Other documents produced by the Youth Charter include:  YCS as a Contributor to Social Regeneration  Social Centre of Excellence Prospectus  Opportunities for Business  The Youth Charter Issue Document  The Youth Charter ‘10’ Executive Summary Report  UN Quadrennial Report  The Youth Charter South Africa ‘12’ Executive Summary Report


The references underlined in this report can be hyperlinked on the electronic version via the Youth Charter website: www.youthcharter.co.uk


Contents Foreword by Dame Mary Glen Haig DBE


From Tragedy to Opportunity by Geoff Thompson MBE, ILAM Hons, FRSA 1.


The Youth Charter: “A Cry from the Streets” 1.1 Introduction


1.2 Activities for Young People 2. Social Exclusion: Causes and Effect


2.1 Advocacy, Campaigning & Policy Development 2.2 PAT 10 2.3 PAT 12


2.4 Game Plan 2.5 Raising the Bar 3.


Social Inclusion/Exclusion: Role of Sport and the Arts… 3.1 Sporting Ambassadors


3.2 Personal and Social Development for Life: Youthwise© 3.3 Youthwise© 3.4 Youthwise© 3.5 Youthwise© 3.6 Youthwise© 3.7 Arts Inclusion


in Schools


in the Community in Institutions to Work


4. President Rt. Hon. Lord Thomas of Macclesfield CBE


Executive Chairman Geoff Thompson MBE Chair of Trustees


Dame Mary Glen Haig DBE Trustees


David Allen OBE Holly Bellingham Sir Alan Cockshaw FEng Capt. Jim Fox OBE Pearly Gates


Dr. Jeremy Goring


United Nations Accredited International NGO Registered Charity No. 1065861


Clive Lloyd CBE 5. 6.


Social Regeneration: The Social Centre of Excellence 4.1 Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse 4.2 Community Campus


Citizenship in Action©


Olympic Citizenship in Action© 6.1 Olympic Cultural Framework


7. Conclusions 8. Recommendations 9. Acknowledgements and Achievements References Youth Charter Philosophy, Mission and Inspiration


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: A Social & Cultural Opportunity for 2012 Page 41 Page 41


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For a glossary of terms please visit the Youth Charter website at: www.youthcharter.co.uk


First published in 2006


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