Project summary
In discussion about community engagement, people have identified the need to get younger people more involved in their communities. Many tensions in communities about anti-social behaviour and nuisance are to do with the relationships between older and younger generations. Young people can be an asset in a community rather than being seen just as a problem.
IPEG is evaluating a youth engagement programme called Young Movers over 3 years between 2005-2008. Young Movers is run at Trafford Hall, home of the National Communities Resource Centre (NCRC), which aims to stimulate young people in low income areas to do more to benefit their neighbourhoods. Young Movers, and the evaluation are funded by the Big Lottery Fund.
We will be collecting information from around 600 young people in total about their attitudes to being involved in their communities, and their levels of activity before, during and after being involved in Young Movers. We are also collecting attitudinal information from the youth workers that support the young people. We are visiting projects facilitated by Young Movers, and conducting in-depth interviews with the peer youth educators who deliver the programme.
IPEG is doing research on another youth intervention, called Youth Bank, through our work on preventing prolific offending in Blackburn.
Project investigators
- Liz Richardson
- Rebecca Askew
- Tessa Brannan
- Catherine Durose
- Laura Lane
Relevant links
- Young Movers
- Trafford Hall, home of the National Communities Resource Centre
Publications
- Evaluation of Young Movers Programme: Impacts & Outcomes
- Evaluation of Young Movers Programme: the Apprentice Trainers