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All of the latest youth participation and engagement news and events from The Participation People

Youth engaging in community rail projects for sustainable travel.

Empowering Youth for Sustainable Travel: Participation People’s Collaboration with Gloucestershire Community Rail Partnership

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

By The Participation People - Youth Engagement & Consultation Specialists, ago
Empowering Young Champions in Engineering Challenges.

Empowering Young Champions to Co-Facilitate Solutions to Engineering UK’s Big Business Challenges!

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

By The Participation People - Youth Engagement & Consultation Specialists, ago
Engaged discussion between Participation People CEO Antonia Dixey and a young woman outdoors.

Participation People CEO and Founder, Antonia Dixey, Youth Voice Expert, Consultant and Keynote Speaker

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

By The Participation People - Youth Engagement & Consultation Specialists, ago
Diverse youth team holding pink flags, promoting confidence and community engagement.

Helping The National Lottery’s Youth Voice Team grow confidence to amplify the voices of young people in their communities

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

By The Participation People - Youth Engagement & Consultation Specialists, ago
Diverse group collaborating on a laptop during a teamwork workshop.

Hear it from Antonia: why you should “youth-proof” your business and engage with Gen Z

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

By The Participation People - Youth Engagement & Consultation Specialists, ago
Young Inspectors help enhance NHS Midlands diabetes care through participation and feedback.

How Participation People Young Inspectors helped to improve NHS Midlands diabetes services

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

By The Participation People - Youth Engagement & Consultation Specialists, ago
Inclusive youth workshop promoting participation and community engagement.

Antonia Dixey explains why senior executives need young mentors

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

By The Participation People - Youth Engagement & Consultation Specialists, ago
Diverse group of people participating in outdoor community activity, promoting participation and col.

How to implement the Lundy model of participation across your organisation: a checklist

What is the Lundy model? The Lundy model of child participation was established in 2014 at Queen’s University Belfast as a practical conceptualisation of Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – the legislation that requires governments to ensure that children’s rights are respected. Read more

By The Participation People - Youth Engagement & Consultation Specialists, ago