This section provides guidance on how to support youth voice and participation within funding decisions, design, and processes.
Weaving a collective tapestry: a funder's toolkit for child and youth participation
This practical toolkit from the Elevate Children Funders Group (ECFG) supports grantmakers and funders to better understand and implement meaningful youth participation within their philanthropic life cycles and initiatives.
A guide to commissioning outcomes for young people
This resource from NYA provides a guide for commissioners on how to involve young people in the commissioning process, and demonstrate how youth work and youth workers could be commissioned to deliver outcomes.
How funders can effectively support place-based funding
This report from YMCA George Williams College on behalf of the Empowering Local group provides a compelling section on how involving young people in setting strategy and investment priorities, right through the grant making and evaluation
processes, is a crucial component for funding life cycles.
