YOU — Youth Organisations in Uniform

Shared Benefits of Collaboration

By enabling the sharing of ideas, good practice and resources, YOU London helps organisations to:

• Increase the number of adult volunteers supporting young people in London
• Increase the number of young people joining member organisations
• Improve and expand the activities and opportunities available to young people and adult volunteers
• Reduce duplication of effort and remove some of the burden from already-busy adult volunteers
• Make better use of resources
• Attract further funding
• Raise the profile of each organisation with external stakeholders
• Offer ever-growing numbers of young people the chance to get more out of life through fun, adventure and citizenship

How Working Together Helps

Collaboration can take many forms, including:

• Joint events
• Intergroup challenges or competitions
• Sharing instructors, equipment and facilities
• Sharing information and opportunities
• Exhibiting together at open days and events
• Being aware of what else is available locally
• Increasing awareness of who's who in London's youth sector

Working together often produces more than the sum of the parts, especially when it comes to: