The concept behind PLINGS is to ‘fish where the fish are’. Plings collects positive activity information from local authorities, third sector and community groups and the private sector, aggregates it and then publishes it into the spaces where young people are likely to find it, including social networking sites, via mobile phones, digital TV and leaflets.
Plings
Plings is a search and discovery tool that helps people to find accurate and trusted sources of information about positive activities for teenagers. It is playing a vital part in helping Substance to deliver the Department for Education ‘Information and Signposting Project’.
As well as enabling young people to be better informed about what is happening in their local area, Plings enables local authorities to fulfil their statutory duty to publicise and keep up to date comprehensive and accurate information on positive activities for young people and to make it accessible. The project also fulfils a need within local authorities to maintain a strategic overview of work being delivered, mapping coverage and identifying gaps in terms of type of provision, geographical spread and times of the week.
As the project moves forward Substance will develop the concept of Plingback, the channels through which young people can talk about the scale and quality of youth activities on offer as well as demonstrating the project’s impact on the take up of positive activities.
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Current Plings Projects
Past Plings Projects
There are no past projects attached to this service at present.
Testimonial
“Plings is brilliant because it lets young people know what’s going on in their area. I was playing in local clubs for a long time before I got signed; I developed my talent there, made friends and met some inspirational people who have really helped my football and who always made me feel I was part of something. I would recommend using Plings to find a local club to anyone, whatever sport they're into.”
Theo Walcott, Arsenal and England footballer and Plings ambassador