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The Youth Charter: ‘Commonwealth 12’ Report
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Derek Redmond
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Mark Rowland
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Greg Searle MBE
Jon Searle MBE
Teddy Sherringham
Judy Simpson OBE
Lynn Simpson
Jane Sixsmith MBE
Phyllis Smith
Sarah Springman OBE
Ian Stark
Ray Stevens
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Ambassadors
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Kriss Akabussi MBE
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Sarah Bailey MBE
Chris Ballieu MBE
Jeremy Bates
Jamie Baulch
Bill Beaumont OBE
David Beckham OBE
Chris Boardman MBE
Lorna Boothe
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Julia Bracewell OBE
Kevin Cadle
Darren Campbell MBE
Pat Cash
Gill Clark MBE
Ben Challenger
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Gary Connolly
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Tony Doyle MBE
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Dame Mary Glen Haig CBE
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Rob Lee
Denise Lewis OBE
Lennox Lewis CBE
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Lisa Lomas
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Devon Malcolm
Gary Mason
Dianne Modhal
Adrian Moorhouse MBE
Nathan Morgan
Dewi Morris
Fiona Murtagh
Ally McCoist MBE
Mark McCoy
John McEnroe
Mike McFarlane OBE
Barry McGuigan MBE
Mick McManus
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Contents
YCS as a Contributor to Social Regeneration
Foreword – HRH the Earl of Wessex
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1.
Introduction – Rt Hon Don McKinnon, Commonwealth Secretary General
1.1 Dame Mary Glen Haig DBE, Chair of Trustees
1.2 Geoff Thompson MBE, Executive Chairman
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2.
Sport & Social Development in the Commonwealth
2.1 Commonwealth Development through Sport –
Sports Development in the Community
2.2 Existing Commonwealth Policy papers and initiatives
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3.
Connecting Communities – a Games Experience
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4.
Bidding, Advocacy & Campaigning
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5.
Connecting Communities – A Social, Cultural & Cohesive Approach
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6.
Citizenship in Action – A Social & Cultural Legacy for the Commonwealth
6.1 Citizenship in Action – A Cultural Framework – A Community Model
6.2 Citizenship in Action – Commonwealth U.K. Case Studies
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7.
Commonwealth Citizenship in Action – Work to Date
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8.
Advocacy, Policy & Future Developments
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9.
Conclusions
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10.
Acknowledgements & Achievements
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11.
References
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12.
Youth Charter Philosophy, Mission and Inspiration
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Social Centre of Excellence Prospectus
Opportunities for Business
The Youth Charter Issue Document
The Youth Charter ‘10’ Executive Summary Report
UN Quadrennial Report
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The Youth Charter ‘Manchester 12’ Report
The Youth Charter ‘South Africa 12’ Executive Summary Report
The Youth Charter ‘12’ Rugbywise Report
The references underlined in this report can be hyperlinked on the
electronic version via the Youth Charter website: www.youthcharter.co.uk
President
Rt. Hon. Lord Thomas of Macclesfield CBE
Executive Chairman
Geoff Thompson MBE
Front Cover Illustration:
"A thin line" a collage
created by the Youth
Charter Ambassador
and Graffiti Artist
Rik Cheetham (aka
ALT:ONE) with images
reflecting the past and
present of the Youth
Charter experience
to date.
It represents the many
faces and different
circumstances of
the youth of the
Commonwealth.
'A thin line' highlights
the young people
who need space for
sport, creativity and
inspiration in their lives.
Chair of Trustees
Dame Mary Glen Haig DBE
Trustees
David Allen OBE Holly Bellingham Sir Alan Cockshaw FEng
Capt. Jim Fox OBE Pearly Gates Dr. Jeremy Goring Clive Lloyd CBE
United Nations Accredited International NGO
Registered Charity No. 1065861
For a glossary of terms please visit the Youth Charter website at:
www.youthcharter.co.uk
First published in 2006
by the Youth Charter, The Atrium, Ground Floor, Anchorage 2, Anchorage Quay,
Salford Quays, Manchester M50 3YW, UK
© 2006 Youth Charter for Sport
© 2006 OOO Consultancy
The ‘Wise’ series of programmes (eg: Rugbywise, Soccerwise, Tenniswise, Artwise etc.) © the Youth Charter.
The Youth Charter has asserted its rights through OOO Consultancy under the Copyright, Design and Patents Act,
1988 to be identified as the author of this work.
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Introduction
I am the first to extol the virtues, the potential, the sheer wonder of ‘the flower of youth’.
So, too, am I painfully aware of how flowers can wilt. We are a young Commonwealth; we are
a young world. And how do our flowers grow? 200 million youths worldwide live on less than
a dollar day, 130 million are illiterate, 88 million are unemployed, 10 million live with HIV.
Those figures are difficult to absorb, but one thing is clear – they are millions too many.
An absolute Commonwealth priority is to nurture that flower of youth. We do it through our
30-year old Commonwealth Youth Programme – launching youth businesses, giving youth
a voice, supporting youth networks and their governance, training youth workers, and getting
behind the work of the World Bank and the UN agencies in their own efforts.
