Include Youth is a non-profit organization established in 1979 that promotes the rights and interests of at-risk youth. It provides training, advocacy, and policy development to organizations assisting marginalized young people. Include Youth also directly serves at-risk youth through programs like the Give & Take Scheme that offers personal development, training, mentoring, work experience, and transitional support to help young people become more confident, skilled, and employable.

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3.  Established in 1979,Include Youth is an
independent, voluntary organisation that
actively promotes the rights, best interests of
and best practice with young people in need
or at risk
 Include Youth provides information, training,
support, advocacy and policy development for
practitioners and organisations working with
marginalised young people.
Background to Include Youth

4.  Include Youth also provides direct services for
young people at risk through The Give & Take
Scheme, the New Leaf Project, START, Trust
Employability services, Aiming Higher
Background to Include Youth

6. Give & Take Scheme
What we do...
Leading to...
a young person who is more
confident, skilled and
employable.

7. • The Give and Take Scheme has 5 core components which are
offered to each young person after completing their induction
programme.
• The induction programme comprises of a series of assessments
which culminates in the production an individual action plan.
• Personal Development
• Training
• Mentoring
• Work experience
• Transitional Support
Give & Take Scheme

8. A Model of Supported…
Employment, or Employability?

9. The connect between vision…
and logic.

10. Context.
It’s important.

11. Internal.
External.

12. 1. Research inside and out
2. Collate and share
3. Gain support for change
4. Plan
5. Do
6. Improve

14. #BlowYourSocksOff
Animation.

15. #BlowYourSocksOffYear1=over60employers

17. Where are we now?
The future…