PYL is very fortunate in having strong partner organisations to work with in London, drawn from the statutory, voluntary and other sectors. In this section you can find out more about some of the partnership work we've been doing in London on your behalf. Information about our work with VCS Engage can be found in the Information Centre.
PYL helps to promote the Young Roots programme for the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), which offers grants of between £3,000 and £25,000 to involve 13-25 year-olds in finding out about their heritage, developing skills, building confidence and promoting community involvement. Young Roots projects stem directly from young people's interests and ideas, harnessing their creativity and energy and helping them work with others in their local community. PYL has also recently undertaken some consultancy with HLF to explore the effectiveness of young people's participation in the Young Roots programme.
PYL has been engaged with all the agencies listed below since we began in 2005, and we are grateful to them all for their continued support. All three have a place on our Operations Sub-committee.
PYL has worked with the Children and Young People's Unit of the GLA on a number of projects and activities, including
We also respond to consultations, such as the Mayor's Time for Action proposals on reducing youth crime.
London Councils' purpose is to help local government successfully shape London as a world class city and best serve its individual communities and localities, helping ensure that London local government has the freedom, resource, power and capacity to make life better for Londoners. PYL engages with London Councils through membership of the London Children and Young People Partnership, and London Councils has provided speakers for our events.
LLUK is the independent, employer-led sector skills council responsible for the professional development of all those working in community learning and development, further education, higher education, libraries, archives and information services, and work based learning across the UK. It represents the interests of more than one million individuals working in lifelong learning and is the voice of employers in this sector on skills issues. LLUK in London has regularly sent a representative to PYL's Training and Development working group, and consulted closely with us on the Sector Skills Agreement in 2008.