What young people and practitioners say about

Life Routes

What young people say

“I would like to change people’s opinion of me.”

“I feel proud of my actions.”

“I appreciated being given the opportunity to participate in projects where I can make a difference.”

“I am now getting recognition for my good behaviour.”

“Learning can be fun and help me to explore issues that affect my life and opportunities.”

“I have built up my confidence in being able to communicate with new people and also life in general.”

“I’m learning for my future.’’

“I want to help other people because people have helped me.”

“Working in a team has taught me a lot of new skills.”

“I have learnt to respect other people’s ideas.”

“I now know I can do things when I think I can’t.”

“I have learnt to trust my friends and be more confident.”

What practitioners say

“When young people are able to recognise their achievements it is often the turning point in beginning to make decisions which affect their future life chances.”

“Establishing trust and building personal responsibility is a powerful dynamic.”

“It makes us value what we are doing, we are much better at recording what the young people do and thinking about how to present it.” (Sports Project)

“They loved the questionnaires - the next week new young people were coming in asking to fill one in. We have young people who are dyslexic, asylum seekers, not attending school and not engaged in any other activities - they really are getting something from this.” (Youth Worker)

“We have seen a real difference in the young people and that has had an effect on the whole club.” (Youth Worker)

“The hardest thing was deciding which evidence to use because there was so much in the end I decided to use the things which represented the biggest challenge to the young people.” (Youth Worker)