Y-Ultimate
Our mission is to impart life skills education in children, especially those from lesser privileged socio-economic backgrounds, through the sport of Ultimate Frisbee.
- Bronze Certified 2023
- FCRA
- 80G
- 12A
- CSR-1
About
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Headquarters
Delhi, Delhi
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Since
2019
Y-Ultimate is a section 8 not-for-profit organisation registered under the name of 'Flyingdisc Development Foundation' with 12A, 80G and CSR-1 certifi Read morecations. Our mission at Y-Ultimate is to impart life skills education (LSE) to children, especially those from less privileged socio-economic backgrounds, through the sport of Ultimate Frisbee. Ultimate Frisbee (Ultimate) is a non-contact, self-refereed team sport played with a flying disc (frisbee) mainly in a mixed-gender format. Sport in general is a proven method for imparting life skills education. The unique characteristics of the sport of ultimate combined with a low barrier to entry and many stages of growth makes it well suited for developing life skills. Life skills education is considered extremely important for children's psychosocial and cognitive development, enabling children and young adults to make decisions to direct their emotional well-being.
Issue
Lack of life-skills education stunts the development of psycho-social competencies in children and young adults, impeding their personal growth and contributions to society. In 1997, WHO provided guidelines on Life Skills Education (LSE) for children and adolescents in school. They describe Life Skills as psychosocial competence. “Psychosocial Competence is defined as a person’s ability to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life. It is a person’s ability to maintain a state of mental well-being and to demonstrate this in adaptive and positive behaviour while interacting with others in their culture and environment.” Many countries including India are now considering life skills development as a response to problems such as violence in schools, student dropouts, excessive increase in drug, tobacco and alcohol abuse, etc. There have been many LSE initiatives in India by the National curriculum framework (NCF), Adolescent Education Program (AEP), and National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education (NCFTE) to name a few. Despite these initiatives, there have been many challenges in the implementation of LSE in schools. As per a report from Akshaya Life Skills in 2012, schools are primarily focused on imparting scholastic knowledge of subjects. Efforts are not being made to enable children to develop into responsible social beings with the competence to respond to their personal, social and emotional needs. Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) has observed that many schools have often confused LSE with vocational education. This indicates a lack of awareness among teachers of the importance of LSE. A study in 2012 reported that most schools and parents are not interested in LSE as it has no value attached to it. Unlike other subjects, there are no marks allocated to it. It was suggested that LSE should be made an examinable subject so as to get more attention from parents and schools alike. A study in 2015 showed that LSE is taught more like an intellectual exercise, the end result is that the learners have an intellectual understanding of LSE without necessarily imbibing the values inherent to the subject. Another report in 2016 mentions that teachers lack the capacity and motivation required to equip themselves with the right training needed to impart LSE in the correct manner. LSE is considered extremely important for the psychosocial and cognitive development of children to further enable them to make decisions to direct their emotional well-being. In India, despite various initiatives, schools are yet to implement LSE in a proper and functional manner.
Action
Sport-based life skills programs are one of the many co-curricular activities that gathered momentum in effectively delivering LSE. Children who have participated in such programs reported higher goal-setting, problem-solving, positive thinking and sports skills as compared to the children who did not participate in such programs. Studies of US youth who participated in similar programs have revealed higher academic performance, greater likelihood of attending college, and greater satisfaction in one’s job, along with higher levels of emotional regulation, problem-solving, teamwork and goal attainment. We at Y-Ultimate use the sport of Ultimate Frisbee as it is uniquely positioned to impart Life Skills Education to Children due to its inherent characteristics. Ultimate Frisbee is a non-contact, self-refereed team sport played with a flying disc. It relies upon the Spirit of the Game that places the responsibility of fair play on every player. There are no referees; the players are solely responsible for following and enforcing the rules, even at World Championships. Competitive play is encouraged, but never at the expense of respect between players, adherence to the rules, and the basic joy of play. Actions such as intentional fouling, cheating, dangerous plays, disrespectful conversations, and other ‘win at all costs’ behaviour are contrary to the Spirit of the Game. Often a player is in a position where it is to their advantage to foul or commits some violation, but that player is morally bound to abide by the rules. The integrity of the sport depends on each player’s responsibility to uphold the Spirit of the Game, and this responsibility is not taken lightly. Each game ends with a spirit circle, which is a reflection circle for children to reflect on their experience, resolve any unresolved conflicts, give feedback and appreciate each other.
