This document summarizes the findings of a survey conducted by the RFU National Youth Council on youth volunteer engagement in rugby. The survey received 961 responses from 16-24 year olds across England. Key findings included that young people want to volunteer but are unaware of opportunities. Time constraints were a significant barrier. Motivations included giving back to rugby and building skills and experience. The document outlines several recommendations to address the issues, including better promoting the Young Rugby Ambassador program's flexibility, offering discounts on courses for volunteer hours, and increasing youth representation on committees.
The document discusses ways to engage Ghanaian diaspora youth in Ghana's development. It notes that while Ghana recognizes the potential contributions of its diaspora, initiatives to engage youth are lacking. Surveys found that diaspora youth are interested in volunteering, education, enterprise and investment opportunities in Ghana. However, barriers like lack of information, bureaucracy, cost of volunteering, and a top-down approach prevent their involvement. The document recommends establishing formal volunteering programs, investment platforms, and partnerships to actively engage diaspora youth.
Perceptions on Gender Equality, Lived Poverty from the Citizens of NamibiaAfrobarometer
The document summarizes findings from an Afrobarometer survey conducted in Namibia. Key findings include:
1) Most Namibians support gender equality and women in political leadership. However, women express less interest in politics than men.
2) Namibians feel that alcohol abuse is the largest contributor to gender-based violence in the country, followed by unemployment and poverty. Culture is not seen as a major factor.
3) Reported experiences of food shortages and lack of cash income ("lived poverty") have declined over time, tracking official statistics showing reduced poverty.
4) Namibians feel they have high levels of personal freedoms like freedom of speech, voting preferences, and
Family planning for Girls: The get it right checklist.Girl Effect
The FP2020 commitments were bold and ambitious. This checklist can help us all achieve them.
In summer 2012, donors, policy makers and implementing partners gathered at the London Summit on Family Planning. The outcome was FP2020 - a political and financial commitment to provide 120 million underserved girls and women with the opportunity to freely, reliably and safely use modern contraception by 2020. It was an ambitious goal. This checklist can help us all achieve it.
Is Africa’s youth engaged enough to be empowered?Afrobarometer
The document summarizes findings from Afrobarometer surveys in 36 African countries regarding political and civic engagement among African youth ages 18-35. Some key results are:
1) Political and civic engagement is generally lower among African youth than older citizens, particularly in terms of voting and attending community meetings.
2) Attendance at campaign rallies is the most popular form of pre-electoral engagement among young Africans.
3) Young women report lower levels of engagement than young men across most indicators, with significantly less interest in public affairs and discussion of politics.
Case 4 space 2.2. background document layne robinson_commonwealth secretariatcase4space
South Asia is home to nearly half a billion youth, representing a large portion of the global youth population. However, South Asian countries generally rank low in terms of youth development according to the Global Youth Development Index. Sri Lanka showed the most improvement between 2010-2015, with a 12% increase in its overall score driven by gains in employment and civic participation. In contrast, Pakistan saw an 18% decline in its score over this period due to drops in civic and political participation. India also made progress but continues to lag behind in education, employment, and health.
BHM Social Impact Report - incorporating BHM 2nd reviewLeon Delpech
This document provides background information on Big Help Mob (BHM), an organization that coordinates short-term volunteer missions for young people to address community issues. It summarizes research on the benefits of volunteering for young people, including increased well-being, skills, and social connections. The evaluation aimed to measure the social impact of BHM on volunteers. It found that volunteering with BHM leads to personal benefits for most volunteers like feeling useful and meeting new people. It also leads to positive life changes like increased volunteering, new perspectives, and inspiration to make career or education changes for many volunteers. Key factors contributing to these impacts are the social network of volunteers, accessible volunteer opportunities, and exposure to new communities.
Free Speech within Bounds? Views from Tanzania on Media Freedom and Free SpeechAfrobarometer
In this presentation, the citizens of Tanzania speak on media freedom and free speech. There is nearly a universal (96%) satisfaction with freedom of expression in the country.
The document discusses ways to engage Ghanaian diaspora youth in Ghana's development. It notes that while Ghana recognizes the potential contributions of its diaspora, initiatives to engage youth are lacking. Surveys found that diaspora youth are interested in volunteering, education, enterprise and investment opportunities in Ghana. However, barriers like lack of information, bureaucracy, cost of volunteering, and a top-down approach prevent their involvement. The document recommends establishing formal volunteering programs, investment platforms, and partnerships to actively engage diaspora youth.
Perceptions on Gender Equality, Lived Poverty from the Citizens of NamibiaAfrobarometer
The document summarizes findings from an Afrobarometer survey conducted in Namibia. Key findings include:
1) Most Namibians support gender equality and women in political leadership. However, women express less interest in politics than men.
2) Namibians feel that alcohol abuse is the largest contributor to gender-based violence in the country, followed by unemployment and poverty. Culture is not seen as a major factor.
3) Reported experiences of food shortages and lack of cash income ("lived poverty") have declined over time, tracking official statistics showing reduced poverty.
4) Namibians feel they have high levels of personal freedoms like freedom of speech, voting preferences, and
Family planning for Girls: The get it right checklist.Girl Effect
The FP2020 commitments were bold and ambitious. This checklist can help us all achieve them.
In summer 2012, donors, policy makers and implementing partners gathered at the London Summit on Family Planning. The outcome was FP2020 - a political and financial commitment to provide 120 million underserved girls and women with the opportunity to freely, reliably and safely use modern contraception by 2020. It was an ambitious goal. This checklist can help us all achieve it.
