News & thoughts

​In June 2019 the Centre facilitated our first two ‘Labstorms’ as part of the #iwill Fund Learning Hub. This blog summarises our main report on the Labstorms, outlining the central themes that came out of each session held so far.

​In June 2019, the Centre for Youth Impact facilitated our first two ‘LabStorms’ as part of the #iwill Fund Learning Hub. This blog is dedicated to the LabStorm process itself, outlining why we are using this approach in the Learning Hub and reflecting on the Centre’s experience of hosting the sessions.

​In June 2019 the Centre facilitated our first two ‘LabStorms’ as part of the #iwill Fund Learning Hub. In this blog, we reflect on what we learnt from facilitating a discussion that explored the role that funders make in creating or supporting the structures needed to make social action a habit for life, for all young people.

The Centre for Youth Impact is excited to be testing a new tool for measuring young people’s social and emotional learning.

We are pleased to share the final learning report for the Project Oracle London Arts Cohort. It summaries the learning journey of arts organisations who took part in a programme of evaluation support delivered by Project Oracle in 2017-18, closing with a Learning Event in April 2019.

The Centre for Youth Impact is committed to working collaboratively to progress thinking and practice in impact measurement in youth work and provision for young people.

This blog was written by Sarah Williams, Research and Learning Officer at the Centre. As we enter the third and final year of the Youth Investment Fund (YIF), this blog reflects on what we have learnt about the collection and management of impact data, and how these lessons can be applied across the youth sector.

We are pleased to open bookings for our annual conference, The Gathering 2019.

This year, we’re doing things differently.

Generation Change is today transferring its Impact Accelerator programme to the Centre for Youth Impact, in order to support the creation of a more joined up and meaningful approach to learning and improvement in the youth sector.

This blog is co-authored by Bethia McNeil, our Chief Executive, and Ed Anderton, our Acting Director of Practice Development. In it, they share some reflections about the use of cost-benefit analysis in the youth sector, with reference to programmes such as the National Citizen Service, and the Youth Investment Fund.

This year our annual Gathering is being held on Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 of November, at Toynbee Hall, London.

We’re pleased to announce the launch of a programme of pilot activities to test and refine a training curriculum for use across our Regional Impact Networks.

We are very pleased to announce that our new Director of Research, Design and Insight, Kelly Bradshaw-Walsh, joined the Centre last week. Kelly will lead the Centre’s research activity, focusing on new ways of understanding impact and quality in youth work and provision for young people.

This blog was written as part of Dartington’s Service Design Lab’s work leading the #iwill Fund Learning Hub. In it, Dartington reflect on what they've learnt through writing a paper on socio-economic disadvantage gap in youth social action.

St John Ambulance’s Chief Executive, Martin Houghton-Brown, has been appointed as Chair of the Centre for Youth Impact and begins his new role today (Thursday 6 June). Martin’s appointment reflects his long-term commitment and dedication to making a positive impact on the lives of young adults and children.

In June 2019 the Centre facilitated our first two ‘LabStorms’ as part of the #iwill Fund Learning Hub. In this blog, we reflect on what we learnt from facilitating a discussion that explored the role that funders in creating or supporting the structures needed to make social action a habit for life, for all young people.