Micro
Mezzo
Macro
Conclusion
Future potential exists on three distinct levels .
Micro
At a micro level the partners are more accessible to more young people in their local area . Partners now operate from more than one location , often extending this wider offer to their summer programme . Partners can now consolidate this and look to securing the governance , financial and workforce that are needed in each locality to make these services sustainable and reliable .
Mezzo
At a mezzo level the partners have firm strengths when taping into local human , natural and digital assets of their community as documented in year two . They can use the current additional two year extension to test out other flexible modes of working such as borrowing workers , sharing training and joint funding . There is also a need to ensure that funding is fair and equitable , by for example reserving a proportion of funding which relates to performance , so that all partners achieve similar levels of output and reach .
Macro
At a macro level there is scope to scale up the strategic working between partners and with wider stakeholders . This includes connections to local decision-making , resources and wider assets within Perth and Kinross and nationally . This would be with a view to strengthening the partnerships place-based and area-wide youth work offering , including joint programmes , research , marketing and events . It also includes promoting the work of the strategic universal youth work partnership to other funders and other local areas across Scotland .
Conclusion
In conclusion there is clear evidence that the strategic youth work partnership in Perth and Kinross has met its original outcomes . It has given more young people access to community based youth work , particularly in rural areas that are often cut-off from mainstream services . Their skills and levels of accreditation are improving although outputs vary across localities . The organisations are bigger , stronger , better informed and more secure in their roles and responsibilities . More work is required to make universal youth work a sustainably resourced model of partnership in Perth and Kinross . With new funding streams and more responsive universal and targeted forms of youth work in full swing , it is without doubt that the project has added value beyond the outcomes of this fund alone . A bright and prosperous future for local youth work is possible by building on this model , that may also have a positive influence nationwide .
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