Author Archives: Elena Di Antonio

About Elena Di Antonio

Elena is our Research Manager and joined YouthNet in 2011. Elena has a strong area of expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research, with a specific focus on young and hard-to-reach people. She is currently leading the research team and her role is split between carrying YouthNet’s external research and evaluating YouthNet’s projects. Elena previously worked for another charity supporting young people to start their own business.

How young people use mobile phones to seek help

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Elena Di Antonio

YouthNet has completed the first stage of a research project funded by the Nominet Trust that looks at how young people use mobile devices to meet their support needs. The research, involving more than 1,000 young people, consisted of online … Continue reading →

Posted in Research, YouthNet | Tagged charity, help, mobile, mobile devices, mobile phones, mobiles, online advice, online information, research, support, technology, TheSite.org, young people, youth, YouthNet | Comments Off

The role of online and online peer support for young people who self-harm

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Elena Di Antonio

YouthNet and five other organisations in Denmark, Italy, Slovenia and the UK* have just launched a Good Practice Guide by practitioners for practitioners providing a ground-breaking framework on how to support young people who self-harm through online and online … Continue reading →

Posted in Research, YouthNet | Tagged barriers, Denmark, europe, help, holistic, internet, Italy, online, online advice, online community, Partnerships, peer support, practitioners, recommendations, self injury, self-harm, Slovenia, support, UK, web, young people | 1 Comment

Do-it Volunteer Satisfaction Survey 2012

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Elena Di Antonio

This year’s Do-it Volunteer Satisfaction Survey highlights the capacity problems the sector is facing trying to meet the demands from people wanting to volunteer. Our survey of over 2,000 volunteers who registered on Do-it in 2011 suggests that one in … Continue reading →

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Tips for running successful online focus groups

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Elena Di Antonio

Last month we ran four online focus groups with young people, as part of our ongoing research looking into young people’s online help-seeking behaviour. Planning and running these online focus groups has been a really interesting process for us and … Continue reading →

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Mobile focus groups….. round two!

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Elena Di Antonio

As part of our research focusing on young people’s online help-seeking behaviour and funded by the Nominet Trust, YouthNet has just completed four online focus groups involving 28 participants. The objectives of the focus groups were to ask participants about … Continue reading →

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Focus on mobile

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Elena Di Antonio

YouthNet is undertaking an innovative piece of research focusing on how young people’s online help-seeking behaviour varies according to which devices are being used, which officially kicked off last week, when we ran the first of four online focus groups … Continue reading →

Posted in YouthNet | Tagged focus groups, information, internet, mobile, online information, pc, research, young people | 1 Comment

What factors influence young people’s online seeking behaviour?

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Elena Di Antonio

Young people today are often referred as Digital Natives; the first generation growing up with new digital technologies (Prensky M., 2001). The internet has revolutionised social and cognitive behaviours, including the way young people seek information. Any service supporting young … Continue reading →

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Self-harm: Barriers to accessing support

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Elena Di Antonio

At the end of January YouthNet had a meeting with our European partners on a project funded by the European Commission and aimed to provide support to young people who self-harm. * There were a lot of interesting conversations about … Continue reading →

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Fear and hoping in the UK

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Elena Di Antonio

To mark YouthNet’s 16th birthday, we conducted a survey called ‘Fear and Hoping in the UK’ to explore young people’s fears and hopes for their future, as well their attitudes to work , education, housing and family affairs and global … Continue reading →

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Youth In Action- How young people look for information online

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Elena Di Antonio

This research has been undertaken as part of the “European Digital Youth Information Project” (EDYIP), a networking project on the theme of online information and advice for young people. The aim of the research is to provide insights into the … Continue reading →

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