The Reach Youth Action Network's conference in June 2009 outlined the framework for achieving quality practice in youth volunteering through a self-assessment process. Organizations must submit their assessments by December 2009 to meet a contract deadline with V, and the process includes preparing, self-assessing, and submitting evidence online. Successful submissions will lead to achieving a certification and receiving recognition on the network's website.

1. Reach
Youth Action Network
v:tv Conference
June 2009
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2. Who are we?
• Youth Action Network
• Membership organisation
• Contract with v
• Training, Networking & Good Practice

3. What is Reach?
Wh i R h?
• R
Reach i Y th A ti
h is Youth Action N t
Network’s quality
k’ lit
practice framework
• It focuses on working with young
volunteers rather than background
functions like Finance and HR
f ti lik Fi d
• It includes 12 sections
• It can be used as a development tool

4. What do
Wh d you h
have to d ?
do?
• Youth Action Network has a contract with
v until March 2010
• ALL v-funded organisations must be
Reach Achieved by then
• All submissions must be sent via the
website by December 2009
• We advise a minimum of 2 a month
until December

5. The Process
• In summary:
– A Self Assessment
– Log on to the website
– Submit your 12 sections
– When requested send in evidence
requested,
– Become Reach Achieved!
• It’s as simple as that!

6. Self Assessment – The Process
Step one – Preparation
• Decide who should be involved
• Introduce people to the purpose and
benefits of R
b fit f Reachh
• Plan your meetings – how will you tackle
the self assessment
• A ti Plan
Action Pl

7. Self
S f Assessment – The Process
Step two – Self Assess
• Make an initial assessment – score
yourselves against the 12 sections
• Id tif what your current practice is in
Identify h t t ti i i
relation to Reach

8. Self Assessment – The Process
Step three – G tti ready to submit
St th Getting d t b it
• You’re now ready to start filling in y
y g your self
assessment online
• When you have 75% very happy faces
and 25% happy faces you need to identify
the evidence which may consist of things
like policies and p
p procedures, business
plans, annual reports

9. Reach website
• When each section is ready, submit it to
Youth Action Network
• Sections are ready when self-assessed
‘Achieved’ (75% very happy 25% happy faces)
Achieved happy,
• Help pages – examples of good practice to
download

10. Reach website: l
R h b it logging i
i in
www.youthactionnetwork.org.uk/reach

11. Reach website: getting started
• Website
explains the
p
process
Remember to record your other quality systems first if you have:
• PQASSO (2nd Ed)
• Investors in People
• Investing in Volunteers
• Volunteer Centre Standards
Volunteer Centre Standards
• Hear By Right

12. Reach website:
• Complete online self-assessment
• Save every page!!!

13. Reach website: submitting
b it b itti
• Check progress
• Submit sections when ready

14. Reach website: help & resources
• Examples of good practice from vinvolved
organisations – on Help Pages
g p g
• Click on from each section
• R
Reach F
h Forums – ask questions and post
k ti d t
contributions

15. Reach submissions
For each statement of Reach, please include:
• Brief description of p
p practice
• List of evidence, e.g. for 1.8:

16. Reach: Evidence
• Once your Development Officer has
received your submission, we will assess
y ,
your answers and check we are happy
with your assessment and scores
scores.
• When we are ready to request evidence
we will email the contact at your
organisation and ask that they send us
g y
the requested evidence.

17. Reach: Evidence
Helpful hints & tips:
• We will request whatever evidence you have
identified in your submission for three statements for
each section. The three statements will be chosen at
random.
• You will be given a period of 2 to 6 weeks to send
the id
th evidence t us. Thi depends on the number of
to This d d th b f
sections we are asking you for.
• This time frame is flexible and if you are unable to
meet this deadline then you can discuss this with
your Development Officer
• Each piece of evidence can be sent via
email or post.

18. Reach: Evidence
• E h piece of evidence MUST b clearly marked
Each i f id be l l k d
with which statement of Reach it refers to.
• If you are referring to a certain paragraph or
sentence please then highlight the section or
reference the page number.
• If we are h
happy with your evidence we will notify you
ith id ill tif
that the section(s) have been approved and signed
off as Reach Achieved.
• If we are not happy with your evidence we may ask
for further evidence or changes to be made to the
evidence you had submitted. Y will th
id h d b itt d You ill then
be asked to re-send it.

19. Reach Achieved!
What h
Wh t happens when you are R
h Reach A hi
h Achieved?
d?
• Once the evidence for all 12 sections have been
reviewed and signed off you will receive an
i d d i d ff ill i
email from us congratulating you.
• W will then ask you t complete a short online
We ill th k to l t h t li
survey
• O
Once the survey has been completed th we
th h b l t d then
send you a Reach Achieved logo (with
guidance on how you can use the logo)
and a certificate.

20. Reach Achieved!
• If you are in a consortium, we can reference all
partners but certificates will be sent to the lead
organisation for them to distribute.
• We will soon be detailing all organisations who
are Reach Achieved on our website. The
website will link straight to your website (as
referenced in your online evaluation).