Sharing the learning on positive youth engagement looks at youth work in the nine successful authorities, all of which are characterised by the leadership of key members and officer champions, the full engagement of young people and a set of strategies and actions to address the diverse needs of young people within the communities they serve.
Writing in the foreword to the book, Tom Wylie, chief executive at The NYA, says: "The authorities featured in this book - Gateshead, Lewisham, Lancashire, Wakefield, Derwentside, South Norfolk (with Norfolk County Council), Wirral and West Sussex - all, in the words of the (then) Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 'put young people at the heart of what local authorities do, and how they do it, recognising local authorities that harness the talents and energy of young people'. They were all distinguished by the range of devices they used to engage young people.
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