There is a growing involvement of young people in youth funders’ grantmaking. We hear about how this can work in practice, and the benefits and challenges from the perspectives of two young grantmakers, a funder, and a facilitator of youth invo

Ep 6: Young people as trustees

Dec 5th, 2023 16m 6s

One of the ways that youth organisations and funders can involve young people in their work is to invite them to be part of their governance structure and become a trustee. In this episode we will hear about the role of young trustees from a ra

Ep. 5: Involving young people through creating structures

Dec 5th, 2023 20m 15s

One of the ways that youth organisations work in a more consistent way with young people is to create structures for engagement and/or sharing power. In this episode, we will hear from four organisations that have created different kinds of str

Ep. 4: Involving young people through creating roles

Dec 4th, 2023 18m 15s

One of the ways youth organisations work in a consistent way with young people is by creating specific roles for them. In this episode, we will hear from three organisations that have involved young people in their work by creating different ki

Ep 3: Involving young people in learning and evaluation

Dec 4th, 2023 18m 21s

One of the ways youth organisations can ensure that their work is aligned with the priorities of young people is to actively involve them in their learning and evaluation processes - to ensure that their feedback informs the way their programme

Ep. 2: Involving young people in designing services

Dec 4th, 2023 15m 10s

Youth organisations often work in partnership with young people to design their programmes and services - this is sometimes called co-production. In this episode we’ll hear about the benefits and challenges of co-production and how three organi

Ep. 1: Series intro: Why share power with young people?

Dec 4th, 2023 29m 10s

Welcome to our new series, which focuses on the shift amongst youth organisations and funders towards sharing power with young people, drawing on our work with The Listening Fund which aims to make the youth sector more accountable to young peo

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