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Toolkits, guides and evidence for youth participation
403 toolkits, guides, evaluations and evidence reviews from across the UK and beyond.
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403 resources
CYV Toolkits & guides
Amplify Icebreaker Toolkit
CYV
Learning & case studies
Bite Back 2030: a youth-led movement redesigning the food system
Frameworks & standards
Care leaver local offer: guidance for local authorities
Frameworks & standards
Doing co-analysis justice: guiding principles
Learning & case studies
Equitable Evaluation: Co-developing evaluation with young people in a community makerspace
Toolkits & guides
From Learning to Action: Youth Participation Checklist for Funders
Learning & case studies
From Participation to Power: How Young Gamechangers Are Leading Change
CYV
Learning & case studies
Grantmaking on Tour: taking funding decisions into Camden's schools
Toolkits & guides
Knowing your rights when taking part in research
Toolkits & guides
Mapping Children's Involvement in Decision-Making Toolkit
CYV
Learning & case studies
More Than a Survey: What It Really Means to Involve Young People in Policy
Toolkits & guides
My Voice Matters in Research 2024–2026
Research & reviews
Participation in Wales: From Principles to Practice
Toolkits & guides
Participatory Toolkit: Participatory Research with Young People
Frameworks & standards
Quality Standards for Meaningful Youth Participation in Democratic Life
Toolkits & guides
Somerset Participation Toolkit
CYV
Learning & case studies
The Day One Project: young people in Sheffield on climate change
Toolkits & guides
Writing to Children: A Toolkit for Judges
CYV
Learning & case studies
Young Grant Makers: £50,000 of funding decisions in young people's hands
CYV Frameworks & standards
Youth Voice Co-Assessment Tool
Toolkits & guides
Youth voice in policymaking
Toolkits & guides
Youth-Led Funding Toolkit for Local Areas
Toolkits & guides
A Guide to Engaging Youth Experiencing Houselessness
Frameworks & standards
A Typology of Young People's Participation in Grant-Making
Research & reviews
Children and young people's participation in child protection
Toolkits & guides
Co-creation Sprints: A Practical Guide for Organisations
Toolkits & guides
Community Research Toolkit: A Toolkit for Collaboration
Learning & case studies
Creating systems change via youth-led commissioning
Toolkits & guides
Deliberation Toolkit for Youth-Led Community Change
Toolkits & guides
Ethical Collaboration with Children and Young People in Research
Evaluations
Evaluation of the UK Youth Parliament
Government & decision records
Government response to the Youth Select Committee report: social media and youth violence
Frameworks & standards
Guidance for governing bodies on the establishment and operation of school councils
Toolkits & guides
Implementing Youth Voice: a toolkit from the North East PAC team
CYV Toolkits & guides
Involving Young People: A Toolkit for Peer Research
Learning & case studies
Meaningful Youth Participation in Grant-Making: A Case Study
Frameworks & standards
National standards for children and young people's engagement in health services
Research & reviews
National Youth Strategy Research Project
Research & reviews
Nothing About Us Without Us – Embedding Youth Voice in Systems Change
CYV
Learning & case studies
Participation at Become
Toolkits & guides
Participatory Budgeting in School and Youth Settings (briefing paper)
Toolkits & guides
Place Standard Tool for Children and Young People
Frameworks & standards
Principles of Participation with Children and Young People – Northern Ireland
Research & reviews
Realising the professional role of the youth participation worker
Toolkits & guides
Recognition and reward for participation activities: good practice guide
Learning & case studies
Sparking Change: Shifting Power and Resources to Youth
Government & decision records
The Big Ambition Analysis for the National Youth Strategy
Research & reviews
UK Youth Parliament (House of Commons Library research briefing CBP-10138)
Toolkits & guides
