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At a Glance: The Need to Embed Pupil Voice in Schools Family Action partnered with Participation People to strengthen pupil voice in schools across the National School Breakfast Programme (NSBP), a Department for Education-funded initiative reaching over 350,000 pupils every day across 2,700 schools. Historically,…

At a Glance: Building Regional Infrastructure for Safeguarding Participation The Safeguarding Voices Leadership Network was created to address a challenge shared across safeguarding partnerships in the North West: participation work was valued, but often fragmented, inconsistent and overly dependent on individual “voice champions”. In partnership…

At a Glance: From Keynote Spark to Network-Wide Ignition Embedding youth voice at scale is a challenge, even for seasoned youth professionals. That’s why SeriousFun Children’s Network partnered with Participation People. Not for a surface-level initiative, but a system-wide process, across SeriousFun’s global network of camps…

At a Glance: Young Content Creators in Dorset Dorset Local Nature Partnership (DLNP) and Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) partnered with Participation People to deliver a young content creators programme, equipping young people aged 14–19 to produce engaging, youth-led environmental content. Over four months, participants explored…

At a Glance: Improving Safeguarding Thresholds with Co-Production The North West Improvement Programme (NWIP) partnered with Participation People to redesign how safeguarding thresholds are understood and communicated across Cheshire and Merseyside. Safeguarding partners recognised that existing threshold documents were often complex, inconsistent and difficult for…

At a Glance: Youth Agency Recruitment Training Nexus Fostering partnered with Participation People to strengthen and formalise youth participation in recruitment, ensuring care-experienced young people have meaningful influence over who is hired to work with them. Through a bespoke, AQA-accredited Youth Agency Recruitment Training programme,…

At a Glance: International Youth Day Webinar with Kenya Airways On 12th August 2025 (International Youth Day), Participation People partnered with Kenya Airways, the Pride of Africa, to deliver a high-impact virtual webinar focused on youth voice in aviation, innovation and workplace wellbeing. Hosted online…

At a Glance: Youth Voices on Safety and Wellbeing in Farnham Farnham Town Council partnered with Participation People to better understand the mental health, safety and well-being experiences of young people aged 11–18 outside of school settings. Using a youth-led research model, the project prioritised…

At a Glance: Youth Voice & Influence Team Development Participation People partnered with Sheffield City Council’s Youth Voice & Influence Team to design and deliver a bespoke youth participation team training and development series. The three-part programme supported the newly formed team to build shared…

At a Glance: Organisation-Wide Youth Voice at NYAS The National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS) partnered with Participation People to embed youth and parent voice across the organisation — shifting from pockets of strong practice to a shared, sustainable culture of participation. Over a 12‑month partnership,…

At a Glance: What is SparkSpace? SparkSpace is a bold, values-led learning programme co-created with children and young people. It helps library staff across the UK build confidence, capability, and consistency in youth-powered library services. Delivered by Participation People in partnership with Libraries Rising (formerly…

Download the full report below! A Message from Our CEO 2023-2024 has been a year of remarkable resilience and hope for young people across the UK. Despite challenges such as financial insecurity, mental health pressures, and limited job prospects, young voices have shaped policies, informed…