Learning Question: How Can We Support Quality Youth Social Action?

This paper was authored by Generation Change, who led the initial delivery of The Impact Accelerator. The Centre for Youth Impact took on all aspects of delivering this programme in August 2019. This is the initial insights paper for the first cohort, which commenced the Impact Accelerator in October 2018, and have completed nearly half of the 12-month process. It covers insights that have been collected from the first two phases of the Impact Accelerator, along with learning from the recruitment, selection and participation to date of organisations taking part in the scheme.

Building on the initial cohort one report published by Generation Change in April 2019, this paper sets out a summary of the work undertaken, and lessons learned by the first cohort of organisations engaged in the Impact Accelerator. It then sets out key recommendations for the development of the programme, informed and guided by this learning.

This is the initial insights paper for the second cohort, who commenced the Impact Accelerator in September 2019. In this paper, we covers insights that have been collected from the first two phases of the Impact Accelerator, and our reflections on how insights from this cohort are supporting learning from the previous cohort.

This is the final report on the improvement journeys of the second cohort to go through the Impact Accelerator programme. This cohort of youth social action organisations began the programme in 2019 and experienced serious disruption due to the pandemic, but maintained focus on the fundamentals of quality programme design and delivery.

This is the first report from the third cohort of organisations going through the Impact Accelerator process. It includes insights and recommendations for Match Funders in supporting grantees’ improvement, as well as reflections on how Match Funders and grantees can identify learning as projects come to a close.

This is the final report from the third cohort of organisations going through the Impact Accelerator process. It builds on practice and process insights from the final two stages of the programme (improvement work and final review meetings), including reflections on theory of change, enablers and blockers, and recommendations for Match Funders.

This is the final report from the #iwill Fund Learning Hub Impact Accelerator, summarising learning and insights gained over the course of the Impact Accelerator, and offers key recommendations for funders and delivery organisations that wish to embed continuous quality improvement in their work.

This is the fifth data review produced by the #iwill Fund Learning Hub. The purpose of these reviews is to synthesise the learning that is being generated and documented by the #iwill Fund and Match Funders with existing and emerging evidence outside the Fund. These data reviews seek to harness this activity to capture and disseminate valuable learning for the field.

This paper maps some of the organisations receiving support from the #iwill Fund Match Funders against organisational ‘type’ and looks at the implications for the quality and sustainability of the youth social action delivered. Recommendations are made on how Match Funders and the #iwill Fund can respond to these implications. This paper follows on from a previous report looking at the integration of youth social action and ‘all-ages’ social action.