An evaluation of Urdd Gobaith Cymru's Routes to the Sumit Project

Key features
Gwerthusiad o gynllun Llwybrau i’r Brig Urdd Gobaith Cymry | Mawrth 2013
3.8 Demonstrating Success Data
Demonstrating Success is a framework developed by the Welsh Government to assess the progress
made by young people who receive services and support 9 and the framework was used by the Urdd as
part of the monitoring system for Routes to the Summit.
Demonstrating Success has been designed to show how young people make progress with regard to
Social and Emotional Disposition of Skills (SEDS). These include four ‘elements’, which are Interaction,
Motivation and Active Participation, Independence and Respect for Others. The following table defines
these further.
Table 3.2: Key features of SEDS within Demonstrating Success framework
Elements of Social and Emotional Disposition of Skills (SEDS)
Interaction Motivation and Active Independence
Participation
Demonstrates a
Listens to others willingness to Manages own feelings
participate
Asks questions
Makes a positive
Knows rights and takes
contribution to an
responsibility
activity
Uses appropriate
body language
Uses appropriate
verbal
communication
Sees value in
participation
Manages risk and
understands
consequence
Respect for
Others
Accepts others
Practices
empathy
Values
relationships
Shows resilience Is individual -
As well as the above, ‘use of Welsh’ was added by the Urdd as an additional element of the framework
for the Routes to the Summit scheme as it was one of the organisation’s specific objectives.
Scheme staff collected Demonstrating success data by using equipment formed as part of the
development of the framework. 10 Data was collected in two reviews, the first around the time that
individuals started participating in the scheme (once staff members felt that they knew the
participants well enough to conduct a review) and then towards the end of their participation.
There is data for 1,443 participants (about 30% of the total participants) within the Urdd database
although there are some gaps in the data. The following graph shows the reviewed participants’
location as identified in the database.
9 Further information about the framework is available at: http://demonstratingsuccess.co.uk/
10 Note – the staff of the scheme were given numerous training sessions on the framework and appropriate tools.
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