Over the past 18 months, the team at Y Care International (YCI) have been working hard to deliver the organisation’s youth participation strategy following a scoping exercise carried out with support from a Participation Consultant from the National Youth Agency.

Museums by Right: Young People’s Voice & Influence in Museums - A workshop delivering inspiration, tools and support for developing youth engagement with museums on Friday 22 January 2010, Bradford 1 Gallery, Bradford

In January 2010, 10 children and young people from the national Steering Group of Woodcraft Folk's BIG Lottery funded TREE programme met to review progress and plan ahead.

Developing Young People’s Voice and Influence in Health Services  

On 18 December 2009, the Stories of the World leads for the South West met to progress the participation of children and young people in museums. Discussion of vision, aims and objectives was central.

Do you have any questions about involving 0-5 year olds in the Hear by Right participation process? Then come along to the free Hear by Right and Early Years National Learning Group on 28th January 2010 which is being run by National Youth Agency as part of Participation Works.

NYA is working with the Association of Young People’s Health (AYPH) on a project to disseminate the learning generated from the Department of Health funded “Teenage health Demonstration sites” (THDS).

Japanese television paid a visit to The National Youth Agency recently to film material about Hear by Right and interview its author Harry Wade.

The National Youth Agency for Participation Works is convening a second national learning group looking at involving disabled children and young people in the Hear by Right participation process. We ran a similar event last year and the evaluation from colleagues valued the networking, contacts and the variety of organisations sharing similar issues and trying for solutions.