Participation - paper based
Welcome to the Participation section.
- Social Care & Participation of Children & Young People 22/02/06 [E/NI/S/W]
A guide from SCIE focuses on how managers and practitioners in social care can initiate and sustain the participation of children and young people in developing their services.
- Spaces to play[E/NI/S/W]
Explores how to listen to young children’s views and experiences of their outdoor environment, in order to inform change.
- Standard! [E/NI/S/W]
This report raises the question of how standards can be applied to young people’s involvement in the decisions which shape their lives.
- Standards and Guidelines for the Involvement of Young People 10/06 [E]
This document intended to help any organization that wants to improve its practice in involving people. The standards/guidelines have been develop in the context of involving young people in the design, delivery, governance and evaluation of the Connexion Services but principles are adaptable to other organisations.
- Taking the Initiative: promoting young people's involvement in public decision making in the Northern Ireland. Carnegie Youth People Initiative.
Report based on findings from a survey of organisations (national and local public and voluntary sector) looking at what is being done and what more can be done to involve young people in democracy in its broadest sense. Includes examples of good practice and concludes with a series of recommendations for action.
- Taking the Initiative: promoting young people’s involvement in public decision making in the UK – Update [E/NI/S/W]
In June 2001 the Carnegie Young People Initiative (CYPI) launched Taking the Initiative – promoting the involvement of young people in public decision making in the UK. This report, by David Cutler, is an update on progress that has been made.
- Taking the Initiative: promoting young people’s involvement in public decision making in the UK[E/NI/S/W]
Taking the Initiative: promoting young people’s involvement in public decision making in the UK by David Cutler and Roger Frost examines what is happening in the UK in terms of involving children and young people in public decision making.
- The Evaluators Cookbook [E/NI/S/W]
This resource consists of Participatory Evaluation Exercises developed by NCEF staff, Children’s Fund workers.
- The Participation Charter [E]
The Children Now Participation Charter sets out a vision for giving children and young people a say in the decisions that affect them. It was drawn up in collaboration with experts and organisations in the field as well as children and young people.
- The participation of children and young people in developing social care [E/NI/S/W]
This guide focuses on how managers and practitioners in social care can initiate and sustain the participation of children and young people in developing their services.






