Social networking provides opportunities for empowerment, social mobility, and learning for young people in the 21st century. Over 90% of young people are active on social networks, so agencies should leverage these platforms to engage with youth and address priorities like empowerment, opportunity, and education. The document encourages organizations to "fish where the fishes are" by meeting young people online in order to most effectively help the 90% that use social media.

1. Social networking
for young people
Empowerment,
opportunity,
social mobility
and learning
in the 21st Century

2. Real people, real connections

3. Real people, thousands of connections

4. Who will be the next connection?

5. Why should we care?

6. Empowerment

7. Opportunity

8. Social mobility

9. Learning

10. These are your priorities
(Children & Young People's Strategic Plan
2009-2013)

11. Fish where the fishes are
(or where the young people are)

12. 90.4% 16.9%
17.6% 15.4%
School-related community 48.4%
Are we using our voices in the right places?

13. 90.4% includes these young people

14. 90.4% also includes the young people who did this

15. Is this fishing where the 90.4% are?

16. Louise Kidney
5339
louise.kidney@blackburn.gov.uk
@loulouk
Thank you for listening