Many youth organisations have developed ways to measure the impact of youth programmes, but none has become universally accepted among the sector.
Youth charity Fairbridge is attempting to push the boundaries of evidence-based youth work by rolling out a database that tracks the personal and social development of the young people who use the charity's 15 centres.
Allan Myatt, Fairbridge operations director, claims this is the first such tool to track the "softer" outcomes of youth work. "Other databases allow us to look at hard facts such as what percentage of excluded under-16s returned to school after working with Fairbridge," he says. "This database means we can create reports looking at what percentage of young people have increased their ability to negotiate - one of a number of key life skills that can be the first step in making more positive choices in their lives."
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