Learning Question: How Do We Support Youth Social Action for All?

In this section we share learning on how Youth Social Action can engage all young people, particularly specific groups targeted by the #iwill Fund. We also look at how Youth Social Action can expand and be sustained.

Outputs in this section explore:

  • How do we reach children and young people from backgrounds less likely to participate?
  • How do we reach younger children?
  • How do we initiate youth social action in ‘cold spots’ (places/institutions/sectors)?
  • What are the pros and cons of digital delivery for reaching all young people?

The Socio-Economic Participation Gap in Youth Social Action

This paper explores the gap in youth social action participation based on young people’s socio-economic status. The paper presents what is known about the gap in participation, the likely drivers of the gap and potential effective approaches to recruiting more young people from lower socio-economic groups. This report was produced as part of Dartington’s Service Design Lab’s work leading the #iwill Fund Learning Hub.

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Exploring Integration of Youth Social Action and ‘All-Ages’ Social Action

This paper looks at how well ‘youth social action’ is integrated with ‘all-ages social action’ and whether there is scope for further integration to increase the impact and sustainability of social action.​This report was produced as part of Dartington’s Service Design Lab’s work leading the #iwill Fund Learning Hub.

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BLOG: Participation for all- Youth Social Action and Socio-Economic Disadvantage

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.

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