Youth Engagement: Guides on Citizen Engagement for Parliaments
Toolkits & guides
Youth Inclusion Toolkit for Local Authorities
Government & decision records
Youth Matters: Your National Youth Strategy
Toolkits & guides
Youth Voice Toolkit (Education Scotland)
Toolkits & guides
CBA Youth Advisory Board Toolkit
Toolkits & guides
Children and Young People's Participation in Climate Assemblies
Learning & case studies
Experiences of displaced young people living in England: peer researcher reflections
Frameworks & standards
Guiding principles for youth-led social action
Frameworks & standards
Hear by Right guidance: self-assessment
Government & decision records
Hearing feedback, accepting criticism and building a better Ofsted: the response to the Big Listen
Learning & case studies
Listening Fund Young Advisors' Learning Journey
Toolkits & guides
Participation Toolkit
Learning & case studies
Participatory Grant Making Report 2018-2024
Toolkits & guides
Participatory research with young people: a toolkit
Government & decision records
Progressing the human rights of children in Scotland: update report 2021-2024 (end of plan report)
Learning & case studies
Sharing Power with Young People: A Listening Fund Practice Paper
Frameworks & standards
Standards for enhancing meaningful engagement of youth in evaluation – Youth organizations
Toolkits & guides
Taking a children's human rights approach: guidance
Research & reviews
The Big Ambition: Ambitions, Findings and Solutions
CYV Learning & case studies
The Centre for Youth Voice: project discovery consultation summary
Frameworks & standards
UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 - part 2: statutory guidance
Toolkits & guides
VUĊI Toolkit: Valuing and Understanding Children's Impact
Toolkits & guides
Young Changemakers: a guide to peer research
Learning & case studies
Youth Engagement in grant-making
Government & decision records
Youth Insights Report (September 2021 – September 2024)
Learning & case studies
Youth participatory budget (Cascais, Portugal)
Research & reviews
Youth Participatory Research: A Review of Reviews and Practice Guidance
Toolkits & guides
Youth Voice Innovation Storybook
Toolkits & guides
Youth Voice: Creative co-production
Toolkits & guides
Youth Voice: Youth boards and governance
Frameworks & standards
'You're Welcome': establishing youth-friendly health and care services
CYV Frameworks & standards
A Framework of Outcomes for Young People 3.0
Toolkits & guides
An A–Z of Inclusive Research
Government & decision records
Children's Commissioner for Wales annual reports: Welsh Government responses (2017/18–2022/23)
Toolkits & guides
Cookbook of Meaningful Youth Political Participation
Toolkits & guides
Engaging Children in Decision Making: A guide for consulting children
Toolkits & guides
iSay toolkit, Chapter 3: Access to Participation
Learning & case studies
Meaningful Youth Engagement in Evaluation: Lessons from UNFPA experience
Toolkits & guides
Participatory Action Research: A toolkit
Research & reviews
Participatory Grantmaking: Building the Evidence
Toolkits & guides
Paying people who receive benefits: Co-production and involvement
Toolkits & guides
Pupil Voice: A guide for governing boards in schools and trusts
Toolkits & guides
Research with children: ethics, safety and promoting inclusion
Frameworks & standards
Statutory guidance for local authorities on services to improve young people's well-being
Toolkits & guides
Trauma Informed Youth Engagement Toolkit
Toolkits & guides
Voices of Refugee Youth: A Participatory Research Toolkit
Government & decision records
Welsh Government urged to take action on Youth Parliament recommendations
Learning & case studies
Working as a co-researcher: Shaping young people's mental health research
Learning & case studies
Young Grant Makers Reflection & Learning Report 2022-2023
Toolkits & guides
Youth co-research toolkit
Evaluations
Youth Engagement Impact Study
Toolkits & guides
'Collaborating in the shade of a tree': migration peer research toolkit
Toolkits & guides
A practical guide to embedding young trustees in your governance
