Participation - paper based
Welcome to the Participation section.
- A young person’s agenda for democracy – one year on report, 21/10/03 [E/S/NI/W]
The Electoral Commission has published a report presenting the findings and recommendations of the 2003 monitoring programme of the Youth Voting Network. The network has focused on the activities of politicians, Government, The Electoral Commission and the media aimed at reconnecting young people with politics.
- Are Young People Being Heard?[E/NI/S/W]
Research commissioned by BT in consultation with ChildLine, during 2002. It reflects the opinions of some 2,600 children and young people and over 1,500 adults from across the UK.
- ‘Being Part and Parcel of the School’ 30/06/06 [NI]
The aim of the research is to determine the views and experiences of children and young people in relation to the development and review of bullying policies in schools in Northern Ireland.
- Barnardos and Save the Children Launch Fair Play Booklet 07/06/02 [NI]
The Fair Play booklet compiled for parents and guardians of children in Northern Ireland examines how to talk to children about issues of prejudice and discrimination.
- Breathing Fire into Participation [W]
This document consists of good practice guidelines on supporting groups of children and young people to participate.
- Children and Participation: Research, Monitoring and Evaluation with Children and Young People[E/NI/S/W]
This Save the Children UK document is about participatory information gathering in the process of research, monitoring and evaluation with children and young people.
- Children As Complainants In The Health And Personal Social Services In Northern Ireland [NI]
This report investigates the operation of post 1996 ‘Wilson Complaints procedures’ or within the post 1995 Children Order procedure within Health and Social Services Trusts in Northern Ireland with regard to complaints made by or on behalf of children and young people. It also discusses the importance of such systems in upholding children’s rights and in particular Article 12 of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child which establishes the principle that children have a right to express their views on all matters of concern to them.
- Children as partners in planning: a training resource to support consultation with children [E/NI/S/W]
Written by Lina Fajerman, Michael Jarrett & Faye Sutton, this training resource to support consultation with children is aimed at childcare workers in a range of settings and for all professionals associated with Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships.
- Children’s participation in family decision-making [E/NI/S/W]
One of the National Children’s Bureau/Barnardos ‘Highlight’ series (no.196), this paper focuses on children’s participation in the ‘private’ decision-making of everyday family life.
- Children's Rights in N. Ireland 2004 - Report 11/04 [NI]
On behalf of the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY), Queen’s University has produced a report entitled Children’s Rights in Northern Ireland 2004. The 281-paged research document comprises an audit of the current state of children’s rights and a critical analysis of the extent to which they are respected in law, policy and practice.
