🎯 Clarity of purpose, quality over quantity, flexibility and adaptability.. If you’re thinking about setting up a youth board, check out these reflections from our partners 💭 thelisteningfund.org/how-do-you-set… #youthvoice

❓ What are organisations doing to involve young people in learning and evaluation? Our third practice paper sets out case studies and questions... thelisteningfund.org/wp-content/upl…

💡 Check out this podcast episode on #coproduction with young people - with guests from @leap_CC @foyerfederation SOUNDS LiKE CHAOS. Their accounts of what they’ve tried and tested can help anyone thinking about coproduction in their #youthwork podfollow.com/1719280051/epi…

“A challenge came from the language we used [...] calling this ‘co-production’ alienated some who had been practicing ‘youth participation’ or ‘youth voice’.” This valuable blog by Alex McKell tell us how @Leap_CC developed their co-production approach thelisteningfund.org/how-we-develop…

💥 Check out this podcast episode on #youth ambassadors, with guests from @primetheatreUK @bigleafsurrey Kent Refugee Action Network (KRAN) 🧡. Hear what they’ve tried and tested and consider whether this is something you could integrate into your #youthwork. podfollow.com/shift-2/episod…

🤔 Do you involve young people in learning and evaluation? This blog highlights key themes of our paper on the topic thelisteningfund.org/the-benefits-a…

💡 “The most important thing we have learnt is how important listening is when we are employing people with lived experience – listening to needs, rather than gathering up advice and input into the project.” Read Mari Eggins of Carefree Fostering Independence Cornwall's blog ⬇️ thelisteningfund.org/listening-to-s…

💡 We created some handy toolkits to help organisations listen to young people.. Check out our Quick Guides to working with young trustees & ambassadors, and recruiting with young people. thelisteningfund.org/our-resources/ ..and please share them far and wide and give us your feedback!

✨ Focus on the development of the young person first ✨ Build partnerships with other similar networks / orgs ✨ Find projects that they can champion. Fawzia’s advice from her experience of setting up an ambassadors programme at Kent Refugee Action Network (KRAN) 🧡 thelisteningfund.org/listening-with… #youthvoice

💡 Check out this podcast episode on involving young people in monitoring and evaluation - with guests from Carefree Fostering Independence Cornwall @foyerfederation @hotchocotrust. Find out what they’ve done, how it can enrich your practice, and the tensions that can come about. podfollow.com/shift-2/episod…

“It takes time to build the trusting and meaningful relationships needed to empower young people, especially within a new organisation, and we’ve naturally met some challenges.” Read this blog from the Life Chance Trust 👇 thelisteningfund.org/life-chance-tr… #youthvoice

💥 Check out this podcast episode on setting up a youth steering committee or council - w/ guests from The Mix Spark Inside We Don't Settle and The Neurodiversity Charity ADHD Foundation. Find out what’s worked for them and get insight to enrich your own #youthwork podfollow.com/shift-2/episod…

Read this great blog by Kerry Hunter of The Neurodiversity Charity ADHD Foundation, on the unique challenges and benefits of listening to young people with neurodiversity. thelisteningfund.org/the-benefits-a… #youthwork

“Being listened to can help you form relationships, build trust, and think if I have a problem... I can actually go to them with my issues and not carry the weight of it on my own.” A young person spoke to a Fund partner for our blog 👇 thelisteningfund.org/a-young-person…

💡 Check out this podcast episode on young #trustees - with guests from Blagrave Trust @youngtrustees, and a young trustee. Their honest accounts can help anyone thinking of developing their #governance in this way. podfollow.com/shift-2/episod…

🌱 What do you think are the softer skills we need to listen to young people well? Take a look at this blog, and tell us what you think below! thelisteningfund.org/the-softer-ski… #youthwork

“There’s something very wrong with leadership in workplaces right now – people feel it’s impossible they would reach leadership." A young advisor on her time as a co-exec director of Boundless Theatre ​​ thelisteningfund.org/what-ive-learn…

💥 Check out this podcast episode on #grantmaking with young people - including guests from Blagrave Trust and Dan Seifu. Hear about what it’s like to be a young grantmaker, and what it’s like to work with young #grantmakers podfollow.com/shift-2/episod…

Nicky Crabb from @littlegreenpig1 gave us her top 5 tips for setting up a youth advisory board: thelisteningfund.org/five-tips-for-… Do you have any others? 🤔 #youngtrustees #youthwork #youthvoice

Talie Jenson and Bohdana Dock from @themixuk tell us how they combined ‘narrow and wide listening’ - looking at big data and also fostering deep listening in spaces like youth voice groups - to come to what they call ‘inclusive listening’ thelisteningfund.org/data-and-dialo… #youthvoice