Cause Area
Sub Sector
Impact
Our Playbook has three interventions: practice, play and coach Ultimate Frisbee. Each intervention has its own symptoms of change that lead to impact when continued over a period of time. Practice Ultimate: Practising leads to improvement in physical well-being and exposure to new habits and values, nudging the players to start investing in self-development. Play Ultimate: Playing competitively expands social networks. Winning reinforces discipline and perseverance. Losing teaches humility and builds a desire to work harder. Overall, children begin to develop a commitment towards meaningful goals on and off the field. After gaining a certain level of competency, players start coaching Ultimate Frisbee in other communities. Coach Ultimate: Coaching helps them to develop empathy and effective communication skills while honing their technical game skills. The players also earn income to sustain aspirations. This pay-it-forward model brings in more beneficiaries and creates a sustainable multiplier effect on impact.
Programs
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The Ultimate Summer Camp 2023
StateThe Ultimate Summer Camp is one of the projects at Y-Ultimate. It is a 4-week short-term program developed by Y-Ultimate. Through the program, we aim to reach new beneficiaries, partner with more organisations, spread our program to newer geographies in Delhi and induct our next set of youth coaches. Our youth coaches shall deliver the summer camp program at a local park/playground next to where the children live. The program aims to cater to around 1000 children from over 15 communities across Delhi. Children in each of these communities will be introduced to the sport of Ultimate Frisbee, how the sport is played, the basic rules of the game and the conflict resolution structure. The program will end with children from one campsite getting an opportunity to play with another set of children During each of the se
1. Communicating respectfully while resolving conflicts
2. How to regulate themselves
3. Cultivate a mindset of gender equality
4. Improve overall health and well-being -
The Ultimate Summer Camp 2023
StateThe Ultimate Summer Camp is one of the newest projects at Y-Ultimate, launching in the summer of 2023. It is a 4-week short-term program developed to reach new beneficiaries, partner with more organisations, spread our program to newer geographies in Delhi and induct our next set of youth coaches. Our youth coaches shall deliver the summer camp program at a local park/playground next to where the children live. The program aims to cater to around 1000 children from over 15 communities across Delhi. Children in each of these communities will be introduced to the sport of Ultimate Frisbee, how the sport is played, the basic rules of the game and the conflict resolution structure.
At the end of the 4-week program, children from one summer camp site, will play with children in another camp site to have an experience of an ultimate frisbee friendly game.
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Y-Ultimate Life Skills Program
The project aims to empower children and young people from marginalised backgrounds to achieve better life outcomes in schools and communities through the sport of ultimate frisbee. We deliver this program during school hours in Physical Education periods as well as after school hours in communities through a partner organisation. In the upcoming year, we at Y-Ultimate are on a mission to work with over 2000 vulnerable children and youth in communities, schools, public parks and shelter homes. The program would be facilitated by youth coaches who were once our beneficiaries and have now become young adults. In our coaching sessions, children will be trained on:
1. Communicating respectfully while resolving conflicts
2. How to regulate themselves
3. Cultivate a mindset of gender equality
4. Improve overall health and well-being -
GK MAD
GK Mad started in 2015 when a group of 10-13 year-olds started playing the sport of Ultimate in a public park. Soon this group from Greater Kailash (GK) came together to play as a team and called themselves GK MAD.
Over the years, the group has trained hard and developed not only each other but also many more children as youth coaches of the Y-Ultimate Life Skills Program. We are currently the mixed gender club champions in the North region and second in the country. We have also had 3 players getting selected to represent the Indian U20 Women’s team in 2020 and 2 more players selected to the World U24 Championships.
Known as one of the most spirited teams in the Indian circuit, GK Mad strives to give opportunities to youngsters from less privileged backgrounds through the game of Ultimate Frisbee.
Impact Metrics
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Life Skills Assessment Scale
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The Number of Children Reached
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Leadership Team
Demographics & Structure
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No. of Employees
0-5
M&E
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Internal, External Assessors
No
Policies
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Ethics and Transparency Policies
No
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Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy
No
Political & Religious Declarations
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On Affiliation if any
No
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On Deployment Bias if any
No
Registration Details
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PAN Card
AADCF7649G
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Registration ID
U85300DL2019NPL351223
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12A
AADCF7649GE20206
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80G
AADCF7649GF20206
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FCRA
NA
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CSR Registration Number
CSR00001577
Location
Other Details
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Type & Sub Type
Non-profit
Section 8 (formerly Section 25)
Website
Financial Details
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2021-22
IncomeRs.3,494,225ExpensesRs.1,852,693Admin ExpensesRs.252,286Program ExpensesRs.1,600,407Tip: Click on any value above to exclude it. -
2022-23
IncomeRs.3,494,225ExpensesRs.1,852,693Admin ExpensesRs.252,286Program ExpensesRs.1,600,407Tip: Click on any value above to exclude it.