Is Africa’s youth engaged enough to be empowered?Afrobarometer
The document summarizes findings from Afrobarometer surveys in 36 African countries regarding political and civic engagement among African youth ages 18-35. Some key results are:
1) Political and civic engagement is generally lower among African youth than older citizens, particularly in terms of voting and attending community meetings.
2) Attendance at campaign rallies is the most popular form of pre-electoral engagement among young Africans.
3) Young women report lower levels of engagement than young men across most indicators, with significantly less interest in public affairs and discussion of politics.
Case 4 space 2.2. background document layne robinson_commonwealth secretariatcase4space
South Asia is home to nearly half a billion youth, representing a large portion of the global youth population. However, South Asian countries generally rank low in terms of youth development according to the Global Youth Development Index. Sri Lanka showed the most improvement between 2010-2015, with a 12% increase in its overall score driven by gains in employment and civic participation. In contrast, Pakistan saw an 18% decline in its score over this period due to drops in civic and political participation. India also made progress but continues to lag behind in education, employment, and health.
BHM Social Impact Report - incorporating BHM 2nd reviewLeon Delpech
This document provides background information on Big Help Mob (BHM), an organization that coordinates short-term volunteer missions for young people to address community issues. It summarizes research on the benefits of volunteering for young people, including increased well-being, skills, and social connections. The evaluation aimed to measure the social impact of BHM on volunteers. It found that volunteering with BHM leads to personal benefits for most volunteers like feeling useful and meeting new people. It also leads to positive life changes like increased volunteering, new perspectives, and inspiration to make career or education changes for many volunteers. Key factors contributing to these impacts are the social network of volunteers, accessible volunteer opportunities, and exposure to new communities.
Free Speech within Bounds? Views from Tanzania on Media Freedom and Free SpeechAfrobarometer
In this presentation, the citizens of Tanzania speak on media freedom and free speech. There is nearly a universal (96%) satisfaction with freedom of expression in the country.
The social media plan aims to increase awareness of The Queen's Foundation (TQF) and drive new mentors, volunteers, advocates, and donors through a campaign called "Dear Lady Who Leads." The campaign will feature stories and photos of TQF girls asking women to become mentors. It targets women ages 20-50 across NC through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. The plan also analyzes TQF's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats compared to competitors. The goal is for social media to drive website traffic where people can take action to support TQF's mission of empowering girls.
This document summarizes fundraising trends and benchmarking data from 2014. Key points include:
- Overall charitable giving in the US rose 4.4% in 2014 to $335 billion, with individual giving up 4.2% and bequests up 8.7%.
- Giving to education increased 8.9%, led by alumni donations.
- The Voluntary Support of Education survey found a 9% increase in gifts to $33.8 billion, though the number of alumni donors declined 1.7%.
- Benchmarking data on phonathon programs showed contact and pledge rates tend to be higher when mobile phone numbers are obtained and called.
1) Africa's youth policies are ineffective and do not equip young people with practical skills, making them vulnerable to extremism.
2) Young people are not prioritized or involved in political and economic affairs by regional bodies or national governments.
3) The African Union Commission has an understaffed and ambiguous Youth Division that is not properly engaging with or representing Africa's youth.
There has been growing concerns about the fact that African media has failed to commit itself to ensuring that the gender question becomes a standard of measure for press freedom and access to information on the continent. The use of the female body as a mere decoration or as an attention-getting device diminishes women's self-esteem and ignores other aspects of women's personality, their human potential and contributions to economic empowerment for development. Women are underrepresented in political, social and economic reporting; this results in limiting the freedom of expression caused by self-censorship by a male dominated industry. It is a cause of concern on the portrayal of women in household-related roles, mostly in advertisements for household products, particularly because of the repetitiousness of the housewife image. The media does not fully recognize the dynamism that women display in the economic, cultural and social lives of their communities through their associations and informal networks channeled into creating new models of participation and leadership. This paper therefore explores the need for positive women access and use of the media for economic empowerment in Africa; it examines the challenges facing the portrayal of women in the media and makes recommendations on how increase women's representation in decision-making structures in media houses and develop structures and frameworks for gender mainstreaming based on laws and policies for sustained economic empowerment of women. This paper explores secondary data from text books, and journals to conclude that, without meaningful commitment in the form of policy changes and the provision of resources to address women conditions and involvement in the media representation; Africa cannot hope to see a breakthrough in its development and renewal. It recommends that, greater awareness and supportive environment needs to be enhanced by the media for women to be more self-reflective and have a greater awareness of their own weaknesses, challenges, strengths and opportunities. Women should be exposed to more in-depth training and development to gain not only knowledge and skills but also wisdom in order to be authentic leaders with integrity. Also, there should be is an urgent need to increase the knowledge and ability of mass media professionals to create more awareness on gender issues.
Findings from the consultation that ran between May and July 2014 to seek feedback from members of the public about their low level care and support needs now and in the future.
Day 2- am session: “Agricultural policy processes and the youth in Southern Africa – the case of Malawi,” Mariam Mapila, IFPRI-Malawi
Workshop on Approaches and Methods for Policy Process Research, co-sponsored by the CGIAR Research Programs on Policies, Institutions and Markets (PIM) and Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) at IFPRI-Washington DC, November 18-20, 2013.
The document discusses social integration in Newham, London. It finds that over recent years, resident participation in council services and elections has declined. However, since the Covid pandemic, knowledge of local events and comfort asking for help has improved among those receiving support. Looking ahead, residents want the council to better communicate how contributions are used and support community-led solutions.
