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Young people's voice, taken seriously.
Toolkits, evidence, data and training for anyone giving young people a real say in decisions: youth workers, commissioners, funders, researchers and young people themselves.
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Data & evidence
Insight
Data and evidence on young people's lives and how youth voice works, from the Evidence Library to Youth Matters.
Explore Insight116 resources
Involve
Practical toolkits for peer research, youth-led funding and decision-making, plus the toolkit training series and Communities of Practice.
Explore Involve72 resources
Impact
What changes when young people are heard: evaluations, measurement frameworks and case studies by the people who did the work.
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Framework / standardsCYV
Youth voice: what exactly are we talking about? A typology of youth voice (v2.0)
Framework / standardsCYV
A Framework of Outcomes for Young People 3.0
Evidence reviewCYV
Young People's Participation in Decision-Making: UK 2022 survey report
“Youth voice isn't about who shouts the loudest. It's about making space for all young people, in all their diversity, to have a say.”Hannah Furborough, Youth Voice Ambassador
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Case study
More Than a Survey: what it really means to involve young people in policy
Peer researchers in Islington spent a year asking young people what a fair green transition would look like. Here is what they learned about being asked properly.
Ambassador blog
Children's mental health: looking after yourself as a young changemaker
Belonging, breaks, saying no, and reaching out: practical tips for young activists, and the organisations doing good work in the mental health space.
Case study
The Day One Project: young people in Sheffield on climate change
18 young residents of Sheffield co-created artwork, screen prints and an exhibition to tell the council how they see climate change: through the social injustices they face every day.
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