Volunteering - 143 young people (and some adults consisting of accompanying workers and elected members) aged 12 - 21 years took part in an interactive e-voting workshop at the Stadium of Light as part of Youthinc3 in May 2008.
Download a copy of the results here - Volunteering report
- Recommendations included;
The findings need to be widely disseminated to appropriate organisations to influence some of the findings raised by the young people, to inform and shape existing practice or volunteering programme's that are in the planning stages.
- Volunteering projects should develop their programme's to be as inclusive as possible and advertise the opportunities available in a more “young-person” friendly environment.
- Opportunities to share existing good practice across City Council departments and other organisations should be explored. One possible option could be to fund and adopt a city-wide approach to the Dream Scheme, successfully being run by A690 Youth Initiative
- Consideration should be given to the marketing of volunteering opportunities, particularly those that are offered by smaller organisations and/or are based within local communities.
- Young people need to be made more aware that will be reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses if they engage in voluntary work.
For a full copy of the Youthinc3 report please click here
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