Toolkits & guides
A toolkit for young people interested in research and co-research
CYV Learning & case studies
Act for Change Fund Learning Partnership: Key Messages
Toolkits & guides
Aiming Higher: Elevating Meaningful Youth Engagement for Climate Action
Learning & case studies
Building a youth-led fund: learning and insights from the Challenge and Change Fund
Learning & case studies
Child and Youth Participation in Philanthropy: Stories of Transformation
Toolkits & guides
Children & Young People's engagement in your ICS
Toolkits & guides
Consultation toolkit (Child Friendly Lambeth)
Toolkits & guides
Do it Yourself Manual (companion to Building youth voice)
Toolkits & guides
Factsheet #9: Facilitating Safe Online Spaces
Toolkits & guides
How to Create Change at the Local Level
Toolkits & guides
Inclusion Toolbox: A Guide on Inclusive Practices in Youth Activities
Learning & case studies
Participation through the Pandemic
Toolkits & guides
Participatory Budgeting Toolkit (West Wales)
Research & reviews
Statement on Children's Rights in Northern Ireland 3 (SOCRNI 3)
Research & reviews
User involvement in adolescents' mental healthcare: a systematic review
Frameworks & standards
Values for co-production between young people and organisations
Frameworks & standards
Vision for the Future of Youth-led Changemaking and Activism
Toolkits & guides
YESTEM Insight: How to set up and run an equitable youth board
CYV Learning & case studies
Young People's Participation in Decision-Making: UK 2022 survey report
Toolkits & guides
Young Researchers: Guidance
Toolkits & guides
Young Researchers: Toolkit
Research & reviews
Youth participation: Adultism, human rights and professional youth work
Government & decision records
Youth Review: summary findings and government response
Toolkits & guides
Youth Voice & Participation Toolkit
CYV
Learning & case studies
AMPLIFY! How to maximise young people's voices through your secondary school council
Evaluations
An evaluation of the Bright Spots programme
Toolkits & guides
Children and Young People as Partners Handbook
Frameworks & standards
Children's Rights Scheme 2021
Research & reviews
Co-production within child and adolescent mental health: a systematic review
Toolkits & guides
Digital Engagement in Participation
Evaluations
Evaluating the Restart Youth Programme
Frameworks & standards
National Framework for Children and Young People's Participation in Decision-making
Learning & case studies
Our Learning Journey: Three years on, 2018-2021
Toolkits & guides
Participation Framework Checklists and Evaluation Forms
Toolkits & guides
Participation Strategy Exemplar
Toolkits & guides
Young Person's Advisory Group (YPAG) Toolkit
Toolkits & guides
Young Placechangers Toolkit
Toolkits & guides
Young Researchers Toolkit: activating and sustaining young researchers
Toolkits & guides
Youth Participation Toolkit
Learning & case studies
Youth Participatory Grant-Making in Sierra Leone: Lessons from the Tar Kura Initiative
Toolkits & guides
Decision-making: children and young people's participation
Toolkits & guides
Engaging with young carers: A guide
Toolkits & guides
Evaluating Participation: A guide for professionals
Learning & case studies
Good Practices of Youth Participation
Learning & case studies
Grassroots Grantmaking: Embedding Participatory Approaches in Funding
Learning & case studies
Helping young people feel at home in Scotland
Learning & case studies
Involving Young Londoners: A review of participatory approaches in the youth sector
Toolkits & guides
Participatory Budgeting in educational establishments
Learning & case studies
Peer Research in the UK
Research & reviews
Perspectives on Youth Participation
Frameworks & standards
Principles for working with and paying young people
Toolkits & guides
The Revolution Researchers' Guide to Co-producing Research
Research & reviews
The Right of Children to Participate in Public Decision-Making Processes
Toolkits & guides
We Are Here: A Child Participation Toolbox
Frameworks & standards
Young Inspectors: A guidance framework
Toolkits & guides
