MAKING THE POINT

Viv McKeeDirector of Policy and Development

The National Youth Agency

Getting it right for young people

SOME DATES• 1992UNCRC ARTICLE 12 applies to

UK• 2001Learning to Listen• 2005First Children’s Commissioner• 2006Children and Young People’s

Plans• 2006Community Call for Action

SOME LEGISLATIONIn exercising their functions under this section a local education

authority must:-• Take steps to ascertain the views of qualifying young persons

in the authority’s area about:-- positive leisure-time activities, and facilities for such activities,

in the authority’s area- the need for any additional such activities and facilities; and- access to such activities and facilities; and• secure that the views of qualifying young persons in the

authority’s area are taken into accountEducation and Inspections Act 2006

SOME OPPORTUNITIES• Youth Opportunity and Capital

Funds (2006)

• Young people and decisions (2010 onwards)

THINGS TO TALK ABOUT

• 14-19

• Sufficiency

• Behaviour – anti-social and otherwise

• Sustainability

• Place

etc

THE NYA

•Connexions Charter to Cutting the Cake

•Youth action (1994)

•Ruckus (2005)

•In the Know (2007)

•Youth Summit (2007)

WHAT IT CAN LOOK LIKE

• The Children’s Research Centre: OU

• The Centre for Social Action: DMU

• A national report card

“Anyone over thirty is a stranger to the now”.

Margaret Mead

THANK YOU