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09/10/2026

You said young people influenced the decision.

Cool.

Show us the receipt. 🧾

We talk constantly about closing the feedback loop, but proving influence can become complicated very quickly.

So, alongside Agora, we’ve created something deliberately simple: The Decision Receipt.

One page that records what young people recommended, who actually made the decision, what changed, what didn’t change and why, and how the outcome was fed back.

No fifty-page impact report required.
No vague “your feedback helped inform our thinking”.

Just a clear record that young people can understand, decision-makers can use and organisations can point to when they say participation made a difference.

Even if nothing was changed, logging a receipt is still useful. Being honest about why a recommendation couldn’t be acted on can protect trust far better than silence.
We made the tool to be used, not admired.

So this week, pick one live decision, create a Decision Receipt and see what it tells you.
If you can’t show where the influence happened, that might be the most useful finding of all.

Read more + use the tool here 👇 https://participationpeople.com/evidencing-youth-influence-with-decision-receipts/

08/10/2026

“Ask the young person about TikTok.”

If you’re the youngest person in a comms team, there’s a decent chance you’ve heard some version of that before 😅

But being under 30 doesn’t automatically make you the office TikTok correspondent. And involving younger people in comms should go much further than asking them which platform is trending.

That’s exactly what we got into at the Inside Housing Communications Conference, where Antonia hosted Under-30s: The Future of Comms alongside our Young Consultants Moontahar and Yashneil.

Instead of a traditional panel, the session put under-30s working across housing comms together to talk honestly about their careers, their audiences and what they’d change about the sector.

Why?

Because younger people aren’t just another audience to communicate to.

They’re colleagues, customers, tenants, contributors and decision-makers with valuable insight into how communication is changing, and should have a hand in shaping what comes next.

Huge thanks to Inside Housing, all the facilitators and everyone in the room who threw themselves into the conversation.

And, of course, to Moontahar and Yashneil for helping us practise what we preach and making sure young voices weren’t simply the subject of the session, but part of leading it. 💛

07/10/2026

Before you decide what something means… check what you actually know 👀

That’s the thinking behind our Curiosity Check, a simple tool for those moments when we’re listening to children, young people and families and need to separate what we heard from what we’ve assumed.

It gives you six quick prompts: notice, separate, explore, check, confirm and respond — helping you slow down just enough to ask a better question before making a judgement or decision. It’s a thinking aid rather than an assessment, and it never replaces safeguarding procedures.

We shared it as part of our 1% Better Webinar Series, and now we’re sharing it with you too.

🔗 Download it here https://bit.ly/curiosity-check

If you’ve missed the webinars so far, you haven’t missed the series.

We still have two sessions left, exploring how to make voice count and how to embed good participation so it becomes consistent rather than lucky.

Sign up before it’s too late 👇
https://bit.ly/1better-webinar-signup

06/10/2026

Ever wondered what it’s like to be a Young Consultant behind the scenes? 👀 Come with Moontahar and find out!

06/10/2026

132 ideas in six minutes.

Turns out, when you ask people to rethink what an inclusive library could look like, they have quite a lot to say 😅

Over two brilliant days in Sheffield and London, we joined the National Literacy Trust's Inclusive Libraries Conference to explore one question:

What do young people actually want from an inclusive library?

And this is exactly why young people needed to be part of the conversation.

Our Young Consultants brought something no report, framework or adult brainstorm could replicate: their own experience of what makes a space feel welcoming, relevant and genuinely for them.

They challenged assumptions, sparked conversations and helped a room full of professionals think differently about everything from relationships with librarians to author events and, apparently, the importance of hot chocolate.

That’s the thing about inclusivity.

You can design for people with the very best intentions. Or you can bring them into the room and find out what belonging actually looks like from where they’re standing.

A huge thank you to the National Literacy Trust for making space for that conversation — and to our brilliant young people, Izzy, Priscilla, Chloe, for bringing so much energy and insight to both days. 📚💛

05/10/2026

What would make school attendance work better for young people and families in Somerset?

Not what should work on paper.

What actually works in real life.

We’re looking for young people aged 7–25 and families in Somerset to share their experiences of school and attendance: what helps, what makes things harder and what needs to change.

You can get involved through a Listening Lab or create a short Talking Head video in your own time, with £20 in vouchers as a thank you for taking part.

Your insight will help shape Somerset’s future attendance strategy and strengthen how children, young people and families influence decisions with the council.

So if you’ve got something to say, this is a chance to make sure it reaches the people who can act on it.

🔗 Sign up here https://bit.ly/SCCS-CYPF

If you work with young people or families in Somerset, please share to help us get this in front of them 💛

Somerset Council

02/10/2026

Okay, we can finally tell you 👀

Participation People, together with Anna Freud , has been chosen by NHS England to run the NHS Youth Forum. 💛

And while this is a pretty big moment for us, our first job isn’t to arrive with a shiny new plan.
It’s to listen.

The NHS Youth Forum already has a strong legacy. Young people have shared their experiences, contributed to research and consultations, worked directly with decision-makers and helped NHS England understand what needs to change

So this next chapter starts with them.

We’ll be working alongside existing Forum members to understand what they value, what they want to keep, what could be better and where they want to take the Forum next. And throughout it all, making sure young people can see where their contributions go and what happens because they spoke up.

Because taking over a youth forum shouldn’t mean taking over from young people.
It should mean giving them even more opportunity to shape what comes next.

We’re incredibly excited to be doing that alongside Anna Freud, and hugely grateful to Barnardo's for the work, relationships and foundations they’ve built over the past three years.

A new chapter, yes. But definitely not a blank page.
Read the full announcement 👇

https://participationpeople.com/new-chapter-for-nhs-youth-forum-as-participation-people-and-anna-freud-take-the-lead/

30/09/2026

If you know the trend, you know where this is going… 👀

Turns out our dream girl is less of a girl and more of a children’s rights participation model.

There’s a reason why we’re such Lundy Model fans. Space, voice, audience and influence help make sure young people don’t just speak — they shape what happens next.

So yes, that’s not your girl. That’s good participation practice. 💅

28/09/2026

Green. Yellow. Red. Go. 🟢🟡🔴

Sometimes gathering useful insight from young people really can be that simple.

We recently ran a rapid-fire scrutiny activity where young people responded in real time using three cards:

🟢 Working for me.
🟡 Could be better.
🔴 Not working.

No lengthy interviews.
No 27-question survey that everyone loses the will to finish halfway through.

Just a quick, visual way for everyone in the room to have a say — followed by the bit that really matters: asking why.

That's where a simple activity becomes useful insight. A red card opens up a conversation about what isn't working. A yellow one gives you somewhere to improve. And when something gets a green? You learn what young people actually value and what might be worth doing more of.

It's quick. It's accessible. And most importantly, it's actually quite fun.

Steal this one for your next session, and if you try it, let us know what your young people think 👀

24/09/2026

Missed our first 1% Better webinar?

Good news: you haven't missed the series 👀

We've officially kicked things off with Episode 1: Trust Before Voice, but there are still three sessions left to join us for.

Next up, we'll be getting curious about how assumptions shape the way we listen. Then we're looking at what happens to people's voices once they've been shared, before finishing with how to make good participation consistent.

Each session is one hour, completely free and designed to leave you with one manageable change you can actually put into practice.

So no, you haven't missed the boat.

There's still 3% to go 😉

Sign up for the remaining sessions 👉 https://bit.ly/1better-webinar-signup

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