The document discusses social integration in Newham, London. It finds that residents' participation in council services, events, and volunteering has declined in recent years. However, since the Covid-19 pandemic, knowledge of local activities and comfort asking for help has improved, according to surveys. The document also identifies priorities to further involve residents, such as knowing how their contributions are used.
1. The survey examined awareness of social innovation in Taiwan through public surveys and by surveying social enterprises.
2. The public survey found high awareness of social enterprises but lower awareness of social innovation and SDGs, though many supported the concepts. Quality education, decent work, and no poverty were seen as most urgent goals.
3. The enterprise survey found that most social innovation organizations are new, small companies with female founders. Over half knew of SDGs and focused on education issues. More organizations are becoming profitable.
1. Youth civic engagement has declined, especially in formal political processes, though youth remain interested in issues and participate through informal means like online activism.
2. Young women's civic engagement differs from young men's but is under-researched, and their voices are underrepresented in elected office.
3. An analysis of local municipalities found women constitute an average of 37% of elected representatives, with representation varying significantly between communities.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Youth Council Report 13-14GenerationNation
How did the youth council spend its year? What are their recommendations for community leaders? See their presentation, read the report, and watch the video!
A presentation by Dr Jennifer Muz and Dr Muhammad Ala Uddin to 'Expanding the Evidence Base for Policy and Interventions in Cox's Bazar', IPA and Yale University, Bangladesh, December 2019
Case 4 space 2.2. presentation layne robinson_commonwealth secretariat.pptxcase4space
This document discusses political and civic participation in youth development as measured by the Youth Development Index (YDI). It notes that youth participation in formal politics is declining globally except in new democracies, though youth are more engaged in civic affairs through alternative modes of participation and technology. Enhancing youth participation requires measures like civic education, quotas, and citizenship education. The YDI measures youth development across five domains using 18 indicators, though data gaps exist, particularly in political and civic participation. Gender gaps also differ between regions and more disaggregated data is needed. Sub-national data is important to avoid averages hiding variations, and challenges collecting such data include outdated sources and competing priorities.
The document summarizes survey results from annual members, life members, and non-members of an alumni association regarding communications, events, benefits, membership, and demographics. Key findings include:
- Across all segments, e-mail was the preferred communication method. Events and benefits/discounts were most important.
- Website visitation was highest for annual and life members (around 75%) and 38% for non-members.
- Athletic events had the highest attendance and satisfaction for UTSA events across segments. Roadrunner Station was most attended and important for Alumni Association events.
- Segments preferred monthly/bi-monthly communications and events, whereas the Association averages over 15 emails/month and weekly events.
GWG_BRAC_ initiatives that impact on child marriage_April 2019GWG
This document discusses BRAC's initiatives to address child marriage in Bangladesh. It provides context on the issues girls face in Bangladesh, including child marriage rates. BRAC aims to empower girls through education, life skills training, sports/physical activity, peer networks, and income generation to create alternatives to child marriage. It works to raise awareness of the health and economic impacts of child marriage, mobilize communities including men and boys, and strengthen legal frameworks and their implementation. BRAC's multilevel approach targets individuals, households, communities, and the state. It transforms girls' lives by providing safe spaces, health information, leadership skills, and helping girls take independent decisions.
How to empower youth to become engaged & make an impact on policy?Karl Donert
This presentation introduces the YouthMetre Project. A youth-based project funded as a forward-looking project to engage young people in policy making.
YouthMetre is an exciting project that empowers young people to connect with policy makers in order to improve the youth policies in local authorities, regions and countries in Europe.
YouthMetre creates an innovative tool that will give young people access, via a digital data dashboard, to information about how well their policymakers are performing in different youth fields. Examples of best practices are presented in order to help authorities improve their activities.
The 2013 Annual Report of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation summarizes their work in leadership development, public health, policy analysis, and collaboration over the past year. Some key highlights include graduating 74 interns from their Leadership Institute, hosting various health awareness events reaching over 6,500 people, holding briefings on issues like job growth and black male achievement, and their annual legislative conference attracting over 9,000 attendees. The report provides an overview of the organization's mission and achievements across different projects in 2013.
This fact sheet provides data and analysis on adolescent and young people's sexual and reproductive health and rights in Sub-Saharan Africa. It finds that while the region is growing economically, socioeconomic and health indicators for youth have not improved. Access to education is limited with high dropout rates, especially for girls. Contraceptive use is low among married adolescents. Adolescent fertility and pregnancy rates are highest in the region. Access to comprehensive sexuality education and abortion services is limited due to legal restrictions and social norms. HIV prevalence is disproportionately high among young women. Harmful traditional practices like female genital mutilation also negatively impact girls' health and rights.
The document is the 2014 annual report of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. It highlights the organization's work in 2014 to create opportunities for emerging leaders through scholarships, internships, fellowships and a leadership institute. It provided over $600,000 in scholarships to 323 students and hosted 75 interns. The internship and fellowship programs helped place many graduates in jobs on Capitol Hill and in the nonprofit sector. The report emphasizes expanding possibilities for the global black community as the organization's focus in 2014.
Taking Care Of Our Volunteers PresentationEmma Thompson
This document summarizes a meeting about taking care of volunteers. It includes an agenda, list of speakers and attendees, and summaries of presentations on volunteer recruitment, retention, appreciation, diversity, vulnerable volunteers, and corporate volunteering. Key points included using various methods to recruit and retain volunteers, such as timely responses, training, and showing appreciation through food, events, and verbal thanks. Presenters also discussed the impact of demographics on volunteering and strategies for engaging vulnerable or corporate volunteers.
