Youth Voice in Research and Evaluation

This Barnados toolkit aims to support practitioners to empower Key Stage 2 aged children to conduct a research and action project in their school, to make changes on things within their school or local community which matter to them.

These lesson plans and resources from Berkeley YPAR Hub support practitioners to get started with their own YPAR project.

This blog reflects on how practitioners can make their research more inclusive.

This infographic from University of Bedfordshire illustrates how young people's participation in research and services can be "protective" at an individual level and for young people more widely.

This guide by Forum for Youth Investment breaks down what youth participatory action research is and how it can be used to influence policy.

This Listening Fund Practice Paper looks at why, when and how organisations are involving young people in evaluative work.

In this blog, Esmée Fairbairn's Involving Young People Collective share 10 values for co-production between young people and organisations.

This resource contains practical templates and plans to support youth engagement within research and evaluation projects. 

The Evaluator’s Cookbook contains ideas for participatory evaluation exercises developed by NECF staff and Children’s Fund practitioners, drawing in particular on the work of Katrice Horsley and Katalyst Tales.