4.2.1 YouthLinks - Digital Pillar of YouthCan!
As the world is turning more and more digital, so do also the needs of young people shift. In order to address this need and equip young people with the skills necessary for the world of tomorrow, YouthCan! has established its own "digital pillar":
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YouthLinks uses the power of technology to strengthen young peoples skills trough training, mentorship and networking opportunities, supporting them in becoming self-reliant.
Especially throughout challenging months of 2020, where global face-to-face activites had to be temporarily put on hold, the need to use digital means to connect young people with volunteers from the corporate side has been of enlarged need. Due to having had the YouthLinks-programme pillar put in place, YouthCan! could not only hold its offers to young people up, but even grow and scale total outreach (find more information here).
YouthLinks builds on the following functionalities:
In the past, YouthLinks mainly used the Facebook Workplace Platform to safely connect young people with volunteers from corporate partners on local, regional and global level. Due to limitations of the Workplace Platform, SOS Children's Villages decided to build a new, advanced and professionalized virtual space to host activites - YouthLinks 2.0 ("YouthLinks Community Platform"):
The new virtual platform is already fully set-up and being piloted in 8 countries globally from September to December 2021. Global roll-out of the tool is planned to be initiated in early 2022. If you are interested and want to find out more, kindly get in touch with Martin Schmid, Global YouthLinks Coordination.
Access a virtual tour on the new platform here.
Find out more about Online/Virtual Engagement and YouthLinks within the framework of GoTeach in the Activities-chapter of this Wiki. Also, access good practices here.
| Chapter lead | Andrea Colchado |
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4.2.2 Attachments
- 250321-YouthLinks_Presentation_(1).pdf -- User:Mschmid, 7 October 2021, 07:58
- YouthLinks-Report-2020_Review.pdf -- User:Mschmid, 7 October 2021, 08:02
