We deliver award-winning youth engagement programmes across the UK.
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
Participation People has evolved. As many of you will know, we’ve been around for (ahem) quite some time now, and what that means is, we’ve developed, or maybe ‘grown-up’ since the organisation was founded. So we’ve taken a look at how we talk about what we do, the services we Read more
One of our key achievements last year was seeing the work of our Stand Out Young Champions, who have exceeded all our expectations, giving up a total of 980 hours of their time over the year to shape and steer Movement to Work’s multi-million-pound youth development programme across the West Read more
In today’s world, young people have a lot to say and they need a platform to voice their opinions and share their experiences. Unfortunately, many young people do not have access to the necessary tools or resources to do so effectively. Equally, organisations underestimate the value that young people can 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