Cabinet Office Third Sector

Beacon Councils – Positive youth engagement

The eight local councils which were awarded Beacon Council status for ‘Positive Youth Engagement’ in March 2006 are:

1. Gateshead Metropolitan District Council
2. City of Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council
3. West Sussex County Council
4. Derwentside District Council
5. Lancashire County Council
6. London Borough of Lewisham
7. South Norfolk District Council and Norfolk County Council
8. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

The eight winners are a broad spectrum of different types of authority, from London metropolitan to the very rural, with six of the nine English regions represented.

The positive youth engagement beacons will work jointly and individually to:

• provide direct support and practical examples to assist those working with young people in a range of settings enabling them to address the Hear By Right framework
• provide direct support and practical examples of how to engage senior decision makers in local authorities with regard to the youth agenda
• work with national bodies, using the combined experience of beacon authorities to provide advice and recommendations to inform emerging policy and practice

For more information, visit the IDeA Knowledge website.