Can digital technologies facilitate the social inclusion of youth?

www.nominettrust.org.uk@nominettrust Can digital technologies facilitate the social inclusion of youth? The experience of Nominet Trust @nominettrustdan.sutch@nominettrust.org.uk, @dansutchkieron.kirkland@nominettrust.org.uk @kieronkirkland

Social investor & grant maker aiming to redesign ways ofaddressing social challenges through the use of digital technology www.nominettrust.org.uk Foundation charity of Nominet – the .uk domain registry (over 10 million .uk sites)

Changing context of participation for employment Growth in ICAG on the web Structure of Increasing delivery of employment public services on line New global and local markets Changing recruitment e.g. Taobao methods Changing Certain industries locations of work less ‘digitally present’ Operation and Individuals more content skills active in job seeking

Changing context of participation for communities‚Today a young person’s ‘community’ is not just made up by the locality where they live,but might also be extended online to include communities of interest, dispersed networksof friends, or diaspora communities‛http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/The%20Digital%20Edge.pdf

Changing context digital participation Today it’s not just technical skills that young people need, for example to operate or even code, but digital literacy - understanding how the digital structures we sit within affect our participation Rise of ‘networked Risk of digital exclusion society’; importance of (e.g. Online public ‘network literacy’ services) To actively participate in cultures and communities Critical literacies and engagement with the that privilege digital making web and production?

The Digital EdgeTo address the challenges faced by young people in participating socially and economically with their communities Developing a programme of social investment ‘in the open’ Closer alignment between funder, intermediaries and beneficiaries Refined over time through interaction with stakeholder groups http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/how-to-apply/areas-investment/digital-edge

Digital Edge Identified through consultation and research 4 key areas ‘Challenge Areas’ in the UK1. Digging deeper – looking at the root causes2. Changing nature of engagement – youth support often based on outdated models3. Renegotiating professional practice4. Youth unemployment – over 1 million unemployed 16-24 year olds in the UK

1. Digging deeper‚Digging deeper involves listening to thediverse lived experiences of thoseaffected by a social or economicchallenge, and incessantly asking‘why?’.‛ http://podnosh.com/

2. Changing nature of engagementYouth support often based on models that existed before the internet • Changing settings (young people’s participation in communities) • Expectations (young people linked 24/7) • Dynamic of relationships (young people connected, support often limited to discrete F2F meetings) https://cybermentors.org.uk/ Not School http://www.inclusiontrust .org/notschool.html http://appsforgood.org/

3. Renegotiating professional practice Digital technology can enable, amplify and extend different forms of support for young people - What’s are the new models of professional practice? http://www.thefutureyou.org.uk/http://www.horsesmouth.co.uk/ http://network.youthworkonline.org.uk/

4. Youth unemploymentFinding new forms of employment,reward and ways of organising work http://www.slivers.com/ http://www.sparked.com/ https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges http://youngrewiredstate.org/

Questions to ponder...How does the changing the nature of employmentaffect your work?How does the changing nature of community affectyour work?How does the changing nature of participationaffect your work?

www.nominettrust.org.uk @nominettrustdan.sutch@nominettrust.org.uk kieron.kirkland@nominettrust.org.uk @dansutch @kieronkirkland

Can digital technologies facilitate the social inclusion of youth?

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