Youth Participation

✋What is Youth Participation?

Youth participation means involving young people in decisions that affect their lives. It's about giving YOU a voice, choice, and influence in how services are designed, delivered, and improved.

This can include:

• Taking part in youth councils, advisory boards, and forums

• Helping plan events or projects

• Giving feedback on services

 

🌟 Why is Youth Participation Important?

Youth participation matters because:

• Its important to influence decisions that affect you whether that's individually, operationally or strategically.
• Strategically - decisions about long-term planning, and that influence policy and practice.

✅ It empowers young people to make decisions about their lives

When young people are heard and involved, they feel valued, confident, and more in control of their lives.

✅ It improves services and decisions and delivery

Young people bring unique insights and lived experiences. Involving them helps youth services become more relevant, accessible, and effective.

✅ It influences policy 

Participation can help impact long term planning and influence policy and practices moving forward.