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Genuine long term involvement by young people needs to begin with everyone involved sharing the same agenda.

Prospective is a practical activity resource designed to support groups of young people identify the opportunities for them to participate and make a contribution with consideration to the needs of the community and their own skills and qualities.

More information about Prospective is available from www.yomo.co.uk

YoMo is a social enterprise that delivers training led by young people throughout the UK & Ireland. It also provides volunteer and training opportunities for young people in the UK, Ireland and in Africa.

Practitioners can access a range of unique resources available for order online or request a free copy of the latest catalogue.

The Rolling Base project is a mobile youth centre set up because young people in the area had nothing to do. Rolling base has proved to be a cost effective way of providing activities - as it is easy to get to and safe and young people friendly.

You can view the presentation they made to the Youth Summit below...

A group of young people ran a consultation, via questionnaires with other young people on their estate.
They found that people wanted more facilities for young people, inlcuding a multi purpose sports area, a skate park, seating and shelters.
They presented their findings to a group of local decision makers.
A multi use game arean enabling young people to play baskerball and football has been built. A new shelter and bench area has also been created.

Over the last three weeks The National Youth Agency has co-ordinated three dialogues with DfES officials and Parmjit Dhanda MP (Minister for Children and Families) on the topic of the local offer - and how young people can influence and affect local offer provisions.

During the weeks of the dialogues Parmjit Dhanda also toured the UK visiting youth projects and talking to young people.

The video below gives a 5 minute snap-shot of that journey...