Strategic Growth Plan Commitment: Engage and empower YP through their participation in the development of an inclusive programme of events and initiatives for Year of Youth 2019.
Content • Youth 19 • Emerging programme • What we hope to achieve • Marketing, publicity and engagement • Budgets • Next steps
What is Youth 19? A year dedicated to young people aged 12-24; • Promote the voices, needs, priorities and rights of young people; • Highlighting the positive contributions young people make to our • community; Supporting young people to take a leading role and • Make.Change.Happen; Providing partners with the opportunity to work more collaboratively • to improve outcomes for young people; Build effective cross border cooperation in the development and • delivery of youth participation programmes.
Youth 19 The request from young people is that council and partners facilitate and support a series of projects and events that are suitable for everyone which will; Promote positive health and wellbeing; • Actively promote the meaningful engagement and participation • of young people; Develop skills and provide clear career pathways. • Access and inclusion will be cross cutting across all themes and there will be additional opportunities to get involved with marketing, publicity and cultural programming.
Youth 19 Calendar of events • Highlight events; • Golden events; • Existing DCSDC/ Donegal events with new youth focus; • Enhanced profile of existing youth events & activities; • In-kind support to develop new or add value through business, statutory and community and voluntary sector events/ activities. Example of in-kind support • Garden of Reflection: Art Gallery dedicated to Youth Programming for 2019; Every Youth Counts • Cross Border Cooperation proposal on mutually agreed priorities for the participation of young people in the NW Region.
Youth 19 PEACE IV Children and Young Peoples Programmes • Health and Wellbeing; • Youth Participation and Democracy; • Youth Citizenship and Leadership; • Youth Zone. Change Something Fund Small grants programme of £100,000 funded by DCSDC and Big • Lottery Fund; Grants of £500 to £3,000 for young people aged 13-24; • YP will have the opportunity to apply and will make the decisions • about funding.
Youth 19 What do we hope to achieve? Greater collaboration and cooperation between partners working with • young people; Increased awareness and participation in existing youth services and • projects; More opportunities for young people to take part in programmes which • have been shaped by them e.g. PEACE IV programmes, Big Lottery – Change something fund; Young people will be more respected and included (SGP); • Young people will be better able to realise their potential and become • active, responsible citizens (SGP);
Marketing and Communications
Marketing and Communications timeline for roll out of brand & campaign June to September 2018 Revised marketing plan developed. September 2018 June 2018 July 2018 Full Campaign Website holding Logo supplied Launch info released to key Council including online initiatives and Change Something partnership declarations of Applications Open projects. interest.
Youth 19 Budget
Confirmed Youth 19 Budget Budgets Amount Youth 19 £474,500 Strategic Projects £80,000 Big Lottery £55,000 PEACE IV Youth Participation and Democracy £264,000 PEACE IV Health and Wellbeing £198,444 PEACE IV Youth Leaders and Citizenship £248,258 PEACE IV Youth Zone £20,000 Existing DCSDC budgets £55,000 Total £1,395,202
Next Steps Recruitment of young people to enable continuous co-design; • Development of partnerships with business, statutory, community and • voluntary sector; Staggered approach to brand and programme launch between June – • September 2018; Marketing toolkit will be made available from September 2018; • Finalise and launch Youth 19 programme. •
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