The December 2013 volunteer meeting agenda included discussing the results of a recent survey, finances, upcoming cookie sales and events, and planning future meetings and a summer family event. Key topics from the survey were that most families were interested in meetings continuing through the summer but overnight activities needed to wait until daughters were older. Plans were made to send a newsletter with upcoming optional events and prepare for cookie sales and the next meeting.
The social media plan aims to increase awareness of The Queen's Foundation (TQF) and drive new mentors, volunteers, advocates, and donors through a campaign called "Dear Lady Who Leads." The campaign will feature stories and photos of TQF girls asking women to become mentors. It targets women ages 20-50 across NC through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. The plan also analyzes TQF's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats compared to competitors. The goal is for social media to drive website traffic where people can take action to support TQF's mission of empowering girls.
This document summarizes fundraising trends and benchmarking data from 2014. Key points include:
- Overall charitable giving in the US rose 4.4% in 2014 to $335 billion, with individual giving up 4.2% and bequests up 8.7%.
- Giving to education increased 8.9%, led by alumni donations.
- The Voluntary Support of Education survey found a 9% increase in gifts to $33.8 billion, though the number of alumni donors declined 1.7%.
- Benchmarking data on phonathon programs showed contact and pledge rates tend to be higher when mobile phone numbers are obtained and called.
1) Africa's youth policies are ineffective and do not equip young people with practical skills, making them vulnerable to extremism.
2) Young people are not prioritized or involved in political and economic affairs by regional bodies or national governments.
3) The African Union Commission has an understaffed and ambiguous Youth Division that is not properly engaging with or representing Africa's youth.
There has been growing concerns about the fact that African media has failed to commit itself to ensuring that the gender question becomes a standard of measure for press freedom and access to information on the continent. The use of the female body as a mere decoration or as an attention-getting device diminishes women's self-esteem and ignores other aspects of women's personality, their human potential and contributions to economic empowerment for development. Women are underrepresented in political, social and economic reporting; this results in limiting the freedom of expression caused by self-censorship by a male dominated industry. It is a cause of concern on the portrayal of women in household-related roles, mostly in advertisements for household products, particularly because of the repetitiousness of the housewife image. The media does not fully recognize the dynamism that women display in the economic, cultural and social lives of their communities through their associations and informal networks channeled into creating new models of participation and leadership. This paper therefore explores the need for positive women access and use of the media for economic empowerment in Africa; it examines the challenges facing the portrayal of women in the media and makes recommendations on how increase women's representation in decision-making structures in media houses and develop structures and frameworks for gender mainstreaming based on laws and policies for sustained economic empowerment of women. This paper explores secondary data from text books, and journals to conclude that, without meaningful commitment in the form of policy changes and the provision of resources to address women conditions and involvement in the media representation; Africa cannot hope to see a breakthrough in its development and renewal. It recommends that, greater awareness and supportive environment needs to be enhanced by the media for women to be more self-reflective and have a greater awareness of their own weaknesses, challenges, strengths and opportunities. Women should be exposed to more in-depth training and development to gain not only knowledge and skills but also wisdom in order to be authentic leaders with integrity. Also, there should be is an urgent need to increase the knowledge and ability of mass media professionals to create more awareness on gender issues.
Findings from the consultation that ran between May and July 2014 to seek feedback from members of the public about their low level care and support needs now and in the future.
Day 2- am session: “Agricultural policy processes and the youth in Southern Africa – the case of Malawi,” Mariam Mapila, IFPRI-Malawi
Workshop on Approaches and Methods for Policy Process Research, co-sponsored by the CGIAR Research Programs on Policies, Institutions and Markets (PIM) and Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) at IFPRI-Washington DC, November 18-20, 2013.
The document discusses social integration in Newham, London. It finds that over recent years, resident participation in council services and elections has declined. However, since the Covid pandemic, knowledge of local events and comfort asking for help has improved among those receiving support. Looking ahead, residents want the council to better communicate how contributions are used and support community-led solutions.
The document discusses social integration in Newham, London. It finds that residents' participation in council services, events, and volunteering has declined in recent years. However, since the Covid-19 pandemic, knowledge of local activities and comfort asking for help has improved, according to surveys. The document also identifies priorities to further involve residents, such as knowing how their contributions are used.
1. The survey examined awareness of social innovation in Taiwan through public surveys and by surveying social enterprises.
2. The public survey found high awareness of social enterprises but lower awareness of social innovation and SDGs, though many supported the concepts. Quality education, decent work, and no poverty were seen as most urgent goals.
3. The enterprise survey found that most social innovation organizations are new, small companies with female founders. Over half knew of SDGs and focused on education issues. More organizations are becoming profitable.
1. Youth civic engagement has declined, especially in formal political processes, though youth remain interested in issues and participate through informal means like online activism.
2. Young women's civic engagement differs from young men's but is under-researched, and their voices are underrepresented in elected office.
3. An analysis of local municipalities found women constitute an average of 37% of elected representatives, with representation varying significantly between communities.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Youth Council Report 13-14GenerationNation
How did the youth council spend its year? What are their recommendations for community leaders? See their presentation, read the report, and watch the video!
A presentation by Dr Jennifer Muz and Dr Muhammad Ala Uddin to 'Expanding the Evidence Base for Policy and Interventions in Cox's Bazar', IPA and Yale University, Bangladesh, December 2019
Case 4 space 2.2. presentation layne robinson_commonwealth secretariat.pptxcase4space
This document discusses political and civic participation in youth development as measured by the Youth Development Index (YDI). It notes that youth participation in formal politics is declining globally except in new democracies, though youth are more engaged in civic affairs through alternative modes of participation and technology. Enhancing youth participation requires measures like civic education, quotas, and citizenship education. The YDI measures youth development across five domains using 18 indicators, though data gaps exist, particularly in political and civic participation. Gender gaps also differ between regions and more disaggregated data is needed. Sub-national data is important to avoid averages hiding variations, and challenges collecting such data include outdated sources and competing priorities.
