Youth Charter ‘33’ Sport for Development and Peace United Nations Report Launch...
33 years of community experience. A shared responsibility to deliver towards 2030.
Today, we launch the Youth Charter ‘33’ Sport for Development and Peace United Nations Report - our contribution to connecting international commitments with lasting opportunities for young people.
From Moss Side to our international community work, one question has remained central: “What social, cultural and economic impact is made in the lives of young people and communities?”
Participation matters. So does what follows: staying in education, improving wellbeing, developing skills, accessing employment and contributing to community life.
The UN Secretary-General’s latest report calls for more effective, inclusive and evidence-based action in Sport for Development and Peace. Youth Charter offers this report as a practical contribution to that discussion.
As we approach the 2030 deadline for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the Sport for Development and Peace ecosystem has an opportunity to strengthen how it works together. Governments, sporting institutions, education providers, employers, funders and community organisations each bring resources and expertise. Young people must help determine how those contributions serve their communities.
Our report’s recommendations offer a practical contribution to that collective effort.
Drawing on 33 years of experience, the Youth Charter approach connects four elements:
Community Campus - bringing existing schools, community facilities, universities and local partners together around young people.
Social Coach Leadership Programme - developing the people, skills and trusted relationships that support progression.
Youthwise - engaging through sport, arts, culture and digital activity.
Legacy Cultural Framework - connecting delivery with defined outcomes and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Together, they give practical expression to Engage–Equip–Empower.
The report brings our history, case studies, Global Youth and Community Audit and recommendations into a framework for collaborative delivery and evaluation. Its seven impact themes connect education, health, citizenship, environment, education and employment pathways, partnership, and equality, diversity, inclusion and participation.
Contributing to the Sport for Development ecosystem towards 2030
The report recommends stronger coordination, common measurement and sustained investment. We propose taking these recommendations forward with partners through:
Locally owned Community Campus demonstrators, connecting existing facilities and services with community priorities and young people’s participation in governance and design.
Social Coach development and deployment, strengthening the workforce and trusted relationships needed to turn engagement into supported progression.
Shared core indicators, complemented by local measures, so partners can assess outcomes, identify gaps and learn across programmes.
Sustainable funding, covering coordination, safeguarding, accessibility, mentoring and progression alongside activities and facilities.
Transparent reporting and independent evaluation, establishing which approaches work, for whom and under what conditions before wider adoption.
These recommendations can help connect community delivery with national strategies and international development priorities. They offer a basis for collaboration across the ecosystem while respecting local ownership and the experience of organisations already delivering this work.
The proposed Commonwealth Community Campus Network, Social Coach Academy and legacy investment fund provide further opportunities for discussion, feasibility assessment and partnership development.
Our call to action is to build an accountable programme of work towards 2030.
We invite governments, sporting bodies, universities, employers, funders and community organisations to help establish demonstrators, agree responsibilities, resource delivery and publish the learning.
Our experience provides a foundation. Collaboration and evidence must determine how the approach develops and where it can make the greatest contribution.
Major sporting events can inspire a generation. Lasting legacy requires investment in the people, partnerships and opportunities that remain in communities afterwards.
Read the report. Bring your community’s experience. Help turn the ambition of the Sustainable Development Goals into opportunities young people can access.
For the report and partnership enquiries:
Professor Geoff Thompson MBE FRSA DL QP JM
Founder and Executive Chair, Youth Charter
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