young people
Top Dog Challenge
Created by Rotherham MBC for their Local Democracy week this resource pack contains all you need to run a Top Dog Challenge event - challenge local school teams to step into the shoes of decision makers and allocate a local neighbourhood budget of 100,000 pounds.
Rotherham People Power Young People
Community Newsletter produced by young people in Rotherham showcasing how young people are working to bring about change and influence decision making in their community.
Young People Voice & Influence Toolkit
A toolkit for fun and imaginative ways of consulting with children and young people. Developed by Rotherham Youth Project as part of YMCA White Rose with support from the Targeted Support Fund.
Sharing best practice in youth engagement
This voices was produced by the Brathay Trust based on 5 case studies of interviews with young people. The document highlights the young people's perspectives on youth participation, youth voice and youth empowerment, set in the context of current literature and practice.
It demonstrates some of the complexities of adult-youth partnership working and draws out 10 key points for good practice
How Your Borough Works - Young People
A course devised and delivered by GROW in Rotherham for a group of Young Women. The course aims to develop understanding of what community means, of how priorities are identified and made into local actions, and explore the rights and duties as a citizen within their local community.
Bradford youth summit - 'Our Shared Future'
The Bradford Youth Summit (31st January 2008) was a unique opportunity for 240 young people from across Bradford to engage in the wider debate of on local services, facilities and relationship building in their city. The Summit provided a platform to empower young people to become part of the solution by asking them ‘what can I do?’ in responses to four key issues that affect young people, which had been devised by themselves through a wider consultation exercise across schools in Bradford.
The power of young people
This publications outlines the learning from two quite different approaches to raising the voices of young people.
