the THEMES
The 'treemap' diagram below distributes the types of themes according to what funded organisations are working on as part of their youth work intervention. To achieve this analysis each project was categorised under two relevant themes, as follows:
Many of the organisations were focussed on aspects of health and wellbeing:
Ignite in Moray offered an 8 week programme of outdoor activities, 4 times per year to build motivation, personal organisation and development and leadership that would contribute towards longer term employability skills.
Closing the Attainment Gap was achieved in a high number of projects:
The Granton Youth Project provided opportunities to gain an award or qualification. They delivered Health, Fitness and Wellbeing activities including swimming, football and boxing to 12-19 year olds deemed by schools to be most at risk. Achievements were recognised with a Dynamic Youth Award or Youth Achievement Award.
Dumfries YMCA provided training for young people to set up and run their own radio station.
In a bid to reduce road accidents, Youth First in Fife provided motor vehicle safety training covering crash management; first aid, basic mechanics and driving skills.
Diversionary work, that prevents young people from engaging in antisocial behaviour or falling into the criminal justice system is commonplace:
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The diagram above illustrates the number of organisations that matched to each theme.