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Royal Society of the Arts' Report: Vision not Division: the contemporary value and role of non-formal education in England by Ian McGimpsey, Max Hogg and Louise Thomas. (October 2009)

This report stems from Vision not Division, an initiative of leading national youth work charity UK Youth, to establish the value of non-formal education for young people today. Their efforts are timely. Non-formal education has historically struggled for the recogition and funding it deserves. Contemporary concerns about the quality of life of young people growing up in Britain, compounded by the effects of a recession which has hit young people hard, mean that this debate is vital now. Through Vision not Division, UK Youth will seek to spark action, to create the changes that will ensure that the contribution non-formal education makes is recognised and valued.