• Educate

    educate

    The Legacy Project develops youth ambassadors for change and future business leaders, it creates connections and develops relationships between local businesses, individuals, schools and social sector organisations within these communities.

  • Inspire

    inspire

    The Legacy Project provides inspiring and powerful experiences and opportunities for youth to work with a cross section of people from the local community to really make a difference.

  • How does it work?

    The Legacy Project works with groups of youths between the ages of 10-18. Our programs are bespoke and can be tailored for any type of group including schools, youth clubs and community groups. The youth are at the core of the project and they are the ambassadors for creating positive change in their communities. Through Legacy, they are exposed to powerful development experiences that give them an opportunity to have a voice, feel respected and create a positive impact that really makes a difference.

    Once a group expresses interest our core team of Legacy Project leaders will work with you to design a program that fits with your timescales, objectives and the type of group and community it will be delievered for. We can design programs that last any length of time from 1-day community experiences, to 1-week intensive workshops or programs that last the entire school year.

    Program components can include:conducting a community enquiry - asking questions and understanding what the community needs to become more cohesive; working with local business mentors to produce a project plan including any materials, funds and people resource needed; working with volunteers and local organisations to deliver the project ensuring that the project is delivered successfully, within budget and to the timescales agreed.

    Awards and incentives are given for outstanding leadership and other areas of excellence.

    Funding

    We understand that finding funding for additional activities in the current climate can be difficult so we will work with you to source funding either through our mentor program or through local and national grants.

    Some new thought leadership in youth development

    In 2011 Paul Oginsky, Governments Youth Policy Advisor and leader of the National Citizen Service developed a new model to help explain the impact of personal social development. The Oginsky Model is useful as it can help organisations to recognise which level of expertise is required at different points and therefore help organisations to understand where their expertise sits and where they may need to allocate resources. Although, personal and social development can happen anywhere and at any time there are 2 key factors:

    Actions and Thoughts (i.e. what people are doing and what people are thinking)

    Actions – These fall on a spectrum from activities and events which are unplanned to activities which are highly organised and structured.

    Thoughts – Again these fall on a spectrum between people being left to think about what they are learning (or not) and providing staff who will guide a person’s reflections to ensure that they can capture their learning.

    The Legacy Project specialises in the top right quadrant in providing specially designed and targeted activities and highly professional, experienced and qualified staff to ensure learning and progression. For more detail and to view the model please visit Paul's Site.