The document summarizes survey results from annual members, life members, and non-members of an alumni association regarding communications, events, benefits, membership, and demographics. Key findings include:
- Across all segments, e-mail was the preferred communication method. Events and benefits/discounts were most important.
- Website visitation was highest for annual and life members (around 75%) and 38% for non-members.
- Athletic events had the highest attendance and satisfaction for UTSA events across segments. Roadrunner Station was most attended and important for Alumni Association events.
- Segments preferred monthly/bi-monthly communications and events, whereas the Association averages over 15 emails/month and weekly events.
GWG_BRAC_ initiatives that impact on child marriage_April 2019GWG
This document discusses BRAC's initiatives to address child marriage in Bangladesh. It provides context on the issues girls face in Bangladesh, including child marriage rates. BRAC aims to empower girls through education, life skills training, sports/physical activity, peer networks, and income generation to create alternatives to child marriage. It works to raise awareness of the health and economic impacts of child marriage, mobilize communities including men and boys, and strengthen legal frameworks and their implementation. BRAC's multilevel approach targets individuals, households, communities, and the state. It transforms girls' lives by providing safe spaces, health information, leadership skills, and helping girls take independent decisions.
How to empower youth to become engaged & make an impact on policy?Karl Donert
This presentation introduces the YouthMetre Project. A youth-based project funded as a forward-looking project to engage young people in policy making.
YouthMetre is an exciting project that empowers young people to connect with policy makers in order to improve the youth policies in local authorities, regions and countries in Europe.
YouthMetre creates an innovative tool that will give young people access, via a digital data dashboard, to information about how well their policymakers are performing in different youth fields. Examples of best practices are presented in order to help authorities improve their activities.
The 2013 Annual Report of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation summarizes their work in leadership development, public health, policy analysis, and collaboration over the past year. Some key highlights include graduating 74 interns from their Leadership Institute, hosting various health awareness events reaching over 6,500 people, holding briefings on issues like job growth and black male achievement, and their annual legislative conference attracting over 9,000 attendees. The report provides an overview of the organization's mission and achievements across different projects in 2013.
This fact sheet provides data and analysis on adolescent and young people's sexual and reproductive health and rights in Sub-Saharan Africa. It finds that while the region is growing economically, socioeconomic and health indicators for youth have not improved. Access to education is limited with high dropout rates, especially for girls. Contraceptive use is low among married adolescents. Adolescent fertility and pregnancy rates are highest in the region. Access to comprehensive sexuality education and abortion services is limited due to legal restrictions and social norms. HIV prevalence is disproportionately high among young women. Harmful traditional practices like female genital mutilation also negatively impact girls' health and rights.
The document is the 2014 annual report of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. It highlights the organization's work in 2014 to create opportunities for emerging leaders through scholarships, internships, fellowships and a leadership institute. It provided over $600,000 in scholarships to 323 students and hosted 75 interns. The internship and fellowship programs helped place many graduates in jobs on Capitol Hill and in the nonprofit sector. The report emphasizes expanding possibilities for the global black community as the organization's focus in 2014.
Taking Care Of Our Volunteers PresentationEmma Thompson
This document summarizes a meeting about taking care of volunteers. It includes an agenda, list of speakers and attendees, and summaries of presentations on volunteer recruitment, retention, appreciation, diversity, vulnerable volunteers, and corporate volunteering. Key points included using various methods to recruit and retain volunteers, such as timely responses, training, and showing appreciation through food, events, and verbal thanks. Presenters also discussed the impact of demographics on volunteering and strategies for engaging vulnerable or corporate volunteers.
The December 2013 volunteer meeting agenda included discussing the results of a recent survey, finances, upcoming cookie sales and events, and planning future meetings and a summer family event. Key topics from the survey were that most families were interested in meetings continuing through the summer but overnight activities needed to wait until daughters were older. Plans were made to send a newsletter with upcoming optional events and prepare for cookie sales and the next meeting.
Museums & Mobile in 2012 : Survey ResultsLoic Tallon
An analysis of the main findings from the 2012 Museums & Mobile Survey.
Learn about the museum community's perspective on the objectives, challenges & future for mobile projects in cultural institutions in 2012.
Why Skills Matter - Further Results from the Survey of Adult Skills EduSkills OECD
In the wake of the technological revolution that began in the last decades of the 20th century, labour market demand for information-processing and other high-level cognitive and interpersonal skills is growing substantially. The Survey of Adult Skills, a product of the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), was designed to provide insights into the availability of some of these key skills in society and how they are used at work and at home. The first survey of its kind, it directly measures proficiency in several information-processing skills – namely literacy, numeracy and problem solving in technology-rich environments. This volume reports results from the 24 countries and regions that participated in the rst round of the survey in 2011-12 (first published in OECD Skills Outlook 2013: First Results from the Survey of Adult Skills) and from the nine additional countries that participated in the second round in 2014-15 (Chile, Greece, Indonesia [Jakarta], Israel, Lithuania, New Zealand, Singapore, Slovenia and Turkey). It describes adults’ proficiency in the three information-processing skills assessed, and examines how skills proficiency is related to labour market and social outcomes.
