It is not that they do not work to improve young lives, but there is a lack of solid evidence that they do so.
Step forward the rather cryptic-sounding “framework of outcomes for young people”, developed by the Young Foundation. Our special report examines how the charities Brathay, British Red Cross and London Youth have been trialling the framework over the past few months in their day-to-day work.
Their key lesson is this: any organisation serious about proving its value must determine first and foremost what it wants to achieve for young people in terms of outcomes and changes to their lives, in partnership with them. That might sound dazzlingly obvious, but services are too often designed with insufficient focus on their recipients.
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