Participation People

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What do you get from community sport when you stop counting goals, scores and steps?Quite a lot, actually.A place to bel...
21/08/2026

What do you get from community sport when you stop counting goals, scores and steps?

Quite a lot, actually.

A place to belong.
An adult you trust.
Friends you might never have met otherwise.
The confidence to walk into a room and speak.
Your first opportunity to lead.
And maybe even the beginnings of a career you didn't know existed.

That's the version of sport we're talking about in the latest episode of the People x Participation Podcast.

Together with StreetGames professionals and young people unpack the power of community sport, and share their experiences of confidence, growth and having real agency in the spaces around them.

Sometimes, the game is just what gets people through the door.
But what happens once they're there can last a lifetime.

📺 YouTube: https://youtu.be/MyyaNW8AhFA
🎵 Spotify: https://bit.ly/pxp-ep6-spotify
🎙️ SoundCloud: https://bit.ly/pxp-ep6-soundcloud

We're not a huge team.But we have a lot of heart 💛And if you look at this photo closely, you'll probably notice somethin...
20/08/2026

We're not a huge team.
But we have a lot of heart 💛

And if you look at this photo closely, you'll probably notice something else.

Some of the people smiling back at you are our Young Consultants.

That's intentional.

Young people don't sit somewhere outside Participation People, waiting to be invited in when we need "youth voice". They're part of how we work.

They help us challenge strategies before they're finished. Shape projects before they're delivered. Facilitate conversations with professionals. Lead activities. Ask questions we wouldn't think to ask. And tell us when something simply isn't going to work.

Then, when the work is done, they're there to celebrate, eat, laugh and enjoy being part of the team too.

Because involving young people at the point of delivery is good.

But building an organisation alongside them is even better 💪

📣 Do you support parents, carers or families in the UK?We're looking for parents, carers and important adults to take pa...
19/08/2026

📣 Do you support parents, carers or families in the UK?

We're looking for parents, carers and important adults to take part in a new engagement project with the Adolescent Health Study (AHS).

Participants can choose from four flexible ways to get involved and will receive a £30 thank you payment for taking part.

We're particularly keen to hear from parents of young people with SEND, parents from racially diverse communities, rural families, and families from a wide range of backgrounds.

If you know someone who might be interested, we'd really appreciate you sharing this opportunity.

Sign up here 👉 https://bit.ly/ahs-pilot

Questions? Please contact Temi at [email protected]

How do you tell a young person they belong before they've even walked through the door?We've been thinking about that a ...
18/08/2026

How do you tell a young person they belong before they've even walked through the door?

We've been thinking about that a lot while putting together our new Young Consultant welcome packs💛

Inside there are teabags, sunflower seeds, bookmarks, games, and a few other surprises to make them smile.

Nothing extravagant.

Just small things chosen with care, and picked out by each member of our team.

We want our Young Consultants to know from the very beginning that they're not just here to participate. They're part of the team.

And that sense of belonging is built long before someone's first workshop. It's in the way we welcome them, the way we communicate, and the little things that say: we thought about you, and we're glad you're here.

Sometimes belonging is built through the smallest details.

If you were making a welcome pack for a young person, what would you include? 🌻

Sometimes system change looks surprisingly simple.Fewer words.Clearer language.Less repetition.And more humanity.When pe...
17/08/2026

Sometimes system change looks surprisingly simple.

Fewer words.
Clearer language.
Less repetition.
And more humanity.

When people don't understand the words a system uses, communication breaks down, trust is harder to build, families can't fully participate in decisions, and professionals can struggle to provide the right support at the right time.

That's why, through our work with the North West Improvement Partnership, feedback from families and professionals was used to simplify, streamline and humanise the language used across safeguarding.

Because if a system only works for some, it's not working for everyone.

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Decisions about young people's lives shouldn't be made without young people in the room.It's a simple idea.But whether w...
14/08/2026

Decisions about young people's lives shouldn't be made without young people in the room.

It's a simple idea.

But whether we're talking about politics, public services or community sport, too many decisions are still made for young people instead of with them.

In our latest People x Participation podcast, we partnered with StreetGames to explore what happens when young people move beyond being participants and become partners, leaders and decision-makers.

Join young people and professionals as they unpack why community sport is about so much more than activity. It's about confidence. Belonging. Leadership. And creating spaces where young people don't just take part, they help shape what comes next.

Huge thank you to Lucie, Mia and Eleeza for being our guests, and making this episode one of challenge, passion and inspiration.

🎧 Listen now:

📺 YouTube: https://youtu.be/MyyaNW8AhFA
🎵 Spotify: https://bit.ly/pxp-ep6-spotify
🎙️ SoundCloud: https://bit.ly/pxp-ep6-soundcloud

We're growing! 🎉As Participation People continues to grow, we're delighted to welcome three fantastic new people to the ...
13/08/2026

We're growing! 🎉

As Participation People continues to grow, we're delighted to welcome three fantastic new people to the team.

✨ Sabryna (she/her) joins us as Strategic Programmes & Partnerships Manager, bringing strategic thinking, brilliant relationship-building and plenty of energy.

🎨 Em (she/her) joins us as Youth Voice & Influence Officer, combining creativity with a real passion for making sure young people's voices don't just get heard; they help shape decisions.

📊 Tony (he/him) joins us as Senior Programme Manager, bringing thoughtful insight, attention to detail and a knack for asking the questions that make projects even stronger.

Each of them brings something different, but they all share the same commitment to creating meaningful participation with young people.

Please join us in giving Sabryna, Em and Tony a very warm Participation People welcome! 👋

"It's not the intervention they remember – it's the person."That's one of the biggest messages to come out of our recent...
12/08/2026

"It's not the intervention they remember – it's the person."

That's one of the biggest messages to come out of our recent Child Voice Design Labs with Somerset Council's Youth Justice Team.

Across two creative participation days, we helped young people explore what great support really looks like, but it wasn't through surveys or presentations.
It was through conversation, creativity and co-production.

What they told us was clear:

💬 Relationships matter.
👂 Listening has to be visible.
🤝 Trust comes before change.

Those conversations didn't end with the participation days.

They directly informed the Youth Voice Diagnostic, challenged long-held assumptions, and helped shape practical recommendations that will influence Somerset's Child Voice Roadmap.

Thank you to every young person who shared their experiences so openly, and to the Somerset Youth Justice Team for their commitment to putting children's voices at the heart of change 🫶

📢 Young people, we need your voice.We're working with the Adolescent Health Study to help shape one of the UK's biggest ...
11/08/2026

📢 Young people, we need your voice.

We're working with the Adolescent Health Study to help shape one of the UK's biggest adolescent health research programmes—and we're looking for young people aged 8–18 to get involved.

This is your chance to influence how research involving young people is designed. From conversations around privacy and consent to trust, safeguarding and how information is used.

Because research about young people should never happen without young people.

💷 Receive a £30 voucher for taking part.
📅 One 1.5 hour online session in August.

Not a young person?

Parents, carers, educators, youth organisations and trusted adults can get involved too! And if you know someone who'd be interested, we'd love your help spreading the word.

Together, we can help shape research that's fair, transparent and built with the people it's designed to benefit.

👉 https://bit.ly/ahs-ethics

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