This document summarizes a presentation on conducting employee surveys and taking action on the results. It discusses the benefits of surveys for getting employee feedback, the importance of creating action plans to address issues raised, and how to develop effective action plans. It emphasizes that only 35% of employees believe their survey will result in real change and that organizations must act on survey results to improve engagement and retain talent. The presentation provides tools and best practices for analyzing survey data, developing action plans, communicating changes to employees, and measuring the impact of action plans.
This document discusses employee engagement and provides information on defining engagement, measuring engagement, and strategies for improving engagement. Some key points:
- Employee engagement refers to an employee's emotional commitment and positive attachment to their organization. Highly engaged employees are enthusiastic about their work and further the interests of the organization.
- Common models for measuring engagement include the Gallup Q12 survey, which measures 12 factors like clear expectations, resources, development opportunities, and praise. Other models look at engagement drivers like career development, leadership, rewards, and work-life balance.
- Managers play a critical role in driving engagement through coaching, communicating goals, team development initiatives, and believing in employees' abilities. Regular communication, feedback
Empirical study exploring leadership perceptions and practices among communication professionals and PR managers (n = 1,766) in corporations, nonprofit organizations (including governmental, political, educational) and agencies. The research led by Prof. Dr. Ansgar Zerfaß (University of Leipzig) and Prof. Dr. Ulrike Röttger (University of Münster) is part of a global research project with quantitative and qualitative methods in 8 cultural regions and 23 countries. Focus and research questions: Important issues for leaders in PR and communication management - Conditions for leadership, leadership abilities and qualities - Strategies and actions implemented by leaders to deal with important issues - Development of future leaders - Personal beliefs and perceptions about leadership.
This internship abstract summarizes YeanYean Wong's internship with the American Red Cross in New Jersey. The purpose of the internship was to assist with developing youth leadership skills like communication, service learning, and emergency preparedness. The internship significance is that the Red Cross relies on volunteers, including 16,000 youth volunteers in New Jersey in 2016. Through youth programs, the Red Cross promotes positive youth development and encourages youth to uphold the organization's principles. The method involved analyzing Red Cross volunteer data from 2015-2016 to evaluate the outcomes of youth development programs in increasing youth exposure to the Red Cross.
The document outlines a proposed Youth Ambassador Program for the American Red Cross to recruit and sustain high school student volunteers. The program aims to encourage peers to volunteer, familiarize new volunteers to the Red Cross mission, and engage volunteers through incentives. It would select student representatives to raise funds and complete service hours. Research on similar programs in other schools is recommended before implementing. The benefits to student ambassadors include membership recognition, workshops, recommendation letters, and discounts to promote volunteering. Social media and radio would be used to promote the program and its goal of involving today's youth in humanitarian leadership.
- The survey found that 49% of young people in Scotland formally volunteer, almost double the adult rate. Formal volunteering has plateaued after steady growth from 2009-2016.
- Sport, children, and hobbies are the most common areas of formal volunteering. Girls volunteer more than boys, especially with children. Parents, teachers, and club members most influence young people to volunteer.
- While over half of young volunteers do so regularly, most provide less than 1 hour of help per month, totaling around 11 million hours annually. Skills development and career benefits are important motivators for youth volunteering in Scotland.
This document summarizes the findings of the 2013-2014 Youth Think Tank convened by the MasterCard Foundation. The Think Tank engaged young people across Sub-Saharan Africa to research how organizations can better involve youth. Key findings include:
- Young people are motivated to engage for skills development and mentoring opportunities, but face barriers to participation like lack of awareness of opportunities and economic costs.
- Organizations benefit from youth perspectives and skills, but need diverse recruitment and long-term engagement strategies that accommodate youth needs.
- Barriers like skills requirements, time commitments, and lack of vision for youth roles limit many young people's ability to participate meaningfully.
The report provides tips for organizations to overcome
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2. 2National Youth Council - Youth Volunteer Engagement Survey 2016
Volunteers are of critical importance in all levels
of our sport, particularly at grass-roots, where the
majority of youth participants experience rugby.
Volunteering provides a further way in which young
people can become involved in sport without direct
playing participation.
The purpose of the Youth Volunteer Engagement
Survey is to gain insight into the volunteer behaviours
of 16-24 year olds across England.
Findings from the survey look to highlight why
it is young people begin volunteering in the first
place, the barriers they encounter with volunteering,
and ultimately determine the ways in which we can
increase the number of volunteering participants.
The RFU National Youth Council (NYC) is a group
of twelve 16-24 year olds from across the country,
involved in all aspects of the game, working directly
with the wider Rugby Football Union to highlight the
views of young people.
One of the RFU’s key aims is to ensure up to 1
million young people have access to rugby within
schools and colleges by 2019. With this in mind, it is
vital that the young people themselves are involved
in the decision making process for the future of
the game. The current NYC has picked up where
the previous 2009 council left off, and acts as a
consultative body on a national level.
The council currently consists of 12 members
with a diverse range of experiences. We differ
in geographical location, ages, educational
background, career pathways and genders, but are
united by a passion for rugby and a drive to be part
of the improvement and development of the game.
The NYC
focuses on
three key
areas:
ABOUT THE NATIONAL
YOUTH COUNCIL
Influencing and
delivering the
Young Rugby
Ambassador
programme
The retention of
players aged 16-24
in rugby union
Working as a
youth insight focus
group for the RFU
having a direct
influence on new
RFU initiatives and
projects
YOUTH VOLUNTEER
ENGAGEMENT
SURVEY
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In order to gain an objective and representative
selection of data, an online survey was conducted
with the aim of gathering insightful opinions,
comments, and feedback. The anonymity of an
online survey allows participants to express their
views honestly and therefore provide more accurate
data.
Question topics were determined by the NYC
and phrased in such a way that young people could
engage with what was being asked.
