The organisation and practice of local youth work needs …

to counsel and give young people access to a wide range of adapted information regarding their rights as well as their possibilities to take part in different kinds of local, national and international activities.

Spreading information is an important way to widen young people’s horizons and make them aware of their rights and possibilities. Internet has made it much easier to both spread and have access to information. This will, however, only benefit young people if they know that the information actually exists and knows where to look for it. Providing information is therefore a central task for youth work, especially in relation to those young people that are living in deprived areas and/or are not exposed to this kind of information in other ways.

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Questions to discuss 

  • Is local youth work actively spreading information on various kinds of opportunities open to young people?
    • Does this information also contain opportunities/activities provided by other organisations, e.g. the EU?
    • Is this information designed in a way that makes it easily accessible and attractive?
  • What are the risks of not targeting specific groups, e.g. young female migrants, with adapted information?

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