Slides used by Sarah Burgess, of the University of the First Age (UFA), at the 'Young people and Big Local' networking and learning event in Birmingham. The event took place on Saturday 5 July 2014. UFA are a national education charity dedicated to raising the aspirations of children and young people aged 5 - 25. A lot of their activities are about helping young people become leaders, and they are especially interested in helping young people get others their age involved.

1. The UFA network unlocks the
potential of young people.
We raise aspirations across schools,
homes and communities by
creating transformational learning
experiences.
We inspire and equip young people
AND the adults that support them
to become confident people,
successful learners and responsible
leaders.
www.ufa.org.uk
sburgess@ufa.org.uk

2. ‘I belongto a learning community called the
UFA; I am able to take part in lots of learning
opportunities and training. I know where I see
the UFA logo it means that people will believe
in me and help me to be a better learner and
leader. I can learn in different places; at home,
in and out of school and in my community. I can
be part of a trained learning team where I can
teach and learn from many other people. The
UFA helps me to understand how I learn and
how I can be more creative, confident, resilient,
curious and enterprising, so that I can meet
and learn from new challenges in my life. The
UFA recognises and celebrates my learning.’

3. 21st century learning:
THE TREASURE WITHIN (UNESCO)

6. ‘Children are extremely
important to children, and this
may be particularly true as
they approach and enter
adolescence, and retreat from
the influence of their parents.’
Topping 1988 p3

7. “The Peer tutors amazed me. They were able to take
far more responsibility than I had thought”
Teacher

8. ‘When young people have something to
offer others, they become involved in a
reciprocal relationship, promoting an
ethos of help, sharing, hope and caring.
Young people taking on the role of Peer
Tutor realise they have a positive
contribution to make to the group,
organisation or community in which they
are working, and as a result they grow in
self-regard, realise they have a voice, and
the sense of community grows.’
UFA: Leading other Learners, a practical guide to Peer Tutoring

9. 87% felt more able to face challenges in the future
78% said the course had challenged them to do things
they had not done before
93% said they would be able to use the skills learnt on
the course in other places
89% believe the course helped them to become a better
learner
95% said they had improved their teamwork skills
98% said they had to work with others to get the
challenges done
86% said it improved their confidence to communicate
their ideas to others
86% said they learnt more about caring for others
UFA survey results

11. • 18 schools and 57 Lead learners
• Lead learners where trained and then
set up and ran their own out of hours
clubs
• Sports, Leadership training, Homework
Gaming, Y7 easing transition, Drama,
Art, Multi-media & Teambuilding
“The Lead Learners have been empowered
to deliver energetic and inspirational
activities”
(Supporting Adult)
Lead Learners

13. Over 75% of festival participants said it had inspired
them to either become a young leader or to do more
as a young leader.

14. “Students who took part in the programmes
have a more positive experience of school,
now seeing it as a place where they can
develop both personally and academically.
They have been given the opportunities to
increase their life chances.”
(Supporting Adult)

15. o nice to see all the effort we put in and all our hard work was worth it
hen the young people came to our club and went home happy
having enjoyed our club!”