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Karatewise - Fight for the Streets
Start Date
11/04/19
End Date
11/04/19
Location
Barking, UK
Lead
Youth Charter and Barking KDF Hombu
Report
main Impact Outcome
3. Citizenship - SDG 16
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The Kartatewise session was delivered with young people from Barking KDF Hombu by YC Chair and Founder Geoff Thompson.
YC Founder and Chair, Geoff Thompson, came out of retirement from competitive Karate and went back onto the square after 30 years, at the age of 61, to heighten awareness of the ongoing youth violence on the streets and raise funds for the charity’s ongoing work and to Fight for the Streets. The Karatwise session was delivered as part of the Fight for the Streets campaign.
Inputs
Time Utilisation
Hours
Investment
Outputs
2
Stakeholder Partners
12
Young People or Participants
2
Social Coaches
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Impact Outcomes
Youthwise Project Outcomes are set against the following 7 UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that deliver the Youth Charter Community Campus Model and Legacy Cultural Framework:
Education
The Karatewise - Fight for the Streets project will support Social Coachs to deliver informal education and life skills training for children and young people.
Health
The Karatewise - Fight for the Streets project will increase opportunities for children and young people to participate in Combat Sports which will help to improve the health and well-being of children and young people.
Citizenship
Yes
The Karatewise - Fight for the Streets project aims to help reduce youth violence and Young Lives Lost by using Combat Sports to provide a safe outlet of anger and aggression, with Social Coaches providing informal education and life skills training for children and young people.
Environment
Yes
The Karatewise - Fight for the Streets project aims to provide safe space for children and young people.
Further & Higher Education,
Employment & Entrepreneurship
Yes
Social Coaches delivering the Karatewise - Fight for the Streets project will help to raise the aspirations of children and young people to progress into further and higher education, and for employment and enterprise careers.
Collaboration & Partnership
Yes
The Karatewise - Fight for the Streets project aims to bring private, public and third sector community organisations to increase opportunities for children and young people to participate in Combat Sports.
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Participation (EDIP)
Yes
The Karatewise - Fight for the Streets project will include children and young people from all social and cultural backgrounds, with particular focus on those from disadvantaged and dissaffected backgrounds.