Some key criteria addressed through the survey
questions are:
• What barriers young people face when trying
to get involved in volunteering?
• What motivates young people to volunteer?
• To what extent do young people volunteer and
in what capacity?
• Why do young people start/stop volunteering?
• What do young people enjoy/dislike about
volunteering?
In order to gather enough data for the survey to
present reliable and worthwhile results a large sample
size was needed. This was achieved by utilising all
available channels of communication both within the
RFU and the NYC members’ own personal network
within local areas. This included the Regional
Development Teams, the Touchline Newsletter, The
Young Rugby Ambassador contacts, and NYC peers
within every members’ own rugby community. As
the views of young people is the predominant focus,
it is important that a wide range of social media
platforms was used to promote the survey and gain
greater engagement. This included use of the NYC
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and email platforms.
The survey was also spoken about at a number
of events attended whilst representing the NYC,
including the Young Rugby Ambassador Celebration
Event, the RFU College Engagement Event, and at a
number of RFU sub-committee meetings. In order to
further increase participation, an extrinsic motivation
was provided, with each participant being entered
into a prize draw.
Open ended questions were included within the
survey to gather qualitative data establishing honest
opinions from each participant. This provided an
opportunity to express viewpoints in much greater
depth, encouraging participants to explore the
reasons behind their response to the question.
This style of question is demonstrated in Question
5, where the survey looked to understand what it
is the participant enjoys about volunteering within
rugby. A more honest overview was gained through
this qualitative method of question as there were no
predetermined specific categories that the answers
had to fit within.
The Youth Volunteer Engagement Survey ran
from 12/10/2015 to 20/11/2015, providing enough
time for the Youth Council to distribute the survey
via the communications strategy and then in time for
the data to be collated, analysed and presented in
the first quarter of 2016. In total, the survey received
961 responses from across all regions of England.
METHODOLOGY
5. 5National Youth Council - Youth Volunteer Engagement Survey 2016
RUGBY
PARTICIPATION
IN YOUNG
PEOPLE
PLAY
90%
78% club
32% uni
8% touch/tag
COACH
26%
VOLUNTEER
26%
13%
52% are female
members
REFEREE
12%
RUGBY
VOLUNTEERING
IN YOUNG
PEOPLE
VOLUNTEER COACH
52%
VOLUNTEER
REFEREE
14%
YOUTH
REPRESENTATIVE
10%
CLUB/CONSTITUENT
BODY COMMITTEE
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DO YOU VOLUNTEER?
YES
32%
NO
60%
WHY DO YOU?
WHY DON’T YOU?
41% To give back to the game
36% Enjoy volunteer work
35% To build on CV and
employability skills
22% To meet new people
31% Have never been asked
28% Do not have the time
12% No local opportunities
5% Tried to be involved but have
been turned down
?
WHAT WOULD MOTIVATE
YOU TO START?
25% Discount on coaching, first aid
and referee courses
25% Start enhancing my CV
21% Free clothes
WHAT MADE YOU STOP?
76% “I do not have enough
time to volunteer”
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HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A MEMBER OF
AN RFU CONSTITUENT BODY COMMITTEE?
TEAM SUPPORT
YES
5%
NO
78%
Of those aged 25+ are
currently a member or have
been in the past
15% ? “I don’t know what a
constituent body is”
19%
CONSTITUENT BODY SUPPORT
55% “Agree I sometimes feel that
the views of young people are
taken into account by my constituent
body”
20% “Agree I do not feel my views
are taken into account at all” or
“do not know”
55% “Strongly agree I feel
supported by the team, club or
organisation I volunteer with”
32% “Somewhat agree”
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KEY FINDINGS
Young people from the 16-24 years age bracket want to get involved in
volunteering, however, they are unaware of the opportunities available to
them on both a local and a national level and how these opportunities can
be accessed.
Both existing and future volunteering opportunities need to be tailored to
ensure they are both relevant and accessible for young people. 76% of the
14-26yr old survey participants had stopped volunteering as they did not
have enough time. Volunteering is a time commitment, and this needs to
be managed to ensure the maximum number of young people can still get
involved no matter how much time they have to spare.
This motivation to volunteer does not differ between males and females, but
is in fact consistent across the gender divide.
There is a need to ensure that young people are provided the opportunity
to access coaching, refereeing, and other skills development courses. This
helps not only provide a further motivation to get involved and share new
skills, but also means the young volunteers feel they have something more
to offer the wider rugby community.
Finally, a significant finding is the lack of young people currently
represented on their local CB or club committees. Only 5% of this age
group’s survey participants have ever sat on a committee, and of the 14-26
age bracket, 19% are unaware of what a CB committee is. In this way a
large majority of the rugby community are not being represented in the local
decision making process.
9. 9National Youth Council - Youth Volunteer Engagement Survey 2016
From the survey findings, the following actions
and recommendations could support with
overcoming the issues young people currently face
when engaging in volunteering within rugby.
Firstly, the survey found that 12% of young
people do not engage with volunteering due to a
lack of opportunity within their local area. This is
of specific concern in light of the 2009 RFU NYC
Survey1
which found that 12% held this view. It is
of significance that, six years on from the previous
Youth Council survey, the same percentage of
people still feel this way. Of this percentage 42%
come from data collected from Area 1. In order to
overcome this, the recently re-launched Young
Rugby Ambassador (YRA) programme could be
utilised. The programme has a high level of flexibility
allowing the young volunteers to tailor it specifically
to their volunteering wants/needs and record their
volunteering hours via their own personal online
portal. This is a key feature highlighted in the Sport
England 2014 Youth Insight Pack2
, where reference
is made to the need for a ‘broader offer’ that is
‘unique’ for each individual. To ensure the delivery
of this is successful it is essential that young people
feel that new opportunities made available to them
are fully supported by their clubs or organisations.
