All of the latest youth participation and engagement news and events from The Participation People
For organisations of any size, recruitment can be challenging, but particularly for large-scale businesses, you need a continual pipeline of fresh talent joining the ranks. But, we know that different demographics have different priorities when they look for job roles, and Gen Z are more diverse than any generation before. Read more
The challenge Renowned national youth charity The Prince’s Trust recognised the need to incorporate authentic youth perspectives into its Health and Social Care Programme, a service which offers young people free training courses, mentoring, and funding to help them find a job in healthcare. The aim was to use youth Read more
Introduction In response to the negative impact of COVID-19 on young people’s health and wellbeing, Merton Council commissioned Participation People to establish the Merton Peer Educator Project. The project aimed to address the gap in age-appropriate health messaging and advocacy by creating a network of 16-30 year-olds dedicated to promoting Read more
Introduction Participation People collaborated with Gloucestershire Community Rail Partnership (GCRP) to support a group of Young Researchers (YRs) in producing evidence-informed resources aimed at promoting sustainable travel among young people. The project involved designing a survey, collecting and analysing data, and generating key messages to encourage young people to travel Read more
Case Study 2022 – 2023 Client: Engineering UK Author: James Rimmer Project Lead: Charlotte Patterson Objective To recruit, train, and support 50 Young Champions (aged 11-16) from across the UK, enabling them to co-facilitate 12 consultation activities addressing 12 Big Business Challenges. The goal was to inform Engineering UK’s strategy Read more
Participation People’s CEO and Founder Antonia Dixey has built a solid reputation as a charismatic public speaker and expert consultant, who is passionate about giving young people a voice on services and issues that affect them. She is uniquely qualified to share her insight on how businesses and young people Read more
Introduction The National Lottery (TNL) Community Fund approached Participation People to help strengthen how it listens to, values and acts on young people’s opinions when making decisions, by working with TNL’s Youth Voice teams. The Youth Voice Teams are based around the UK in Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Read more
As the world becomes increasingly interconnected and technology-driven, businesses need to adapt to remain competitive. And, one of the key challenges that many will face is how to appeal to and engage with new, younger customers. In this blog post, Antonia gives businesses the low down on how to engage Read more
Introduction The NHS has a national plan to make big quality improvements to local services, such as asthma, epilepsy and mental health, for the children and young people that use them. Regional teams have been set up to deliver this, and NHS Midlands approached Participation People for the expertise to Read more
When it comes to mentorship, we often think of senior executives mentoring younger employees. But in my experience, senior executives can benefit greatly from having a young person as a mentor too. In fact, cross-generational mentoring can be highly valuable for both parties, providing a fresh perspective and a deeper Read more