Envision

Find out more about Envision and the work that we do in schools, with community partners and with businesses.

Envision Publications

• A Guide to being an Envision Team Mentor (pdf, 906kb)
  Your guide to what it means to be an Envision Team Mentor, what to expect, and hints and tips to help you make the most of your volunteer experience.
• Young Activists' Toolkit (pdf, 643kb)
  A series of ten workshops on skills from campaigning to filmmaking, designed to give young people the skills and confidence to become advocates for change.
• Envision School and Colleges Programme (pdf, 1.2Mb)
  All you need to know about the Envision Post-16 Active Citizenship Programme. This is Envision's flagship programme operating in schools as a weekly extra-curricular activity lasting one academic year.
• Agents 4 Action (pdf, 1.6Mb)
  Agents 4 Action are off-timetable half-day or full-day workshops on active citizenship. The interactive workshops can be tailored to suit the size and age of the group of students.
• Annual Review (pdf, 1.1Mb)
  Our most recent Annual Review will give you a greater insight into the work that we do, including examples of Envision school team projects and the outcomes that the young people achieved in their schools and wider communities.
• INSET Training (pdf, 970kb)
  Envision offer INSET training in active citizenship and community involvement to secondary schools and colleges.

Reports

• 'Improving Young People's Lives', Sustainable Development Commission (pdf, 3.8mb)
  This report proposes a green thread through policy and practice, where the impact of the environment is considered alongside social and economic factors – the building blocks of sustainable development. The report features an overview of the Young Activist project that Envision developed in partnership with NCB, Groundworks and We are what we do. (The Young Activist Toolkit can be downloaded above)
   
• 'Children and young people's involvement in formal meetings: An extended practical guide', Participation Works (pdf, 4.4mb)
  This guide offers advice to adults who organise or chair formal decison-mkaing meetings. The aim is to ensure that children and young people are effectively involved in these meetings, that their contribution is valued and that they genuinely inform the plans and actions which emerge. The guide features contributions, comments and feedback from the Envision Grad Advisory Panel on their participation and involvement in organisational decison making.

• 'Positive outcomes for young people from sustainable development' (pdf, 281kb)
  Case study on Envision's Pitch 4 Change programme written by the Sustainable Development Commission for Action For Children. Part of a project investigating good practice in using sustainable development approaches to enhance positive outcomes for young people.

• 'Start with People', Demos (pdf, 426kb)
  
  In this study by Demos the aim was to examine the effects of participation and whether involvement in community organisations helps people connect with wider society. Using Envision as one of their case studies, the Demos researchers looked at the processes that made it possible for us to engage young people and adult volunteers so effectively.