Centre for Youth Voice

The UK centre for youth participation practice

Every decision about young people, shaped with them.

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.

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116 resources

Involve

Practical toolkits for peer research, youth-led funding and decision-making, plus the toolkit training series and Communities of Practice.

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72 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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CYV Evidence Library

UK youth research, in one place.

A free, searchable collection of research about young people aged 16 to 25, from charities, funders, think tanks and local government: the reports that too often have no permanent home. Find evidence for a funding bid, an evaluation or a service design, and cite it with confidence.

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research reports
311
organisations
170
years covered
2010–26
themes
15

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“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

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.

Sheffield City Council Youth Voice and Influence Team · 31 March 2026

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