 2019 survey results are in  2019 survey results are in rhianon mon 1202020 1557 thu 1232020 1200 posted by the goodpush team see the newly published report on the big picture aims impact and activities of social skate projects around the world in 2019 this is the 2nd edition of the survey by skateistan x pushing boarders survey pushing boarders social inclusion skateistan and pushing boarders have just published their  2019 worldwide survey of social skateboarding projects  this is the second annual global survey of social skate projects which includes answers from 124 initiatives in over 55 countries who reach a combined 18000 participants each week the survey found that 42 of projects worldwide now involve women as staff members in leadership training or as volunteers this is up 10 from last year when the number was just 32 there s also an increase in projects giving opportunities to youth participants 58 of projects now involve youth as leaders or volunteers showing a growth in youthled programming youth leadership in social skateboarding also encouraging is a dramatic increase in the number of projects that now have an active child protection policy 40 of projects surveyed have a child protection policy in place up from just 25 in 2018 gender inclusion youth leadership and child protection are all key focus areas of skateistan s knowledgesharing initiative the goodpush alliance in the past year goodpush has published a child protection toolkit run webinars on the topic and hosted workshops at goodpush events held in copenhagen and johannesburg rhianon bader goodpush manager at skateistan said it s really encouraging to see that so many social skate projects are taking the issue of child protection seriously and we re stoked that it seems the resources that goodpush provides on this have been useful there s still more work to be done though as only 18 of projects rated their policies as good or excellent so we really want to focus on supporting them to improve in this area over the next year who are the beneficiaries of the projects the second edition of the survey also included new questions related to lgbtqi inclusion mental health and wellbeing sources of funding how impact data is collected the goodpush alliance was set up in 2018 by skateistan to support social skate projects around the world the annual survey of social skate projects is a key tool in assessing where the sector is at and what resources and support are needed top 5 skills identified for social skate projects rhianon said the survey results are really key in helping us to shape our focus for goodpush over the next year it s so encouraging to see so many projects making use of the resources and support available over the next year we want to grow our community so that we can share ideas knowledge and inspiration across a whole network of social skate projects there are so many incredible organizations out there doing amazing stuff to reach children and young people through skateboarding we want to be able to connect and support these organizations so that the whole sector can get bigger and better    