All of the latest youth participation and engagement news and events from The Participation People
My name is Saleha and I am a young volunteer at Participation People. I have been working with Participation People since 2020 and will be here for as long as I can be as a young person – until I get too old to do what I do – and Read more
Hi I’m Cameron. I’m going to talk a bit about a black, LGBT+ celebrity who inspired me when coming to terms with my own identity. Her name is Laverne Cox, most famously known for being in a series called ‘Orange is the New Black’. Laverne Cox is a transgender woman Read more
Hi, my name is Sirad and as a black Young Consultant working with Participation People, Black History Month to me means being able to accept who you are as a black person and celebrating and acknowledging the appreciation that black people deserve. In the past and in the present, black Read more
I feel like the person who has had the most positive impact on me would be Alex Scott. She’s a former Arsenal Football Club player who fought for women’s football and helped to get it some of the popularity it has today. She is also the first black female to Read more
As a Young Consultant, this month screams the word ‘diversity’ to me. As a young person alone, I would like to see the stigma and stereotypes disappear into thin air. But it’s something that I can only wish for. Practising it myself isn’t going to make a big difference, although Read more
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