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
- 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.
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.
- 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.
Major Activities for this project:
- Youth Voice Magazine - IARS is producing 3 issues of its Youth Voice Magazine that focus on the Olympics. Details of the magazine 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.
Current activities
To be added
Project updates, publications and resources archive
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February 2011 Update:
Funding for this project is currently under review by London Councils due to the latest government budget cuts. This project will continue to be funded by London Councils until the final consultation has come to an end. The previous consultation was ruled in court to be unfair to equalities groups and so the funding will undergo another review and consultation process. The next consultation will take into account consideration of equalities groups when it comes to impacts of withdrawing funding. We will keep this page updated on any progress. |
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January 2011 update:
The second edition of the Youth Voice Magazine has been completed and is undergoing the final editorial process. The next edition will contain a total of 5 articles, researched and written by young volunteers aged between 16 and 25. Filming for the youth-led video about this project has been underway since December 2010 and will be published on the website before the end of March 2011. One volunteer from this project took part in a reflection on her experience. To see Davina Merchant's video of her experience on this project and with IARS please click here. |
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