Wirkungsnachweis aus der Literatur

Kurzfristig (< 1 Jahr)
Mikro (Individuum)
Sozial

community building

soziale Inklusion

This research showed that young people can play an important role as creators of communities by providing reasons to bring people together to celebrate and benefit from their achievements as well as drawing on the resources of the community to help them to achieve their ends. The positive regard that young people get from their communities as a result of their citizenship projects is seen as helping to build community spirit and make the community stronger. It is also seen as inclusive in the sense that it can provide a vehicle for people to contribute to their communities in ways that they may otherwise not have opportunities to do.

Beschreibung der Aktivität

Foróigne Citizenship programme
The purpose of the programme is to promote community awareness and connection for young people, being implemented in youth clubs and projects.
Großbritannien
total participants 2011: 2494;
Gemeinschaft/ Gemeinden/ Kommunen
Freiwillig engagierte Jugendliche

Evaluierung der Aktivität

In order to address various domains, a combination of literature review, qualitative and quantitative methods was used. The academic literature in relation to youth citizenship and civic engagement was reviewed in order to put the Foróige Citizenship Programme in context. The review of literature involved a search of academic databases such as Web of Knowledge and Science Direct and a search of the NUI, Galway library using key words such as ‘youth citizenship’ and ‘civic engagement’. The qualitative methods included a review of secondary data, interviews and focus groups. Groups entering the citizenship awards submit a project report from to Foróige which includes details about the group and the project they have undertaken. The aim of the youth survey was to use standardised measures to assess whether participation in the Foróige Youth Citizenship Programme impacted on participants’ civic attitudes and behaviour.
youth survey: 289 participants at Time 1, 177 participants at Time 2
2010-2011