All of the latest youth participation and engagement news and events from The Participation People
Middlesbrough Council commissioned the services of Participation People to improve children’s and young people’s participation and embed the voices of young people in decisions that affect them. When I was first told about the partnership, I was excited, albeit a little bit nervous of having a new team to work Read more…
Laurie Day is a Research Director at Ecorys, with lead responsibility for children, youth and families research. His main interests and expertise lie in the areas of child and youth participation and participatory methods. Laurie has over 20 years’ experience conducting national and international studies and evaluations and was Read more…
Ana Popovici is Director of Children’s Services at the London Borough of Wandsworth. She is passionate about social work and has a special interest in how services can be modernised to support today’s generation of vulnerable people. She kindly shared her thoughts on why youth participation is so important and Read more…
The Prince’s Trust is one of the UK’s leading youth charities, helping young people aged 11 to 30 get into jobs, education, and training. Becky is the Senior Head of Service Delivery for the Health & Social Care contract at the charity – a role which includes working with Participation Read more…
Movement to Work inspires employers to help young people change their lives through positive encounters with work. Their Head of Regional Development, Nicola Read, kindly shared her thoughts on why youth participation is so important – and how Participation People’s training and development of their Young Champions has enhanced their Read more…
Barry Percy-Smith is Professor of Childhood, Youth and Participatory Practice at the University of Huddersfield, UK and Director of the Just Futures Centre for Child, Youth, Family and Community research. He has extensive experience as a participatory action researcher in research, evaluation and development projects in a wide range of Read more…
Rajwinder Kaur Cheema is the Head of Participation at Kooth plc. Raj builds partnerships with organisations to help teams in Kooth connect with children, young people and adults, and to deliver safe participation work. She also helps colleagues to build their confidence in participation through sharing knowledge and good Read more…
Dorset Wildlife Trust is the leading charity dedicated to nature conservation in Dorset. Participation People partnered with the charity to help make its magazine more appealing to young people. Our Young Journalists worked closely with their team to ensure the magazine catered for young people, with the aim to Read more…
Kate leads the CYP Programme for the Midlands – working to help local systems make a real difference for children and young people. Kate kindly answered a few questions for us on why younth participation is so important, and we discussed how she’s looking forward to working with our Youth Read more…
ERIC, The Children’s Bowel and Bladder Charity, is the only charity dedicated to the bowel and bladder health of all children and teenagers in the UK. Their CEO, Juliette, kindly shared her thoughts on why young participation is so important and how the ERIC Young Champions project has broadened their Read more…