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I am Azisa, I’m 17 years old and from, well, many places! Over the past 17 years, I have spent at least five years or more in one country before moving to another. This has included a few years in Saudi Arabia, some in Goa, and some here in the Read more
My name is Saleha and I am a Young Consultant at Participation People. I have been working with Participation People since 2020 and hope to be here for as long as possible as a young person – until I get too old to do what I do – so I Read more
Introduction In partnership with Choice Support, we worked with the independent regulator of health and social care in England, The CQC, to revolutionise how the organisation listens, values, and acts upon youth voices and the lived experiences of children and young people. Our task was to benchmark CQC’s existing practices Read more
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
The challenge The leadership at Kooth, an online mental wellbeing community aimed at 11-25 year-olds, recognised the importance of integrating youth voices and perspectives right into the heart of their organisational decision-making processes, to be able to truly provide a service that addressed the needs and preferences of their young 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