Wirkungsnachweis aus der Literatur

Kurzfristig (< 1 Jahr)
Mikro (Individuum)
Sozial

raised awareness of participants regarding social needs in the community

diversitätsorientiertes Lernen

The project profiles showed that the awareness of members regarding social needs in the community had been raised. This arose as a result of researching the needs of other groups but also of engaging with people who were affected by their actions. For example, Foróige club 1 members became more aware of issues related to disability access through identifying this as a need and through responding to it and seeing the difference their efforts made to wheelchair users.

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;
teilnehmende Kinder und Jugendliche
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