Substance are pleased to announce the publication of this report which presents learning from year one of the DCSF Information and Signposting Project. The project has worked with 20 local authorities to help them meet the statutory duty to collect, manage and publish information on positive activities for young people.

The project has made use of Substance’s positive activity publication platform Plings (Places to Go, Things to Do) to enable activity providers to easily and effectively aggregate positive activity information, which has in turn enabled better and more targeted information sharing and analysis.

Throughout our work with the twenty pilot authorities we have been keen to learn about the challenges associated with meeting the duty and to test fresh approaches to gathering, managing and sharing positive activity information.

This document aims to share the learning from the first year of the project and includes practical step by step guidance, addressing each of these three themes. Substance will continue its work with the pilot authorities during the second year of the project.