Sue Torrison from the Medway Youth Trust shares their inspiring ways of engaging and encouraging vulnerable young people to improve their local community.

1. sName or subtitle| Time | DateAVM – Better Bankside 21st November 2016
Engaging Young People
Through Social Action

2. Improving the life chances of Young People through Learning Living and
Work
Sue Torrison
Assistant Head of Social Action and Volunteering
Keion Young
Skills & Employability Adviser/DofE Leader
Stacey Hart
Social Action enthusiast

3. Improving the life chances of Young People through Learning Living and
Work
MYT exists to improve young people’s life chances and
the need for the charity to be strong, vibrant,
imaginative and hard working are greater than ever.
With a high degree of change in MYT, this presents
significant challenges but also a genuine opportunity for
an organisation which is agile, entrepreneurial and
financially secure (CEO Medway Youth Trust).

4. Improving the life chances of Young People through Learning Living and
Work
•We work with young people from 5 -25 years
•Some of the young people may have Special
Educational Needs/ are a young offender/in care or a
care leaver or not in education or training.
Funding
Local government, European funding, grants, social
enterprise.

5. The MYT #iwill pledge 2015

6. The Cycle
What
Why
HowAction
Reflection

7. 527
The amount of young people that MYT have
supported to deliver social action projects
this year.
14962
The amazing amount of hours that young
people have volunteered to make a
difference in their communities this year.

8. #welovesocialaction

9. Activity
Split into groups and discuss the project you
have been given.
On flip chart identify these 3 areas:
• The employability skills that may have
been developed.
• The character qualities that may have been
affected.
• The benefits to the community.

10. Cams Garden

11. Doris the Dino

12. Thank you