#iwill

#iwill is a campaign taking place this week, to highlight the benefits of youth social action across the UK. 

Young people will be taking part in activities such as campaigning, fundraising and volunteering, all of which create a double-benefit – to communities and young people themselves. So far more than 500 business, education and voluntary sector partners have committed to embedding social action into the lives of young people. Find out more about the campaign...

Youth Social Action

A recent report by Ipsos Mori provides an evaluation on the Uniformed Youth Social Action Fund, created to support the Step Up to Serve #IWill Campaign. 


It was found that three quarters of adult beneficiaries surveyed considered the social action they experienced to be "very worthwhile" and most said they felt more proud of their local area as a result of the social action activities being carried out by young people. 

In addition, after talking to the young people involved, 77% of beneficiaries said they had a more positive impression of what young people contribute to their local communities as a result. 



The research also shows that youth social action can have a knock-on benefit to participation levels - the more young people that beneficiaries interacted with, the more likely they were to volunteer themselves. 
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Reading Ambassadors needed....

The Publishers Association (PA) are calling on members of the public to share their love of reading by volunteering in their local communities; they will be asked to undertake a range of activities to promote more reading for pleasure and to help boost literacy - their website provides numerous ideas on how to get involved. A series of road shows across the UK will aim to to recruit 10,000 Reading Ambassadors by 2020.