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Welcome to the Hear by Right website If you’ve not yet come across Hear by Right then this website will introduce the Hear by Right tool, and help you find out how you can use it in your organisation to embed the active involvement of children and young people. If you already use Hear by Right then you will be able to use this website to find out more about how others are using Hear by Right, to view shared resources and to find out in-detail what other organisations have done, or are planning to do, in order to meet any of the 49 indicators within Hear by Right. If you are interested in young people’s participation in general then you will also find this website has a lot to offer – with a rich library of resources and examples of participation in practice. To find out more, please explore the menu items along the top of the screen, or, if you have 10 minutes to spare, take the site tour for an overview of what you will find on the site. Hear by Right in your sector Hear by Right is used is a wide variety of settings. To jump directly to information about Hear by Right in your setting, select from the list below. We recommend that you are familiar with Hear by Right in general before looking at these sector specific pages. Children and Young People's Trusts Voluntary and Community Sector and other Third Sector Organisations Education Local Authorities National Organisations Participation Works Contexts for participation Participation is the process by which children and young people influence decision making which brings about change in them, others, their service and their communities. » Read more	Introducing the Hear by Right website Check out the video below for a short introduction and overview of what you will find on the Hear by Right website. Bill Badham - Co-author, Hear by Right Hear by Right News 21 Aug 2008 Hear by Right on the South Coast in July 2008 In partnership with Participation Works and Government Office, The NYA Hear by Right team has worked recently with 17 of the 19 local authorities across the South East to better build in the participation of children and young people to improve services so they get a better deal. Meanwhile Talha Ghannam reports on two of the events on the Isle of Wight and in Brighton and Hove. 28 Jul 2008 Rainer Conference - Hear by Right Video Clips Now Available 'Getting our House in Order' This is a video report that was carried out by The National Youth Agency. Check out the videos presenting a personal account from the delegates attending the conference. The videos provide a snippet into the world of young people's involvement from the view point of each organization. 07 Jul 2008 Rainer Crime Concern reflect on the Hear by Right process so far Rainer Crime Concern is a national charity for under-supported young people with over 600 staff enabling over 3500 young people everyday to help them change their lives for the better. In 2006 they became the first national voluntary organisation to adopt the Hear by Right standards and they embarked on a three-year programme to get young people involved in the design, delivery and evaluation of the services they use. I met with Beck Dabscheck to find out how the process has gone so far. You can subscribe to our RSS feed by e-mail or using a news reader to be notified whenever the news on this website is updated. Subscribe here.