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Involving Young People: A Toolkit for Peer Research

Partnership for Young London, funded by Trust for London · December 2025 · Toolkit / guide

A step-by-step delivery manual for peer research with young people, built on a decade of practice and the work of over 200 peer researchers. It takes you from first idea to lasting change, with the checklists, session plans and templates to do it well.

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Section: Peer research
Format: PDF
Access: Open access

What's inside

01
Foundations and ethics
What lived experience and 'peer' mean, and the ethical baseline for youth-led inquiry.
02
Getting ready
Budgets, fair pay for young people, staffing roles and organisational capacity.
03
The Scope Triangle
Balancing ambition, feasibility and influence so projects stay realistic.
04
Recruitment and training
Reaching beyond the usual suspects, and a full methods curriculum.
05
Fieldwork and analysis
Safeguarding in the field, and young people leading the sense-making.
06
Impact and legacy
Turning findings into policy change, social action and organisational change.