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Youth voice: what exactly are we talking about? A typology of youth voice (v2.0)

Dr Jo Hickman Dunne, Centre for Youth Impact · November 2022 (version 2.0) · Framework / standards

A shared vocabulary for the many activities that sit under 'youth voice', for work with young people up to 25 across the UK. It helps you describe what you are (and aren't) doing as a first step to evaluating and improving it, without ranking or judging quality.

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What's inside

01
A working definition
Space, skills and time for young people to share their views, and action on what they say.
02
Who is speaking?
Individual, collective or representative voice.
03
Who is being influenced?
Organisations and their services, or the public realm of policy and opinion.
04
Nine activities
From youth boards and young trustees to surveys, Q&As, mystery shopping and broadcasting.
05
Case studies
Talent Match Black Country, Coram Voice, Kent County Council, National Young Inspectors and more.
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Putting it to use
How organisations, funders and evaluators can use it, and what it doesn't do.