A councillor's workbook on engaging with young people
Toolkits & guides
A guide to commissioning outcomes for young people
Toolkits & guides
Co-designing with young people: The fundamentals
Toolkits & guides
Factsheet #8: Young Inspectors
Toolkits & guides
Finding Your Voice: Confidence in the community
Toolkits & guides
Include Autism (toolkit for youth groups)
Research & reviews
Student Voice and Children's Rights: Power, Empowerment, and 'Protagonismo'
Toolkits & guides
The Children's Research Centre Hub
Toolkits & guides
The Resiliency-Based Research Toolkit
Toolkits & guides
Toolkit for Delivering Participatory Budgeting for Youth in Cities
Frameworks & standards
UK Standards for Public Involvement
Government & decision records
Youth Inspection: Northern Ireland Youth Forum
Government & decision records
Actions Agreed at the Cabinet Meeting with Children and Young People, 28 February 2017: Progress Report
Toolkits & guides
All together now: a toolkit for co-production with young people
Frameworks & standards
Applying corporate parenting principles to looked-after children and care leavers
Learning & case studies
Being Heard: Helping to Create the Next Generation of Civic Leaders in Scotland
Frameworks & standards
Conceptual Framework for Measuring Outcomes of Adolescent Participation
Toolkits & guides
Factsheet #5: Involving children & young people in formal meetings
Toolkits & guides
How to write a children and young people's engagement plan
Toolkits & guides
Learner Participation in Educational Settings (3-18)
Toolkits & guides
Participation with Children and Young People: Advice to Public Bodies
Toolkits & guides
Recipes for Engagement: children and young people in the lead
Learning & case studies
Youth-Led Programme Evaluation (PeacePlayers Northern Ireland)
Toolkits & guides
A Field Guide to Ripple Effects Mapping
Learning & case studies
Circuit 2013–2017: a review of the evaluation structures and practices
Toolkits & guides
Factsheet #4: Barriers to Participation
Toolkits & guides
Glasgow's Participatory Budgeting Evaluation Toolkit
Toolkits & guides
Involving children and young people in specialised commissioning
Toolkits & guides
More than we expected! A Guide to Peer Research with Young People
Research & reviews
New and innovative forms of youth participation in decision-making processes
Toolkits & guides
The Fifteen Steps Challenge: a children and young people's toolkit
Frameworks & standards
The Right Way: A Children's Rights Approach in Wales
Research & reviews
The Voices of Young Carers in Policy and Practice
Learning & case studies
Young people take budget lead: digital PB in North Ayrshire
Evaluations
An evaluation of the NHS England Youth Forum
Frameworks & standards
Child Participation Assessment Tool
Toolkits & guides
Comhairle na nÓg Toolkit (2nd edition)
Evaluations
Evaluating Youth Social Action – final report
Government & decision records
Pupil participation: a best practice guide (thematic report)
Toolkits & guides
Pupils' Voices Guidance Pack
Learning & case studies
Shaping Budgeting: Evaluation of process by PB Partners
Learning & case studies
How young people friendly are our health services? Nottinghamshire Mystery Shopper Report
Learning & case studies
How Young People's Participation in School Supports Achievement and Attainment
Frameworks & standards
Revised European Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life
Frameworks & standards
Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years
Toolkits & guides
Young Trustees Guide: developing the next generation of charity leaders
Toolkits & guides
Hear Us Out: A VIPER guide to participation in decision making
Frameworks & standards
Listening to and involving children and young people
Toolkits & guides
PiiAF: The Public Involvement Impact Assessment Framework Guidance
Frameworks & standards
7 Golden Rules for Participation
Toolkits & guides
Ethical Research Involving Children (ERIC compendium)
Research & reviews
Youth Participation in Democratic Life – final report (EACEA 2010/03)
Frameworks & standards
A Student Engagement Framework for Scotland
Toolkits & guides
