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YC Stakeholder Partner Group Workshop - Greater Manchester Community Campus
Start Date
25/03/25
End Date
25/03/25
Location
Moss Side Millenium Powerhouse, Raby Street, Moss Side, Manchester, UK
Lead
Youth Charter, Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse, 4CT
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The Youth Charter is proud to present the outcomes of the Social Coach Leadership Programme Stakeholder Workshop, hosted at the iconic Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse. This event took place during a week of profound significance, not only marking the 25th Anniversary of the Powerhouse itself but also celebrating the 32nd year of the Youth Charter’s commitment to social change through sport, arts, culture, and digital innovation.
The Powerhouse stands as a beacon of hope, resilience, and community empowerment. Originally established as part of Manchester’s regeneration strategy following the city’s bidding for and hosting of major sporting events including the 2002 Commonwealth Games and has become a symbol of the legacy that sport can create when aligned with purpose and community vision. It is no coincidence that this space played host to a workshop that further reinforced the origins and evolution of the sport for development and peace movement, an ethos first championed here in Manchester and now recognised across the globe.
This workshop also marked a key milestone in the Youth Charter’s ongoing #NationalCall2Action, underpinned by our recently launched Youthwise Community Campus Programme, supported by Sport England. This initiative continues to demonstrate how coordinated, community-led engagement can equip young people and communities with the tools they need to overcome adversity and achieve holistic development.
Bringing together key stakeholders from across the sport, education, community, and public sectors, the workshop provided a platform to reflect, assess, and shape the next steps in our shared mission. Together, we explored how the Social Coach Leadership Programme can continue to nurture the next generation of role models and young leaders who will carry forward the torch of positive change within their own communities.
As we honour the legacy of the past and respond to the challenges of the present, this workshop reaffirms our collective resolve to build a more inclusive, healthier, and empowered society through sport for development and peace.
Prof Geoff Thompson MBE FRSA DL QP JM,
Founder and Chair,
Youth Charter
Inputs
Time Utilisation
100
Hours
Investment
10,000
British Pounds
Outputs
11
Stakeholder Partners
13
Participants
3
Facilitators
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Impact Outcomes
Youthwise Project Outcomes are set against the following 7 UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that deliver the Youth Charter Community Campus Model and Legacy Cultural Framework:
Education
The participants discussed how the education system is not fit for purpose for the 21st Century, particularly with the curriculum not including digital coding from primary school upwards in preparation for the modern digital economy, with a refocus of the whole education system with vocational learning opportunities from the age of 12.
Furthermore, SEND and Neurodiversity training, and integrated/holistic approach with youth services and health education (physical and mental), linked to Eplan’s as opposed to EHCPs were required.
Health
The participants discussed the challenges and opportunities faced by young people of for Social Media and Digital Technology. The challenges included:
Impact of behaviour, including physical and sexual violence
the amount of time spent of digital technology
The opportunities included:
communicating positive messages
education & learning
Citizenship
Yes
The participants identified need for increased mentoring for young people, to listen them, and adults and young people interacting through inter-generational activities. This would also include preventative activities to ensure that anti-social behaviour and territorial issues are avoided or dealt with before they become a major issue.
Environment
Yes
Access to facilities was discussed, the participants said that there were a lot of facilities but these are not always as accessible as they could be, and that the current funding landscape promoted competition, and that they would like to see increase collaboration between youth and community organisations.
Residentials were also identified as being key for taking young people out of local environment and broadening their horizons, but thar these opportunities had been reduced in recent years.
Further & Higher Education,
Employment & Entrepreneurship
Yes
As discussed with education, the participants would like to see more digital and vocation learning linked to the modern economy to increase entrepreneurial and employment opportunities.
Collaboration & Partnership
Yes
As discussed with environment, the participants would like to see increase collaboration between youth and community organisations, as well with local and national government and the private sector, in the provision of, investment in, opportunities for young people, including residentials.
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Participation (EDIP)
Yes
The workshop included a diverse range participants and organisations from different social and cultural backgrounds who were representative of Greater Manchester.