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Our stories using Hear by Right

We have collected a range of stories from organisations using Hear by Right. These stories share details of the processes they have used to map and plan for the wider involvement of young people influencing their organisations.

You can learn about the different ways in which Hear by Right can work in practice by browsing the stories below.

Derbyshire Youth Service: Process of using Hear by Right

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Assessment of current position of the active involvement of children and young people and training needs for staff, undertaking of relevant training and completion of Hear by Right standards map and plan for Derbyshire Youth Service.

What we did:


Completed the Hear by Right standards mapping.

What happened:

Richmond Borough Council: Getting a better deal for Children and young people

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Our story at the Dane Housing Group

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Hear By Right Implementation flowchart

A flowchart picturing the process of the implementation of Hear by Right throughout Rainer Crime Concern.

South Tyneside Council/Alliance - Systems

Evidence from South Tyneside Alliance of what is changing as a result of children and young people's participation within the Trust.

Discusses how the various members record and evaulate their work (both soft and hard outcomes) through individual folders and case studies.

Case Study – ‘Voices’ Youth Participation Group, Hackney

This case study features the Department of Health’s Teenage Health Demonstration Site (THDS) in Hackney and explores the journey The City and Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust (PCT) in London has taken in establishing and enabling young people’s participation in health services.

NYA Confirmation of Status

A report produced the NYA to confirm status of South Tyneside.

UNCRC Building Blocks Model

This resource presents the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as building blocks with Protections and Provisions as the walls and Participation as the keystone.


Manchester Children's Fund: Measuring practice city wide

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Manchester Children’s Fund are working in partnership with key agencies across the city to develop participation work and in particular, test out Hear By Right with a view to adopting it city wide.

A best practise group has been set up and they have developed an action plan to support participation work across the city over the coming months. The key objectives of the group are as follows:

Investing in Children and The NYA Participation Programme forge new partnership

A presentation of a new partnership between The NYA and Investing in Children.

Children's Trusts Shared Learning, Practice and Celebrations Case Study

Shared Learning, Practice and Celebrations from a selection of Strategic Partnerships on improving the active participation of children and young people within Children’s Trusts using Hear by Right.

How Birmingham Independent Visitors Project is using Hear by Right

Jeanette Everton is the Project Co-Ordinator for Action for Children’s Independent Visitors Project in Birmingham.

Birmingham Independent Visitors Project provides support by matching Independent Visitors to young people who are in residential care or in foster homes.

Involving Young People Week Report

A report completed by Black County Connexions about a week of young people's active involvment.

Somerset Children's Fund: Promoting Hear by Right to Project Teams

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Somerset Children’s Fund works with over 30 service providers to deliver projects that benefit children in Somerset. At their ‘So What Difference Does It Make’ conference in March 2004 all the service providers attending each received a copy of Hear By Right.

Evaluations of Hear by Right Map & Plans

Evaluations of the Hear by Right Map and Plans undertaken throughout Derbyshire.

Briefing paper to staff

'The purpose of this briefing is to set out Rainer’s commitment to young people’s participation in our services and the organisation as a whole and to introduce how we plan to use the national Hear by Right standards framework to carry this work forward over the next three years.'

Investing in Portsmouth Children:celebrating dialogue and change

A leaflet explaining the partnership between Portsmouth City Council, Investing in Children and The NYA.

Hear by Right Process in Norfolk

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The Active Citizenship Team supports and promotes the active involvement of children and young people in formal and informal decision making processes. Hear by Right is used to underpin the work of the team and used frequently as a tool with adults and children and young people to assess, plan and develop youth involvement.

The Team have a specific responsibility to develop positive youth involvement in newly formed Children and Young People’s Partnerships, the Local Area Agreement (LAA) and Children and Young People’s Plan for Norfolk.

Y Care International UK: Integrating Young people in an International Organisation

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Y-Care International is a part of the YMCA movement focussing on overseas development projects with young people. Y-Care is currently looking to increase its work with young people in the UK, and has made use of Hear By Right in guiding the early stages of that process.

Peterborough Youth Service: Promoting Hear by Right

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Supported by the Youth Service, and based at their own Young People’s Office, Youth Consultation Peterborough aims to develop strong working relationships between young people and adults. The project is driven and managed by young people. Youth Consultation Peterborough promotes Hear By Right to organisations and council departments who are looking to involve young people in their work.