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Good practice guides from the Young People's Fund evaluation

These include practical examples based on projects supported by the Young People's Fund.

1. Encouraging active citizenship Learning from the Young People's Fund about ways of encouraging active citizenship. - 162KB

2. Actively involving young people Learning from the Young People's Fund about actively involving young people, which was a focus of the programme. - 229KB

3. Reducing anti-social behaviour Learning from the Young People's Fund, including working with young people who have offended or are at risk of doing so. - 909KB

4. Improving behaviour in schools Learning from the Young People's Fund about promoting positive behavour at and engagement with school. - 220KB

5. Reducing cases of young people not in education, employment or training Learning from the Young People's Fund about reducing the level of NEETs. - 552KB

6. Working with young carers Learning from the Young People's Fund about working with young carers - 168KB

7. Working with care leavers Learning from the Young People's Fund about effective ways of engaging with and supporting young people who have left care. - 175KB

Other good practice and learning

How to involve young people in your project This guide provides practical tips on how to get young people involved in your project, and the benefits and challenges of involvement. - 366KB -- An overview of some of the main considerations, this is one of our most popular downloads.

Engaging young people in evaluation and consultation This publication outlines various aspects of the question of how to engage people in planning and running projects. - 343KB -- An earlier but still useful summary of approaches, based on the full report below.

Built-in, not bolt-on: engaging young people in evaluation A report investigating how young people can most effectively be engaged in evaluation and consultation. - 175KB -- A detailed overview of approaches, by Madeleine Swords.

Developing youth activities programmes: issues to consider Designed as a checklist or series of prompts for policy-makers and others involved in developing activities projects for young people, this booklet should help promote useful ...
- 393KB -- Building on our experience and understanding of challenges and options, this guide summarises key questions for policy-makers and funders to consider.

Programmes for young people: what we have learned This document gives a brief overview of the findings from what we have learned from our evaluations of programmes for young people, as well as signposting further resources th...
- 373KB -- An overview of key learning points from our evauations to 2006.

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