Game Changers: Establishing a Youth Advisory Council
Toolkits & guides
How to involve children and young people in commissioning
Research & reviews
Is anyone listening? The impact of children's participation on policy making
Learning & case studies
An evaluation of approaches to commissioning young people's services
Toolkits & guides
Guidelines for Research with Children and Young People
Toolkits & guides
Child- and Youth-Friendly participatory action research toolkit
Toolkits & guides
Finding and supporting young trustees: A checklist for charities
Frameworks & standards
General Comment No. 12 (2009): The right of the child to be heard
Toolkits & guides
How to develop a Youth Forum in your museum: A toolkit of ideas
Government & decision records
Having your say: young people, participation and school councils
Learning & case studies
Participatory Budgeting for a Vibrant City
Learning & case studies
Connexions Direct Mystery Shopping Survey 2006/7
Research & reviews
Real Decision Making? School Councils in Action
Toolkits & guides
Key Stage One School Councils Toolkit
Frameworks & standards
Practice Standards in Children's Participation
Toolkits & guides
The 'Most Significant Change' (MSC) Technique: a guide to its use
Toolkits & guides
Useful Tools for Engaging Young People in Participatory Evaluation
Research & reviews
Mapping Children and Young People's Participation in England
Toolkits & guides
Breathing Fire into Participation: Funky Dragon Guide to Participation
Research & reviews
Changing the Face of Giving: An Assessment of Youth Philanthropy
Frameworks & standards
Pathways to Participation: Openings, Opportunities and Obligations
Learning & case studies
#Pupils Voice: Making a Difference Report
Toolkits & guides
A Guide to Establishing a Children and Young People's Advisory Group
Evaluations
Ambassadors Evaluation
Frameworks & standards
Beyond Lundy Framework
Toolkits & guides
Contribution Analysis (Better Evaluation overview)
Government & decision records
DfE response to the Youth Select Committee report 'PSHE Education in Secondary Schools'
Toolkits & guides
Facilitator's Guide for Participatory Evaluation with Young People
Toolkits & guides
Factsheet #1: Methods and Levels of Participation
Toolkits & guides
Factsheet #3: The Participation Process
Toolkits & guides
Including Young People in Your Organisation: A How-To Guide
Frameworks & standards
Inverclyde Rights of the Child (IROC) Award Pack
Frameworks & standards
Our 6-Step Methodology (youth-led research)
Toolkits & guides
Outcome Harvesting (Better Evaluation overview)
Toolkits & guides
Participation (Section 4)
Toolkits & guides
Participatory grantmaking in action
Research & reviews
Participatory Grantmaking: Has Its Time Come?
Toolkits & guides
PB in Schools
Learning & case studies
Resourcing Connections: Reflections on Feminist Participatory Grantmaking Practice
Toolkits & guides
Setting up a parish, town or community youth council
Toolkits & guides
Steps to YouthBank
Frameworks & standards
Ten principles of peer research
Toolkits & guides
Ten Top Tips for researchers working with young people
Frameworks & standards
The Lundy Model of Participation
Learning & case studies
The Spirit of Youth: A summative look at Spirit of 2012's Youth Advisory Panel
Toolkits & guides
The Young Researchers' Programme Resource Guide
Toolkits & guides
Top tips for signing the Power of Youth Charter
Learning & case studies
Young Grant-Makers: A report on the pilot programme, 2018
Evaluations
Young Grantmakers in Glasgow: Process Evaluation
Toolkits & guides
Young Researcher's Portfolio: Young Researcher's Programme & Toolkit
Toolkits & guides
Youth Advocacy Toolkit
Toolkits & guides
Youth Governance Toolkit
Government & decision records
Youth Led Peer Research - Impact and Response
Toolkits & guides
Youth Voice Toolkit (Youth Sport Trust)
Toolkits & guides
Youth Voice Toolkit: Ideas, Tips & Tools
Toolkits & guides
YouthBank Scotland: guides and training for youth-led grant-making
Frameworks & standards
YouthBank UK Golden Rules
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