FEBUARY 18 MEETING Purpose To consider the effectiveness of the Wales Youth Agency in providing a corporate and strategic link between government policy the youth service and the needs of young people 

Paper discussing the early developments of youth work.

European Youth &Community Education Officers

This report sets out the findings of a pilot study to establish indicative baseline measurements for the future evaluation of the impact and effectiveness of the Welsh Assembly Government’s Extending Entitlement strategy and to evaluate the methodology of this study

Direction and Guidance July 2002
The aim of this document is to provide an underpinning structure within which the principles of ‘Extending Entitlement: Supporting Young People in Wales’ and the Green Paper ‘Learning is for Everyone’ can be put into practice at local level.

Welsh Assembly Government 2005

This report has been commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Government as the first stage of an ongoing process to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposals contained within “Extending Entitlement: supporting young people in Wales.” The research will seek to uncover the answers to four key questions:

• Are all young people in Wales accessing their universal entitlement and if not, which groups of young people are losing out, and why ?
• What are the obstacles that some young people face in terms of leading a full and active life now and in the future, and how can they be overcome?
• Are young people receiving the high quality services that they need, want and deserve and are they equipped with the skills and resources to participate in identifying their needs, services and assessing their effectiveness?
• Are young people receiving the necessary support to access these high quality services?

The New Burdens Working Group (NBWG) was set up on 10th August 2000. Its remit was to attempt to quantify additional levels of financial provision for local government which would improve the present services available to young people in line with the recommendations in the "Extending Entitlement" report.

Wales Youth Agency response to consultation welcomes this significant Welsh Assembly Government document. In recognising the importance of all young people within the wider economic and social agenda of Wales, WYA stresses that community-based non-formal learning must be promoted as having a valid and valued place alongside formal learning and work related vocational learning.

National Youth Bureau 1982