3.1 A Youth-driven grant can be revolutionary in a society that hesitates to trust young people.
Youth-driven Granting Youth-driven grant projects are conceived of, and led by, youth. They allow young people to implement their own ideas about how to create stronger and healthier communities, how to transform their dreams and visions into concrete actions, and how to define and act upon initiatives that are important to them. This kind of grant can be revolutionary in a society that hesitates to trust young people. Youth-driven Grants
activity 3 Slippery Snakes and Ladders to Success
• Provide an opportunity to demonstrate the project’s values or principles to the larger organization or community and show that young people can be agents of positive social change • Enable youth to influence, own and control all the stages of a program or project from the idea through design, implementation, evaluation and documentation • Offer the potential for significant change in a community
The ability to identify challenges and opportunities about a project is central to this game from Thunder Bay. Youth are able to brainstorm about their projects and visually display its evolution. » see Appendix 2
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3.0 TAKING EFFECTIVE ACTION