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8. TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT: YOUNG PEOPLE VOLUNTEERING
8.1 Very often young people who benefit from the opportunities offered by an organisation decide to volunteer with that organisation to give back their time and skills. Volunteering can also offer excellent personal development and leadership opportunities for a young person who takes this route.
8.2 Many organisations already have effective programmes in place to develop their own young people. These include the Scouts, Duke of Edinburgh's Award and the Scottish Youth Parliament. There is potential to bring together existing resources and expertise to help organisations that may not have the same capacity.
The Outcome we want:
For more young people to be supported as they move from being users of a service to becoming volunteers.
The Action we propose:
- We will ask Youth Scotland to use existing successful frameworks to develop a model to help any youth organisation to move existing members into a volunteering role. And to offer training through events with partners and online resources to prepare and develop young people as they take on new roles and responsibilities.
- We will ask Young Scot to offer information to young people on why and how
to volunteer, and to include local volunteering opportunities in their youth opportunities database. - We will encourage organisations to recognise young people's volunteering contribution and accredit them where possible through programmes such as Millennium Volunteers, Youth Achievement Awards, Duke of Edinburgh's Award etc.
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