This need for support is highlighted in that only 40%
of current young volunteers feel strongly supported
within their roles. The extent to which it is needed
is highlighted through the references to ‘community
spirit’, ‘support’ and ‘camaraderie’ as reasons why
participants became involved in volunteering initially.
The support necessary could be provided through
the RFU staff, the CB, other club volunteers or their
peers.
Further to this, by signing up to the YRA
programme young people are connected via email
and social media to the RFU, allowing increased
communications channels and ensuring that the
local RDOs/CRCs are aware of the young people who
are engaged in volunteering in their areas. This may
help to raise awareness of the further opportunities
available to volunteer as communications can be
delivered directly to young people. In addition the
online portal enables tracking of the volunteer’s
activity, helping to keep them motivated to keep
updating their hours, whilst ensuring the RFU is
aware of their level of engagement.
A large proportion of Area 1, 2 and 3 respondents
stopped volunteering due to their friends dropping
out. Moving forward with this information, those areas
could focus on more group volunteer opportunities
and tasks rather than the individual ‘turn-up and
help-out’ approach. This is a further aspect that
can be tackled through the flexibility of the YRA
programme as group volunteering can be counted
as hours through the activity log system whereby
every volunteer will receive recognition for their time,
not just the group as a whole. There is a need to
make sure clubs are aware of this flexibility in the
scheme, so they know that hours can be clocked up
in this way, utilizing peer-to-peer motivation.
ACTIONS
I enjoy volunteering because of the
companionship with other volunteers
and the players we help. The extra
involvement with the club let me get to
know my teammates better
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The fact that the motivation level between
male and female volunteers does not differ clearly
highlights how volunteering opportunities need to be
made available across the full spectrum of the rugby
community. Once again, the flexibility of the YRA
programme is of benefit here as it can be tailored
by both the individual volunteer and the clubs they
are involved with to ensure it meets gender specific
requirements. We also suggest greater use of both
male and female role model case studies, which
could be distributed via social media to highlight
the wide range of volunteering options available to
young people regardless of gender. An example of
this style of case study based advertising is shown
in the ‘This is Rugby’ document which showcases
Laura Pettingale who recently refereed at the London
leg of the Women’s World Rugby Sevens tour 2015.
As highlighted in the survey findings, many young
people have to juggle a wide range of commitments,
with 76% of our survey participants stating not having
enough time to volunteer. As the Sport England 2014
Youth Insight Pack highlights:
The availability of volunteering that young people
can access on an ad-hoc basis when they have
time available is critical. For this reason we would
suggest that any volunteering opportunities that
are advertised to youth volunteers clearly detail any
dates at which attendance is critical right from the
beginning. This means commitments can be tracked
a lot more easily, and time can be managed more
effectively.
Sport England’s January 2016 review of
‘Motivations of Sports Volunteers in England’
highlighted how volunteering is ‘motivated by
different factors at different stages of people’s lives’.
The results of the survey showed that discounts on
coaching, and other development courses is the
motivation for 33% of young participants to begin
volunteering. A similar theme is shown in the way
35% of 14-26yr olds have begun volunteering in
order to build their CV and employability. A scheme
could be developed through which for every logged
hour of volunteering, a young person receives a
certain amount of discount off RFU led courses. This
would help increase the number of young referees
entering the game, and also help combat the drop
out of participants who do not wish to be involved in
rugby as an active player. Further to this, as young
people gain the opportunity to develop their skills,
they have something they can offer back to their
rugby community, this can help foster a group ethos,
where the young volunteer feels as though they are
part of something. This group atmosphere helps to
maintain self-motivation in the long term. Added
to this is the additional benefit of these courses as
CV boosters, creating further extrinsic motivations
for engagement with volunteering. This extrinsic
motivation is something which the Sport England
review notes refers to:
In order to combat the lack of young people
involved in their CB and club committees, the
NYC feels there needs to be a drive to change the
perception of young people, highlighting how they
can offer genuine insight into how the game is run at
grassroots level. In line with that it is also necessary
to raise awareness amongst young people into
what a CB does, as 19% of the 14-24yrs survey
participants are unaware of what a CB is, and only
2% are currently involved with the CB committee.
This change of perception could well be driven
through use of the YRA scheme, as this is a vehicle
through which the good work that the young people
carry out can be identified and key contacts within
the CB committee could be established. Allowing
the young volunteers to feel they have a voice in the
decisions of their Constituent Body would help them
to take ownership of the projects they are involved
with, making them more likely to be engaged in a
meaningful way in the long term. At present 55% of
14-26yr olds feel that their views are only ‘sometimes’
taken into account by their CB committees. A direct
link into the CB main committee, i.e. at least one
representative of the youth committee invited to
every CB committee meeting could be a way to
ensure the youth voice is valued in decision making.
Alike to the way the RFU National Youth council now
has a member sitting on every RFU Subcommittee
ensuring there is opportunity for youth input into the
highest levels of decision making.
There is a great need to remove as
many practical barriers as possible, and
allow volunteers breaks if they need to
without feeling like they will be judged
or penalised later
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»
For young people with professional
aspirations, either within sport or more
broadly, volunteering as unpaid work
enables them to develop skills and
demonstrate competence which will be
of economic value to them
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1
Youth Survey. London. RFU National Youth Council,2010.
2
Youth Insight Under The Skin. London: Sport England, 2015.