We do it, too, through our Commonwealth Advisory Board on Sport. CABOS, in liaison with national sports
ministries, has unearthed magnificent examples – of sport making people healthier; of sport supporting
education, either through the simple feat of keeping kids in school, or through the ways in which it passes on
messages about society, crime, sex and more; and of sport building communities and, within them, leaders.
So it’s not just ‘sport for sport’s sake’. It’s ‘sport for the good’; and it’s ‘health, education and communitybuilding through sport’.
The Commonwealth Secretariat first became aware of the work of the Youth Charter in 1997. A part of
Manchester’s bid to win the 2002 Commonwealth Games was a ground-breaking five-year report ‘The Youth
Charter for Sport as a Contributor to Social Regeneration’. It spoke very powerfully of the role that sport could
play in improving young people’s quality of life, and indeed their overall life chances through sport, arts and
cultural activity.
I have been privileged to watch the continued development and progress of the work of the Youth Charter in the
Commonwealth. At the Manchester Commonwealth Games, I witnessed first hand the unforgettable energy of
the young people of the host city and of Barbados, when I hosted Commonwealth Youth Question Time at the
Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse. At the same time, we were joined by HRH The Princess Royal at the launch
of the Commonwealth Citizenship in Action initiative at the International Conference for Commonwealth Sport.
The work of agencies such as the Youth Charter is transforming young peoples’ lives. I warmly commend it
and am delighted to contribute to this Youth Charter Commonwealth ‘12’ Report.
Don McKinnon
Secretary General
Commonwealth Secretariat
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A message from the Chair of Trustees
Over the past 12 years, the Youth Charter has translated its mission in providing “an opportunity
for young people to develop in life through the vehicles of sport, culture and art”.
The projects, programmes and innovative approaches have led to many opportunities for
disaffected young people, from disadvantaged communities throughout the Commonwealth.
From the Streets of Moss Side in Manchester, U.K. I witnessed first hand the social and human
needs of young people who were excluded from society because they had nowhere to go,
nothing to do and no-one to show them.
Since that time, the Youth Charter has implemented many initiatives giving educational development, a healthy
attitude to life and the possibility of life chances. The wider social impact of their efforts has transcended
the Moss Side experience to young people and communities nationally and internationally.
As a former Olympic and Commonwealth competitor, I am particularly pleased to have witnessed the Youth
Charter’s involvement with the bidding and hosting of the Manchester 2000 Olympic bid and memorable
2002 Commonwealth Games, where the Connecting Communities programme gave a unique opportunity
for 1,000 young people from all backgrounds to experience the magic of the power of sport.
I witnessed an incredible meeting of different cultures, beliefs and community projects, all attempting to
make a difference in their lives and the lives of those in the communities in which they lived. The result was
an unforgettable experience inspiring the social and cultural legacy now reflected in the Youth Charter’s
Citizenship in Action initiative.
Immediately following the Games, I was to join a group of young people from Manchester as they embarked
upon a life changing journey and next step of the Youth Charter experience. The ‘Spirit of the Streets Tour
of South Africa’ provided a real life understanding of the role that sport, culture and the arts can play in
addressing the social challenges resulting from the cultural legacy of apartheid.
This report summarises the Youth Charter’s work in the Commonwealth and I am delighted to have played
and part in this journey and look forward to continuing to address the needs of disadvantaged young people
throughout the Commonwealth.
Dame Mary Glen Haig DBE
Honorary IOC Member
A message from the Executive Chair
The Youth Charter ’Commonwealth 12’ Report charts the role of sport as a vehicle of ongoing
social change and opportunity for the young people of the Commonwealth. As a result of
Britain’s colonial empire past and with the current independence of many of the Commonwealth
member nations, sport was seen as one of the ongoing and unifying methods of promoting
mutual cooperation and understanding. The Empire Games, which was to become the
Commonwealth Games, translated that spirit of mutual cooperation and understanding as
the ‘Friendly Games’.
The Youth Charter’s birth from the tragic shooting of a 14 your old Afro-Caribbean schoolboy on
the streets of Moss Side, Manchester highlighted the need to establish what role sport could play
in the lives of socially excluded young people from disadvantaged communities. Through the bidding of the
Manchester 2000 Olympics and successful securing of the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the Youth Charter
was to embark upon a unique experience acting locally, nationally and internationally in its attempt to provide
a common social and cultural opportunity through sport for young people to develop in life.
This report will chart the journey to date highlighting the project’s, programmes, advocacy and campaigning
of the Youth Charter from the hosting of the National Sports Council of South Africa in Manchester, the
‘Building a Nation through Sport’ presentation in Johannesburg and in particular the cross cultural and
national projects and programmes developed in parallel with many Commonwealth nations. Barbados and
South Africa were also to participate in the Connecting Communities youth culture and community
programme at the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games.
As a result ‘Citizenship in Action’ was established as a youth culture and community legacy of the Games,
with the aim of delivering the Youthwise programme and approach to ten Commonwealth Countries over the
next decade. To date, each of the Commonwealth countries that have expressed an interest i.e. South Africa,
Barbados, Mozambique, Ghana, Nigeria, Bermuda and India have been visited with a needs assessment
conducted. The U.K. home countries of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have also been part
of this initiative.
