Youth Voice Resource Hub

Our dedicated Resource Hub brings together information, tools and training for anyone interested in strengthening their youth voice practice.

About the hub

We know that youth voice and participation underpins high quality and impactful youth provision. When young people feel heard and included, this results in improved outcomes for young people. 

But how do we know that we're working well with young people? Our free to access Youth Voice Resource Hub distils leading guidance, toolkits, frameworks and information to support hands-on delivery of youth voice and participation activities. Bringing together resources from around the sector, the Hub is a digital space where you can reflect on your own practice, take inspiration from others, or discover new approaches for embedding youth voice. 

We want to ensure the Hub reflects the breadth of youth voice evidence and tools available across the sector. If you have materials or publications that can support others to reflect on their youth voice practice, we would love to host it. Please get in touch with us at comms@ymcageorgewilliams.uk.

 

Blogs

Browse our College blogs exploring themes of youth voice, social action, and participation.

Learning from collaborative outcome reporting approaches to evaluating youth voice

Research Fellow Tom Burke reflects on his key takeaways from adopting a collaborative outcome reporting approach to evaluating youth voice, as part of our Establishing Youth Voice evaluation.

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The Power of Diverse Voices Within the Workforce

Erin Metcalfe reflects on her graduate journey to the College, and how investing in young people within your staff team can lead to greater impact.

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YMCA George Williams College signs the #iwill Power of Youth Charter

Signing the Power of Youth Charter and outlining our next steps for the Centre for Youth Voice.

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Authoring Our Own Stories Through the Power of Creative Thinking

Partnership for Young London's Sandra Vacciana shares insights from a fascinating national youth recovery project co-created with young people, and tells us how creative approaches have helped enhance authenticity and youth voice within its findings.

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Our Thoughts

The College's Zunaira Mahmood reflects on learning from our evaluation into the impact of youth voice within the #iwill Fund, and how we can all strive towards better embedding youth voice practice within our work.

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Let’s talk about youth voice: why is it important?

Insights from our Youth Steering Group on our new Typology of Youth Voice, and the importance of ‘good’ youth voice practice.

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Resi Reflections on the #iwill Data Collection Process

Reflections and learning from the Young Evaluator Panel's summer data collection, as part of an evaluation into the impact of youth voice within the #iwill Fund.

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Talking about youth voice - is it all just semantics?

Jo Hickman-Dunne delves into the wide-ranging terminology of youth voice, and how diversity in language can strengthen our evaluative approaches.

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Our Thoughts - Young Evaluators Panel

The College’s Research and Projects Assistant Zunaira Mahmood and Finlay from our Young Evaluators Panel reflect on the #iwill Youth Voice evaluation so far and the pros and cons of participatory research.

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