Voices
Good practice written up by the people who did the work: youth boards, co-production, peer research and campaigning.
Camden Giving took participatory grant-making into sixth forms and youth clubs. A year on, 125 young people have reviewed 58 applications and awarded £83,500, paid above the London Living Wage for their time.
Young Hammersmith & Fulham put £50,000 of grant decisions entirely in the hands of ten young people aged 16 to 25, with paid training, a peer facilitator and visits to the organisations they funded.
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.
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.
How Bite Back 2030 puts youth voice through every part of its campaigns, with an interview with Anna, a Bite Back activist and schools ambassador.
Four things that underpin participation at Become: it is part of everything, there is no single cemented group, young people are valued beyond their input, and the loop is always closed.
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