Transcript Publicising positive Activities

Publicising Positive Activities (PPA)
DCFS requirements
Education and Inspection act
2006
How come a publicising agenda?
IAG = Information Advice and Guidance!
Source: Somerset Council Youth Service, ‘Your Leisure, Your Needs, Your Views’ 2000
Youth matters described
‘ an annual activities handbook for all
young people which would detail the
range of things to do and places to go in
the local area. This would also set out
the charging arrangements, whether
there is local opportunity card and if so
how and where it can be used …’
And so…..
• No you don’t want a handbook
• You want a website as well!!
Publicising Positive activities requirements
• By March 2008 – youth offer publicised
– Map services
– comprehensive, accurate and accessible
information – public incl VCFS and commercial
– evidence of young people’s involvement in
design and management
– publicity to show how young people’s views are
being ‘taken into account’
– information on how to challenge the local
authority / Trusts
Information and engagement
Access to information and services
– All young people should be able to
access the information, and appropriate
support should be made available for
those who need it (IAG and travel etc).
– Information promoted to young people
through the full range of channels. (web,
places, faces)
– Young people to influence the publicity;
and the local offer of positive activities.
Detailed accurate information
• Young people should be able to find up
to date information on activities as well
as locations, transport, costs,
available subsidies etc.
• Young people should be able to
challenge and report where they feel
information is inaccurate.
What we’ve done so far
•sign up to the agenda- LAA project April 2007
•involved young people
•mapping local providers
•consulting -shared services approach
•reviewing existing communications solutions
•Stakeholder event and consultations on
requirements
Lancashire - What there is now
• We’re not starting from scratch
– Places to go and things to do- made a start with youth and
community service and mapping other activities-boroughs and vol
orgs; Arts audit; sports Lancashire
– Some one to talk to -Information advice and guidance services - What
now? Services established, next 14-19 opportunities,Children’s
service directory, jobs and training opportrunities, volunteering
– Prevention and Inclusion / targeted support
• Children Looked after – Youthinc. Established, FIND
– Positive contribution
• Participation work / consultations/feedback/ casestudy egs/what we did/
not just IYYS/ Youth opportunities and capital funds
Places to go and things to do
What Now?
One to One web talk 10-2-10
What Now? Blog
Lancashire Youth Council
Youth Inc
V Inspired - volunteering
Area 14-19 Prospectus
Gaps
• Accurate, up to date, real time
information
• Consistent and sustainable information
supplies from all partners
• A cross-Lancashire strategy
• Young peoples web communities where
young people interact on line
• One stop shop on the web-youth portal
Some challenges
• A single integrated area for young people on the web
• Integrating existing publicising and engagement
work
• Information contributions from partners (Incl.
Updates)
• Marketing and communications strategy
• Publishing documents and materials for circulation as
handouts – economically and sustainable
• Developing “outlets” or “agents” for information to get
out as part of IAG and customer access strategies
• Measuring and maintaining standards of activities
Example of practice
• Events publicising
• www.plugandplay.org.uk – events and
activities management with feedback
• www.Westlancashirescouts.org.uk –
umbrella site for activities across a large
area with content from users and online
community building
Project Vision
• To ensure that young people and parents can access
information about services within Lancashire through:
– The publicising in one place, of all the positive activities and
facilities for, primarily, 13-19 year olds in the authority’s area,
including statutory and voluntary provision, district leisure
facilities, private sector provision and volunteering
opportunities
– The integration of aspects of young people’s engagement
into the process
– The integration of Information advice and guidance in to the
process
– The integration of information services for young people who
require targeted support
• There by creating an Integrated Information
Service for young people in Lancashire.
Integrated with what?
• Customer access and communications
strategies
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Phone/text channel
Web self service channel
Face to face channel
Putting young people first commitment
• Shared services initiatives
• Practitioner roles and responsibilities eg IAG
• Young people’s use of technology
So what’s it like in Lancashire?
Harry Armer, Anna Nightingale,
Holly Armstrong
Questions and progress
• PPA link – meetings and progress