Youth Tech is a great blog I’ve been reading. It’s “a discussion about using technology in creative ways to enrich the lives of youth.” It’s an American site but has a lot of excellent resources in this area.
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Published by June 6th, 2007 in Social Media, Youth Engagement, Publications and Links. 0 CommentsCommunity Fire Safety Strategy
Published by May 31st, 2007 in Publications and Merseyside Fire & Rescure Service. 0 Comments
The Community Fire Safety Strategy will be available for download via this blog.
“The Community Fire Safety Strategy is integral to our corporate planning
process. It provides a high level view of our approach and ambitions in
the area of community safety and is underpinned with a series of
individual strategies – arson, youth, violence at work, etc – that deal with
specific themes. This strategy is reflected in the Authority’s Integrated
Risk Management Plan, annual Service Plan and Financial Plan that
incorporate the individual targets and milestones for specific
actions and projects.”
Positive Futures: Sports based Social Inclusion
Published by May 23rd, 2007 in Publications, Social Inclusion and Links. 1 Comment
Commissioned by the UK Home Office, the Positive Futures Case Study Research Project focused on Positive Futures, a national sports based social inclusion programme.
“Positive Futures is a national sports based social inclusion programme aimed at marginalized 10-19 year olds in the most deprived neighbourhoods. Managed within the Home Office Drug Strategy Directorate and delivered locally by a range of agencies, including local authorities, charities, sports clubs and crime reduction agencies.”
The research is a great starting point for anyone wanting to find out more about sports and Social Inclusion.
Recently I have been using the National Youth Agency’s website to research some background into Government Policy in the area of Youth Engagement. The site is a really good place to start with links to a range of useful information.
Our Youth Engagement research has recently lead us to “Ruckus“, an initiative by the National Youth Agency. Ruckus is a free online magazine for young people, who can read the latest issue on the site, or by subscribing via an email mailing list.
Ruckus brings a range of great editorial to, and by young people; the latest edition covers “Girls in Rock Bands”, “Being a peer educator” and takes a serious look at Graffiti Art. Young people can also submit their own articles or ideas via the Youth Information Site.
