Pathfinder chooses both urban and rural areas for scope 1
| Provider | Training and Development Agency |
|---|---|
| Topics | Youth Matters |
| Type | Emerging practice |
| Date | May 2006 |
| Region | Not Applicable |
This case study explains how a pathfinder authority with very variable demographic, and geographic and economic variation throughout, came to a realistic and clear scope for its targeted youth support (TYS) project.
Many previous initiatives in the authority were focused in areas of most deprivation, typically urban areas of the major cities.
As the TYS pathfinder wanted to ensure learning could be translated across the county, a focus on a single urban area would not provide the breadth of learning necessary for an effective rollout.
A TYS management board was formed, made up of multiple agencies (including social care, Connexions, the local youth service, PCT, voluntary sector, youth offending teams, SEN and district councils). This board took on the responsibility of selecting the geographic scope of the pathfinder.
Through this process and the involvement of additional strategic leads, it was decided the pathfinder should run, in effect, two 'streams' one focused on an area of urban deprivation, with a secondary school at the centre, the other in a very rural ward on the perimeter of the county where it borders two other counties
Comments
This approach added complexity to the process and to stakeholder management. However, learning has been enriched by organising the scope in this way.
Further information
Relevant activities for this case study include developing the project initiation document which is one of the activities in the Mobilise stage.
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