Participation - paper based
Welcome to the Participation section.
- It's their word against mine: young people's attitudes to the police complaints procedure in Northern Ireland[NI]
This paper aims to break ground by looking in some detail at young people’s attitudes to and experiences of the workings of one of those new bodies, the Police Ombudsman, and to explore issues related to young people’s willingness to engage with the PONI.
- Jump on Board![NI]
This resource introduces young people to the role of voluntary management committees. A tutor’s manual, it equips trainers to facilitate a course for young people in how groups in the voluntary and community sector are formed and run.
- Listen Then Commission: A Report to the Department of Health [E/NI/S/W]
A report commissioned by the Department of Health in 2002, to find out about children’s views on fostering services.
- Listening to Young Children[E/NI/S/W]
This a comprehensive resource to support practitioners’ understanding of what it means to include the voices of young children, and to respond to what young children have to say. The pack contains an introductory guide, a Reader, a Practitioner Handbook, and 11 individual case study booklets. There is also a CD-Rom which includes audiovisual material to illustrate the case studies.
- Local and vocal: promoting young people’s involvement in local decision-making; an overview and planning guide [E/NI/S/W]
Based on a collection of case studies, this resource aims to celebrate young people’s involvement in local decision-making
- Making It Count Training Manual 04/07/06 [NI]
This is training manual for practitioners to engage with individuals working with Looked after children.
- Making it r wrld 2 - Consultation summary 11/04 [NI]
OFMDFM’s Children & Young People’s Unit has launched for consultation a draft 10-year strategy for children and young people. Entitled Making it r wrld 2, the strategy sets out a vision, values and an integrated way of thinking about all aspects of children & young people’s lives, including their rights and citizenship. The closing date for consultation responses is 28 February 2005.
- Measuring the Magic? Evaluating and researching young people's participation in public decision-making[E/NI/S/W]
This report reviews evaluation and other research evidence about young people’s participation in public decision making, with the aim of identifying how much we know about what works and what more we need to find out.
- Methods of Involving Children and Young People in Children’s Services Planning [NI]
The Southern Area Children’s Services Planning Team commissioned this report which aims to address the lack of participation and consultation of young people by the service providers of health, education and social services amongst others.
- National Standards for Children and Young People’s Participation for Wales [W]
From commonly agreed ‘core principles’ of participation, the Children and Young People’s Participation Consortium and the Participation Unit have developed National Standards for Children and Young People’s Participation i.e. quality standards that can provide a means for inspecting and assessing participatory practice. There are seven National Standards.
