Shift

When organisations involve young people in their work and share power with them, the focus is sometimes on how this impacts on the organisation.  In contrast, in this episode we explore why young peo…

There are many different ways to involve young people in an organisation’s work. We hear how four very different organisations tried to ensure their support for young people’s leadership was equitabl…

Young people are leading organisations and taking different approaches to decision-making and power sharing which all organisations can learn from. In this episode we hear from four young people lead…

Sharing and ceding power to young people can be challenging for organisations and the people who work within them. 

In this episode we hear from three very different organisations that have made a cle…

There is a growing involvement of young people in youth funders’ grantmaking. We hear about how this can work in practice, and the benefits and challenges from the perspectives of two young grantmake…

One of the ways that youth organisations and funders can involve young people in their work is to invite them to be part of their governance structure and become a trustee. In this episode we will he…

One of the ways that youth organisations work in a more consistent way with young people is to create structures for engagement and/or sharing power. In this episode, we will hear from four organisat…

One of the ways youth organisations work in a consistent way with young people is by creating specific roles for them. In this episode, we will hear from three organisations that have involved young …

One of the ways youth organisations can ensure that their work is aligned with the priorities of young people is to actively involve them in their learning and evaluation processes - to ensure that t…

Youth organisations often work in partnership with young people to design their programmes and services - this is sometimes called co-production. In this episode we’ll hear about the benefits and cha…

Welcome to our new series, which focuses on the shift amongst youth organisations and funders towards sharing power with young people, drawing on our work with The Listening Fund which aims to make t…