About All Together

Equality and Social Inclusion – All Together

In IFM-SEI we strive to be inclusive of all children and young people. Towards this aim we have developed a long-term strategy, All Together, to increase the inclusion of children and young people with fewer opportunities in our activities and structures. Following a needs-analysis by the European Falcon Network it became clear that all European organisations face the same difficulty in including in their activities and democratic structures young people with fewer opportunities. Although many children joined our groups through their own initiative, these tended to be predominantly white, middle-class and able-bodied children. Reaching other groups of young people was identified as a challenge, particularly those facing multiple-discrimination. It was decided to develop a pro-active long-term strategy to make our organisations more diverse.

All Together Aim

The aim of All Together is to develop clear strategies to ensure European Falcon organisations are inclusive towards young people with fewer opportunities. We aim to critically evaluate our work, including identifying barriers to participation.

Objectives

  • To increase awareness of inclusion issues within our organisations.
  • To research European Falcon organisations and critically evaluate how inclusive they are including identifying barriers to participation.
  • To increase the participation of young people with fewer opportunities in our activities.
  • To involve more leaders from different backgrounds in our work.
  • To share best-practice approaches towards better inclusion.
  • To develop new approaches based on research and joint expertise.
  • To produce a handbook and website for use by youth organisations including and analysis of the current situation, best-practice examples, advice and information for those wishing to set up inclusion projects and tested methodology.