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Kelly Allen
Bridge Co-Ordinator: Engagement

What Children and Young People Already Told Us......

Why DO C&YP engage?

Challenge, learning and growth
Interacting with new people
Exploring and expressing and celebrating themselves
Understand and manage their feelings
Help to ‘find their tribe’


So, what does an engaged/not engaged young person look like?

Engaged...

A significant adult who encourages & enables
Lots of experiences = confidence
Friends who share interests, active social lives
Initiate things and ask for what they want
Communication skills
Stability


Not Engaged...

Most leisure time is self-led, often alone
No significant adult who enables them
Limited experience = less confidence
Hectic, unstable lifestyles
Fewer friends, who share their lack of interest
Unlikely to initiate participation


What are the barriers?




Physical
Barriers


Barriers of
Perception

Physical Barriers
Money
Time
Transport
Permission
Information
Age limitations
No-one to go with


Barriers of Perception
Lack of confidence (fear of not being accepted & fear of failure)
Anticipating boredom
Low expectations (no comparisons, the recession)
Parents not understanding or helping


enabling creative collaboration