Ray Brown is looking to radically update and improve Youth Clubs and Youth facilities, to make them more relevant and compelling for today's youth and the wider benefit of the community. Using latest thinking on youth engagement and current research into young people's transition into adulthood he will propose a range of activities for provision and then apply a design led approach to innovation within youth services.

Ray is working with the School for Social Entrepreneurs and wants to pull together a group of people, designers, policy researchers, child psychotherapist, users, an administrator and fund raiser to build the ideal youth facility. His research so far has shown empty centres and places full of equipment that the kids only want to break and realise we have yet to pin point what kids need.

RAY NEEDS SOME ASSISTANCE - at the moment he needs background research on -

Play Therapy and working up a template of activities that might be offered
Government’s aims and publications on youth work
Examples of centres of excellence both in the UK and abroad
Finding innovative youth work partners in the UK and specialist providers
Consultation strategies
Producing a presentation and / or PowerPoint, to include the history of youth work and youth provision
Conservation concepts that can be incorporated into the design philosophy

This research will go towrds preparing a presentation for potential partners and funders - email Ray if you are interested in being a part of this project.

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