Five leading national youth organisations have joined forces to improve opportunities for young people. The ‘Choose Action’ Alliance is working to influence organisations & policymakers, with the aim of improving youth-led volunteering and community action.

By bringing together their complementary skills and areas of operation, the partners feel they can better achieve their objectives and add value to their activities. They aim to build capacity and develop communications, resources and networks in the sector – to make their activities more sustainable and present a strong, clear voice in discussions of social policy.

Rather than looking for a short-term fix, the partners have focused on building solid foundations for the collaboration. They have agreed a common set of values, a vision, mission, and objectives for the Alliance, and developed an operating framework which supports these.

Who’s involved?
Choose Action is an alliance of five youth organisations: Changemakers, Volunteering England (principally through their Student Volunteering Team), World Wide Volunteering, Youth Action Network, and YouthNet.

To read the full details on how this Alliance started and where it's going in the future, click here for the full story.