‘Wallace fearning Community [Ea e Evaluation e Stirling Council Youth Services’ Dunblane and Wallace Cluster delivered a programme of learning and development opportunities for young people living in Wallace Learning Community during the 2015 school summer holidays. BT nye SR PUT Te TTI eee ke Pee Leg eed learning and development opportunities that support young Py aM Ta eae eget aay Cfor & Hey Themes: Confident Individuals who can relate to others and manage themselves. ‘Responsible Citizens able to develop knowledge and understanding of Stirling. Successful learners who can learn independently and as part of a group. ‘HGTOCI ‘naicator 2.1 Impact on ParticipantsRU ee ee Bile eer) PeISNC cK ae eT eS Remaster EPS ree) ee Le ley Dee ri RC RCRA Ue) Pk cu ORL ocd with a core group of 44 known young Pe oui hore LN Ra Rue UT) PEE M atk nee Men CII PMS Cece CTE ee my Perera CNet) MO aC Beet em) eer mae PT eg CEO RR res) eer Luce Pa Re Creu kur) Soni eae sree ipants felt respected by ‘98.06% of participants felt included 97.17% of participants thought the sessions were fun. ‘96.12% of participants said they enjoyed having a day in their communityOutcome 1: Young people will feel respected At the start of the programme, young people participated in a baseline survey Pe hace Ru mC POA mae Cie oe spected | Feel PR ee MUR ure ee hu acl er Ur ore ee One uie Ck enc! start of the programme. (13.8%) Neer sd Serre reoe eu t eer oes es Peay Sr eS io eee Reon Sa ae DCG peer i Se one SS Pei ey 3 talked to ia Aa esa AC Reece 5 |eu a ue ea) How Confident | Feel people are rated their confidence levels on average 8.44 out of a possible 10. During the programme, participants CCR eee RENCE Ty an increase of 0.99 (9.9%) Confidence Start Mend At the residential, measures taken at the start and end of the experience demonstrate that participants’ confidence increased by 11.4 % attending the youth summer programme Parent ‘Taking partin cif jumping on the Residental Young person ‘Young personiaialiaaana/ e:sptosorecn selma cbaia ati At the beginning of the programme we surveyed 52 young people from Wallace Learning Community about their cross-community peer relationships. Of young people from Raploch, + 45.83% have 0 friends from Fallin area + 37.5% have 0 friends from Cornton Of young people from Cornton, + 52.17% have 0 friends from Fallin + 50% have 0 friends from Raploch Of young people from Fallin, all have friends from other Wallace communities. The programme provided opportunities for young people to meet and mix with peers from across Wallace and other learning communities. There was representation from Cornton, Fallin and Raploch on each of the trips and at Create events, where young people from Wallace were able to meet young people from all areas of Stirling. Young people all indicated on feedback that they had met and mixed with young people from other Wallace communities, forging relationships with peers they will be involved with in their transition to High School witin the next two years. How many new people have you met from the following areas today: l. li il. | | A Raploch Comton Fallin M7 Ms Bo BiosOutcome 4: Young people will understand and value Stirling's culture and heritage We were keen to expose young people to Stirling's sites, culture and activities to begin to enable them to access the oppoprtunties and heritage on their doorsteps. In our consultation survey we put forward a menu of opportunities with trips to Stirling-based activities and ones further afield. Overwhelmingly, young people opted for activities outwith their town. Trip Ideas for Summer (1 being your favorite- 6 being your least favourite) 38 30 25 20 18 : lili, uilil I. ila sulll lial Safari Park (€8pp) Falkirk Wheel & Maps Trampolining MacRobert Tour... Bumt Island (S. meee Me Pre Peace that the Re Sore ferret eninaeriti ST SS SR a eee Soreee Tet or Peer ay iene . £_ Aibamessue ate ttn roams tg re-programme numbers of RUA as eae ne carta aed Participants who have visited these ahr ctsnins inc mooamme ncroasesin he elewing oases local sites ‘Stirling High School: 27 Balfron High School: 28 Bannockburn High School: 27 Kinlochard: 22, ‘Staff identified that an area for improvement next time would be to host a "gotting-to-know-you" session for participants at the start, of the programme to forge links earlier on Count String High Schoo! | Wallace High Schoo! I StModan’s High Schoo!_ ll Bannockburn High School {B Dunblane High Schoo! ll Baltron High School Wvclaren High Schoo! Time Capsule (N/A) EMBs (NIA). Blairdrummond Safar Park Ml Kinlochard Self Evaluation Score: 3 (Go County, Loch Ard (ResdentOutcome 5: Young people will develop new skills and knowledge Did you learn something new ? MAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAA MAAAAAAAAAAAAA MAAAAAAAAAAAA MAAAAAAAAAA 84.00% of Tuesday Tour participants said they tried a new activity. 84.21% of Tuesday Tour participants said that they learned anew skill 96.05% of Tuesday Tour participants thought the sessions were fun. Some young people opted to accredit their learning through Dynamic Youth Awards. Sia sao Poe to be on Cd att patty. how to kayak rf rth to TEs C1 pa Ey ET LE tStaff Evaluation Data How well did the summer programme enable "My young people to ere e iF Not at all Wteol respected Wi understand ar Summary of Key Strengths Monitoring and evaluation revealed that. on average, ung peoples ratings of how respected they felt had Increased by 13.8% and their confidence levels had increased by 9.9%. ‘There was @ 100% evaluation completion rate by participants on the tips and residentials, and 2 88% ‘Sompletion rate on Tuesday Tours. ‘Outofa possible 10, participants rated on average: The Mobile Youth Space 9.09 ‘The Tuesday Tour activites on offer 9.16 ‘The staff during the Tours 948, ‘The staff uring the Trips 887 Slaff during the Residential 918 ‘Their peer group Bra The Trp venues. Bod ‘The Residential 873 During Tuesday Tours, 97% of participants said they felt Safe. 90.29% said they felthealtny, 87% tied new actiites and 94% said they felt good about themselves, Measures at he start and end ofthe residential ‘experience demonstrate that parficpants’ confidence levels and sense of how repected they felthad incteased by 16.2% and 11.4% respectvely. ‘This year, the programme offered opportunity to accredit parbapants' learning, ‘There were more attendances at Create events from Wallace LC than in 2074 (average 5 more per event) We delivered the same number oflearning and development opportunities this year as last year despite having'a smaller staff resource \We had strong organisation and began planning eatlierin the year. There was positive staff ethos and sense of team work All staff say that they were clear on their duties: ‘and responsibiliies We have acted on a majottyof areas identified for improvementin 2014, addressing these parbally or fully feel confident [ll develop relationship dvalue Still. MJ develop new skills and kr young person decever new interests attendin your summer yout programme ane eat enjoyer meeting ad discovering new friends and interests." Parent vith Areas for Improvement Numbers of young people signing up to attend Create were far higher than numbers actually attending Alatoftme spent processing his paperwork was wasted, This needs explored Initial communication with parents could be improved - ‘communication with parents in general could be strengthened. We could increase the numbers of young people in Wallace Learning Community we are reaching and engaging, We should involve young leaders in our planning ang delivery ofthe programme We should identfy funding opportunities and collaboration toennance the programme, We need to work an ways of expressing the benefits of accreditation to young people so we can increase the ‘humbers of young people accrediting their learning and participation \We should re-explore the outcomes we set and form a programme with these In mind, “getting to know you” session for participants in the frst week of he holidays would help everyone to forge Felationships before going on trips together. Overall Self-Evaluation Score: 4.6 Good / Very Goodaxacollactdon > SurveyMonkey