Creative youth development framework

What is creative youth development?
Creative Youth Development is an intentional process that helps young people build attributes and skills needed to participate successfully in adolescence and adult life..
Creative Youth Development is an intentional process that helps young people build attributes and skills needed to participate successfully in adolescence and adult life.
Youth development is a process that prepares a young person to meet the challenges of adolescence and adulthood and achieve his or her full potential.
Youth development is promoted through activities and experiences that help youth develop social, ethical, emotional, physical, and cognitive competencies.

Creative youth development is a recent term for a longstanding theory of practice that integrates creative skill-building, inquiry, and expression with positive youth development principles, fueling young people's imaginations and building critical learning and life skills.

FRAMEWORKSThe Create, Connect, and Catalyze FrameworkBoston Youth Arts Evaluation Project's Framework and Theory of ChangeCYD Alignment with Allied

What is a youth development framework?

The youth development framework is an approach to working with young people that encompasses four things: it is designed to meet the developmental needs of youth, builds on their assets and potential, views young people as resources and builds partnerships with youth to create positive, sustaining change

What is creative youth development?

Creative Youth Development (CYD) is a commitment to supporting young people’s stories, ideas, and dreams through creative expression and honoring their lived experience

In order to create environments that promote Creative Youth Development, these three concepts must be present:

What is the Western Cape Youth Development Strategy - 2013?

Western Cape Youth Development Strategy - 2013 This document is a joint product of the Western Cape Departments of the Premier and Social Development, under the strategic direction of Solange Rosa, Ammaarah Kamish and Taryn van de Rheede of the Policy Unit in the Department of the Premier and David Abrahams in the Ministry of Social Development

The Creative Youth Development National Partnership defines it as “a commitment to supporting young people’s stories, ideas, and dreams through creative expression and honoring their lived experience” (source: creativeyouthdevelopment.org) This framework benefits students by sparking creativity and building critical skills to last a lifetime.

UK Youth is a national youth work charity founded in 1911 that delivers national programmes to provide opportunities to young people.
The charity is an umbrella body with 40 local youth associations from across England.
UK Youth's national programmes are delivered locally in partnership with its members, and many are supported by corporate partners.