UNIFORMED YOUTH
Co-Design and Evaluation
Ipsos and Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
The Uniformed Youth Fund is part of the Government’s ‘National Youth Guarantee’ to ensure every young person across England will have access to regular out of school activities, adventures away from home and opportunities to volunteer. Together with our partners at Ipsos, we are evaluating how successful the Fund has been in its goal of reducing waiting lists, and exploring how young people may benefit from being part of Uniformed Youth Groups.
The need
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is providing funding to Uniformed Youth Organisations to establish new groups/units in deprived areas in England, currently underserved by Uniformed Youth Organisations.
Our response
Dartington has formed the Uniformed Youth Advisory Board (YAB), a group of 16-25-year-old members from a range of Uniformed Youth Groups. We are working with the YAB to review the design of data collection tools, and other materials used in the evaluation which are aimed at young people, to ensure the evaluation is informed by and accessible to young people.