This week the United Nations held its 78th General Assembly, a legacy of the 2nd World War, with this year's International Day of Peace marking the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The UN IOC Accord is the most visible and established Global Partnership for delivering the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. This relationship has been formalised with UN resolutions and cooperation agreement and memorandum of understandings between the IOC and UN System Agencies.

However, the opportunity for our 21st Century Global Society is to come together through the United Nations and other Global institutions (including sports bodies such as the IOC and FIFA) to find solutions to these global challenges.

But at present the Sport for Development and Peace movement/sector currently does not currently have a clear, coherent, holistic and integrated Model and Framework for delivery and to measure impact outcomes. The Youth Charter's Community Campus Model, Legacy Cultural Framework and Model for Youth Development Pathways through Sport provides this.

Education - Attendance, Attainment and Performance

These endemic inequalities are representative of wider socio-economic inequalities which are based on historic apartheid racial divisions, with South Africa having the highest levels of Income Inequality in the world, which is at 69% in the GINI Index. This does not include Wealth Inequality.

The Youth Charter calls for Investment in Education to Reduce Inequality. At present South Africa invests:

• 6.6% of GDP and/or

• 19.8% of Government Spending in State Education

This is above the UNESCO Education for All Targets for Investment in State Education. However, Government Spending is 33% of GDP, which is well below the 50% of GDP for most European Countries. If Government Spending increased to 50% of GDP through Progressive Taxes, Education Spending could increase to 10% of GDP, this would help to raise investment for both Human Resources (Teachers) and Capital Investment (Facilities) and help to reduce inequalities. This would also help to improve Physical Literacy, Physical Education and Competitive School Sport.

The Youth Charter presented the opportunity for Sport, Art and Culture to be used to Enrich School Life for Learners and Teachers, with the following Education Recommendations from the Youth Charter ’30’ South Africa Report:

• Five hours a week of Sport, Arts and Culture for children and young people In Schools to promote learning, health and wellbeing

  • Global Citizenship Education delivered through Olympic & Paralympic Values

  • Teachers as Social Coaches engaging, equipping and empowering children and young people

  • Schools & Community Campuses providing FREE Access to leisure and community facilities

The Health Recommendations form the Youth Charter ’30’ South Africa Report were:

• Five Hours a week of Sports, Arts and Culture for children and young people Beyond the School Gate to promote learning, health and wellbeing

  • Volunteers as Social Coaches engaging, equipping and empowering children and young people

  • Community Campuses providing FREE Access to leisure and community facilities

  • Child Obesity to be included in the South Africa Health Plans, the National Development Plan and National Youth Policy

The Youth Charter presented the Community Campus Model, Legacy Cultural Framework and a Model of Youth Development Pathways through Sport, which can be adopted by the South Africa Government and the South African Governing Bodies of Sport to deliver Physical Literacy, Physical Education and Competitive School Sport. As part of a Teacher Recruitment and Retention drive the Youth Charter proposed:

• University Students can be recruited, trained and deployed as Social Coaches in Schools to deliver Sport, Art and Cultural Activities

• University Students provided with Teaching experience as Social Coaches

• Teachers trained as Social Coaches to deliver Sport, Art and Cultural Activities

Health - Physical Activity, Wellbeing and Active Lifestyle

Community Campus Model and Legacy Cultural Framework

The Community Campus has three main elements:

• Engage young people through sport, art, cultural and digital activity

• Equip them with mental, physical and emotional life-skills and resilience

• Empower them with the aspiration of further and higher education, employment and entrepreneurship.

A Community Campus is made up of hub facilities, such as, schools, community centres, youth clubs, sports centres, further and higher education institutions or any facility delivering a youth cultural engagement provision. Each facility is quality assured in the delivery of the Social Coach Leadership Programme and the Youthwise offer:

• Community Campus – Stakeholder Partners & Facilities, Collaboration & Partnership

• Social Coach Leadership Programme – training for Social Coaches working with young people

• Youthwise Activities – Sport, Art, Cultural and Digital Activities for young people and communities

The Youth Charter Community Campus Model provides a Legacy Cultural Framework for the delivery of ‘Sport Development in the Community’ and ‘Community Development through Sport’ programmes with social, cultural and economic outputs and outcomes.

The outputs and outcomes of the Youth Charter Community Campus and Legacy Cultural Framework are measured against the following Legacy Development Goals (LDGs):

1. EDUCATION - attendance, attainment and performance

2. HEALTH - physical activity, wellbeing and active lifestyle

3. CITIZENSHIP - civic rights, responsibilities and youth justice

4. ENVIRONMENT - community cohesion, quality of life and access to facilities

5. FURTHER & HIGHER EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT & ENTERPRENERSHIP - skills training, internships and apprenticeships

The Youth Charter Legacy Development Goals are underpinned by:

• COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIP

• EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND PARTICIPATION (EDIP)

The Youth Charter’s Legacy Cultural Framework and Legacy Development Goals supports the delivery of the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals through Sport for Development and Peace.

Global #Call2Action

The Youth Charter would like to invite you to join our Global #Call2Action to deliver 50 Community Campuses, train 50,000 Social Coaches and engage, equip and empower 5million young people...

The Youth Charter has created the Community Campus Portal to provide a digital space where stakeholder partners and social coaches can upload, share and discuss the extraordinary work they are delivering with young people and communities around the world...

If you and your organisation are delivering extraordinary work with young people and communities, and want to be part of a Global Movement that is aiming to deliver a #LegacyOpportunity4All, please follow the Engagement Steps below…