Young people's conceptualisations of community at a UK community radio station

This chapter uses the case study of Knowsley Community College-based radio station KCC Live, situated neighbouring Liverpool, UK, to explore how young volunteers at the station conceptualise community. The chapter reports on empirical research undertaken to explore how KCC Live functions as a site of informal, situated learning for the volunteers aged 16–25 who are predominantly ‘Not in Education, Employment or Training’ (NEET). We are concerned with place pertaining to understandings of community in relation to KCC Live for the young volunteers. We advance debates that shift notions of community away from static place-based understandings, to explore more networked approaches. Furthermore, we demonstrate the value of a networked approach to both educators and the young people they teach.