities and emerging good practice for the benefit of young people and the UK's Third Sector working on human rights, equality, restorative justice and alternative dispute resolution.
- Act as a network that enables young people and the youth-led third sector to communicate with each other, work together and share best practice with the ultimate goal of influencing youth led policy and providing research support to the UK's Third Sector.
- Build bridges between young people from different communities, and encourage them to find out what unites rather than divides them.
- Engage disadvantaged young people at risk of exclusion into mainstream educational and skills development through tailored training and support programmes, provide accreditation option and Youth Awards.
