c a m b r i d g e workshop 4 mark blake
DESCRIPTION
A presentation given at one of the National Youth Agency's regional events on the Governments new ten yearyouth strategy, called "Aiming High". For more information visit www.nya.org.uk/tenyearstrategyTRANSCRIPT
Mark Blake- Head of Policy
Commissioning & the Voluntary & Community Sector
• Greater involvement of the VCS in service delivery particularly targeting disadvantaged young people
• Young people led commissioning processes
• Investment in places to go for local areas
• Wider availability and increased participation in positive activities
Aiming High- some key commitments
• Need to have a high-level of young people involvement the sector can help facilitate this
• Develop a high level of cooperation and partnership between large and small, statutory and voluntary
• Recognise the strengths of the sector in the local area and build on those strengths
How to involve the sector
Challenges for commissioners
• Putting young people at the heart of the decision making process
• Understanding the needs of the local area
• Recognising the potential conflicts that can arise from Local Authorities three roles as commissioner, provider and partnership facilitator
• Stimulating joint working and consortiums where appropriate
• Focussing on achievable and measurable quality outcomes rather than quantitative outputs
What the sector can bring
• Strong experience and understanding in particular communities and groups of young people
• Experience of working with specific groups of young people not accessing mainstream services
• Ability to react to emerging needs and preventative work
• Volunteers• Access to different funding streams• Capital resources
Where do we want to
be?
A new vision for young people’s services
requires real leadership & partnership