Issue details

The Greater Manchester Civic Leadership Youth Engagement Project aims to tackle the under representation of racially minoritised people in areas of civic and public life, by encouraging more young people from racially minoritised communities to become active in their community and aspire to be future civic leaders.

Outcomes include:

• Racially minoritised young people are engaged in the core values of political education, participation and representation
• The views of racially minoritised young people are recognised and valued by public sector policy and decision-makers, enabling young people to have greater influence over things that impact their lives
• Future participation in civic leadership is encouraged, creating a pipeline for the Civic Leadership Core Programme
• Whilst the Youth Outreach focuses on race, this will also broaden involvement across demographics, protected characteristics and background, recognising intersectionality and multiple disadvantages.

Economy, Strategy and Research have secured a procurement exemption for Youth Leads UK be commissioned for a further year, to enable them to continue working with the cohort of young people they have built a relationship with, supporting them to deliver the resource themselves in settings such as youth clubs, schools, colleges etc. In addition, Youth Leads UK will provide:

Mentorship and Workshops:

• Regular follow-up sessions to continue personal development and ensure ongoing engagement.

• Monthly workshops focusing on leadership, civic engagement, and public speaking.

Progress Tracking:

• Continued use of STAR check-ins to monitor personal development and address any emerging issues.

• Explicit support with moving into Civic Roles

•Identifying and matchmaking civic roles to participants

Authorisation of this Decision will allow the Safer and Stronger Communities team to transfer £25,000 to an Economy, Strategy and Research cost centre. An exemption for the Economy team has already been signed by procurement allowing them to award the new contract directly to Youth Leads UK.