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December 2009 - Young Pioneers win Reaching for Gold
December 2009 - Young Pioneers have released their iphone app YP Xmas Tree just go to the apps site and search for YP Xmas Tree and the 59p will go towards funding a young person to lead change in their community.
Luke Lancaster short listed in the Children and Young Peoples Champion Category of the Children and Young Peoples Services Awards
Children and Young People’s Services Awards celebrate the achievement of the sector and unsung heroes who work to improve young lives across the UK. The awards are organised by Children and Young People Now in association with the Children's Workforce Development Council. This year there was a record 520 entries.
Young Pioneers Charity have been short listed by NCVYS for their Young Partners Award 2008. It was a record breaking year for nominations and the charity was visited by NCVYS who focused on:
- How our young people are involved in all levels of decision making
- How the contribution of young people are valued
- How young people evaluate projects the are involved in
Luke Lancaster Junior CEO chosen as National Case Study for Youth Led Innovation
The National Endowment for Science and Technology and the Arts (NESTA) has commissioned the National Youth Agency and Change Makers to analyse current practice around youth led innovation. Luke has now been chosen as a case study by NESTA.
Charity Secure Mobile Training Unit
The Youth Board of Young Pioneers have successfully bid to the Youth Capital Fund (East Sussex County Council) and have secured funding for a Mobile Training Unit.
The Unit will be equipped with a conferencing facility and it will be used to enable delivery to young people. The unit will be used in schools and rural areas to enable young people to access services they would otherwise not have access to.
Go Green
Young Pioneers continues to raise its national profile as a leading education provider for young people in Carbon Footprint Training. Following the level 2 accreditation of our carbon footprint awareness award we have been featured in the NCVYS quarterly publication.
To read more and download the full story click here.
Mybnk put Luke in the Hot Seat
Luke took the Hot Seat for MyBnk to explain how he is working as a social entrepreneur.
To see the video and find out how Luke would turn £10 into a 100 smiles visit the mybnk website or click here to download the video (coming soon).
Classroom for Trainers
Thanks to Tesco Charitable Trust Young Pioneers is now able to equip a state of the art classroom to train youth trainers, These accredited young people will be working in primary schools to teach other young people how to stay safe.
Save the Children Fund Stay Safe Delivery
Save the Children are British Gas have funded delivery of accredited Stay Safe Courses for two primary schools to enable young people to make the transition to secondary school safely.
William Wates Memorial Trust Fund Interactive IT Delivery
Following a presentation from Junior CEO Luke William Wates Memorial Trust have funded the purchase of an interactive touch screen computer. Using our traffic light safety system in primary schools, children will be taught interactively by our accredited youth trainers how to identify dangerous - red, risky – amber, and green - safe, situations.
We are very pleased to be able to support Young Pioneers and we wanted to recognise the outstanding work that Luke and the team are doing. It is inspirational to see young people taking responsibility for their environment and really making a difference
Rick Wates (William Wates Memorial Trust)
First News Spreads The Word Nationally
First News the National Children’s Newspaper reported about the development of Young Pioneers helping Young People to reach a larger audience .
Click here to download the story
Count Me In
As part of the 11 million takeover day Young Pioneers ran a Count me In work shadowing experience for young people working with children service planning groups. Over the day young pioneers shadowed the police, head teachers, the Youth Offending Team, the teenage pregnancy unit , and the PCT.
The lessons learnt from this experience will help to develop and understanding of how young people can participate in the shaping, procurement and delivery of children’s services.
Local News
To download local new stories about the charity please click here.
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CSPG Youth Participation
Young Pioneers has secured two 12 month Youth Participation contracts in East Sussex. The charity is working with Rother and Eastbourne Children's Service Planning Groups to actively participate in the shaping, procuring, and delivery of Children’s Services.
Stay Safe: Save the Children
Stay Safe is a core aspect of our work as a charity following the training of our 10 youth stay safe trainers the charity is now readying itself to deliver stay safe training in primary schools with the support of the Police and funding from Save the Children and British Gas.
Our Mobile Training Team are visiting primary schools to deliver accredited stay safe awards to year 6 pupils to prepare them for the transition to secondary school.
The young people will learn how to identify and manage risk including how to:
- Travel to school safely
- Interact with adults
- Manage their possessions
- Manage conflict
- Interact with teens and street sense
Go Green: Manage your Carbon Footprint
Go Green is a core Young Pioneers project focused on enabling young people to manage their carbon footprint. Our level 2 accredited award has been developed by young people for young people. We have now secured funding to train 250 young people how to mange their carbon footprint .
To find out more click here or download our Go Green article that featured in the NCVYS Idea Bank.
Stay Safe Trainers
During summer with funding from the Youth Opportunities Fund, Young Pioneers trained 10 young people to be Stay Safe Trainers. The young people were taught presentation and interpersonal skills. They received input from NSPCC, Samaritans, and the police before taking part in an outward bound team building exercise. These young people are now working in primary schools to teach other young people how to stay safe .
Click here to download feedback from the young people who participated.
Mobile Training Unit: Youth Trainers
With the success of our Youth Opportunities Fund bid , Young Pioneers is continuing its work to identify and train Youth Trainers. The Mobile Training Unit will be visiting schools and Youth Clubs to carry out training.
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