Digital Youth Outreach

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Digital Youth Outreach eParticipation
My Role
Increased opportunities and participation of
vulnerable/unrepresented young people across
Devon in the development and delivery of
Children's Trust
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The challenge within my role has been how to
reach young people across a large geographical
and demographical area. Soon after I joined
Devon County Council I was challenged by my
target audience to meet them in their space on
line Facebook and Bebo.
Digital Youth Outreach eParticipation
Devon has 64,000 young people aged 11-21 yrs old.

Only 1 of me!
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Digital Youth Outreach eParticipation
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Digital Youth Outreach eParticipation
Aims

• Identify and remove organisational barriers to
  social networking platforms.
• Identify best practice usage of on-line social
  networks regarding youth engagement.
• Young people to be consulted and able to
  participate in decisions related to development
  and delivery of
• Childrens Trust i.e. eParticipation

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Digital Youth Outreach eParticipation
Objectives

• Consult with young people at Annual Youth
  festival
• July 2008
• Establish risk assessment policy for use by
  staff and young people for on-line social
  networking.
• Promoting information and links to enable safe
  internet use for young people
• Create page on BEBO Facebook for Youth
  Participation Team

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Digital Youth Outreach eParticipation
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Digital Youth Outreach eParticipation
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Digital Youth Outreach eParticipation
Training for young people
Really useful to think about the risks but also
the solutions solve it! Young person.

• Self Identity on SNS profiles

• Personal Boundaries

• Code of conduct

• Digital foot print

"I was well up for just setting up a facebook
group, but today I realised the need to think
about the bigger picture and consider the
possible risk(s). Young person
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Participation Democracy Development Team
Young People Local Group meetings
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Participation Democracy Development Team

• Objectives for eParticipation 2009
• Young People - Devon County Council
• Implementation of SNS policy/guidelines for
  practitioners young people
• Information exchange between young people
  decision makers through eParticipation
  applications
• Increased transparency and accountability
  between decision makers and young people in
  Devon.
• Quality accredited induction training (OCN) for
  young people/practitioners
• Publication of resource manual for practitioners

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Thank You! More information available on my web
page www.katiebacon.co.uk