With the support of the Swiss Development Agency the Youth Charter will attempt to deliver its Citizenship in
Action initiative with the development of its Commonwealth social coach toolkit and training of 1,000 young
social coaches from the Commonwealth. The result of these efforts will be undertaken in the lead up to the
2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India.
The Youth Charter ‘Commonwealth 12’ Report presents an incredible journey from Street to Stadium, tragedy
to opportunity in the lives of the young citizens in the Commonwealth in the hope that, with a truly multi
agency and joined up approach a real and lasting difference will be made.
Geoff Thompson MBE, FILAM Hons, FRSA
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11. References
Sports Summit for the Environment in EXPO 2005 AICHI, JAPAN
Sport and Development International Conference – The Magglingen Declaration and Recommendations – 2003
Achieving the objectives of the United Nations through sport – 2005
Our philosophy...
"Sport is an order of chivalry, a code of ethics and aesthetics, recruiting its members from all
classes and all peoples. Sport is a truce. In an era of antagonisms and conflicts, it is the respite
of the Gods in which fair competition ends in respect and friendship (Olympism). Sport is
education, the truest form of education, that of character. Sport is culture because it enhances
life and, most importantly, does so for those who usually have the least opportunity to feast on it."
Swiss Academy for Development and Cooperation – Sport for Development and Peace – 2005
Sport and Development International Conference – Creating a Better World Through Sport, 2000
Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary – General on Sport for Development and Peace –
Achieving the UN’s priorities through sport
Swiss Academy for Development – Managing social change and cultural diversity
Sport and Development 2nd Magglingen Conference – Development Through Sport:
Moving to the Next Stage 2005
New Humanity – That all May Be One – 2005
Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness – Ownership, Harmonisation, Alignment, Results and
Mutual Accountability 2005
Swiss Academy for Development – The Project ‘Sports Builds Bridges’ in Addis Ababa – An Assessment
The International Olympic Committee and the United Nations System –
Building a Peaceful and Better World through Sport and the Olympic Ideal – 2002
RENE MAHEU
former Director of UNESCO
Our mission...
“Providing young people with an opportunity through sport, culture and the arts to
develop in life…”
With its unique holistic approach, the Youth Charter’s projects and programmes help young
people to develop in life, become better citizens, and make a wider impact in their community.
Our initiatives embrace quality practice at the core and seek to implement improvements across
education, health, social order and the environment.
United Nations Communication Group – Working Group on Sport for Development and Peace – 2005
UN Sport for Development and Peace: Towards Achieving the Millennium Development Goals – 2004
UN Sport for Development and Peace – International Working Group Meeting Report – 2004
Developments – The International Development Magazine – Commission for Africa Declaration – 2005
Interreligious Peace Sports Festival, South Korea, 2007
Beyond the Scoreboard - Youth employment opportunities and skills development
in the sports sector – ILO 2006
Strategic Plan of the African Union Commission (2004-2007).
Available at: http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/AboutAu/vision_mission.htm
Commission for Africa, 2005, Our Common Interest: Report of the Commission for Africa,
Available at: http://www.commissionforafrica.org/english/report/ introduction.html#report
Cricket world Cup. Available at: http://www.cricketworldcup.com
Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Federation Bid.
Available at: http://www.glasgow2014.com
Abuja 2014 Commonwealth Games Federation Bid.
Available at: http://www.abuja2014.org
Fifa World Cup 2010.
Available at: http://www.southafrica2010.org
Dehli 2010 Commonwealth Games Federation.
Available at: http://www.cwgdelhi2010.com
Fifa. Available at: http://www.fifa.com/en/index.html
The Youth Charter aims to:
Campaign sports and the arts as vehicle of social change
Provide leadership, innovation and substance to government policy and initiatives
Be exemplars of, and contributors to, good practice within the social change arena
Train non-sport/sport individuals and organisations to contribute to social change
Professionally deliver a range of services from extensive knowledge and expertise
Encourage young people to choose positive courses of action through the disciplines
learnt in sporting environment.
To provide support to those projects and programmes which are outside the traditional
realms of conventional charities but which are relevant to social inclusion and
regeneration
GEOFF THOMPSON MBE ILAM Hons FRSA
Executive Chairman the Youth Charter
Our inspiration...
“Vision without action is but a dream. Action without vision is merely passing time.
Vision with action can change the world.”
NELSON MANDELA
Commonwealth Secretariat: http://www.thecommonwealth.org
Young People’s Commonwealth: http://www.youngcommonwealth.org
Commonwealth of Learning: http://www.col.org
Commonwealth Foundation: http://www.oneworld.org/com_fnd
Institute of Commonwealth Studies: http://www.ihr.sas.ac.uk/ics
Commonwealth Institute (Britain): http://www.commonwealth.org.uk
Centre for Commonwealth, United Nations and International Affairs:
http://www.orcol.ac.uk/social_studies/cunia/cunia.html
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