Training & Events
Free training for everyone working with young people's voice
Online sessions, Communities of Practice and the occasional day in person. Book below; recordings and slides from past sessions stay here.
Upcoming
Booking currently runs through the Network's events pages; it moves to a booking platform before the 2027 programme opens.
Inter Faith Youth Leadership: involving young people in National Inter Faith Week
A one-hour webinar facilitated by members of the Youth Advisory Panel for Inter Faith Week 2026 (8 to 15 November, theme 'Lighting the Way for a Shared Future'): why youth interfaith leadership matters and practical ways to support young people to take part.
Centre for Youth Voice: launching our 2027 offer
A two-hour online session launching the Centre's 2027 offer: plans for the year ahead across Insight, Involve and Impact; a live walk-through of the new data repository; youth-led funding with The National Lottery Community Fund; Youth Matters with DCMS; and the 2027 training programme with monthly sessions from trainers across the country.
Course
Peer Research Toolkit Training
Eight recorded lectures with Q&A, built on Involving Young People: A Toolkit for Peer Research. Work through them in order.
- 1
Introduction to peer research
- 2
Setup, recruitment and budgets of peer research
- 3
Co-designing research aims and questions
- 4
Participatory research methods
- 5
Ethics, safeguarding and data protection
- 6
Conducting fieldwork with peer researchers
- 7
Involving young people in analysis
- 8
Impact and embedding participation
Past events
Recordings and slides are added as they become available.
Young Evaluators
Politics in Action share their Young Evaluators model: training young people to lead interviews, focus groups, survey design and analysis, and hiring them to evaluate other organisations' work.
Re-thinking London's green transition: building youth-led urban climate action across the capital
A half day at City Hall with 80+ young Londoners and local authority practitioners. Four young peer researchers present new findings on youth-led climate action across London, followed by workshops on embedding youth participation in green transition policy. Led by LSE Cities with Partnership for Young London and Islington Council.
Intersectionality and Belonging Training
How intersectionality and belonging influence young people's experiences, and practical ways to create more inclusive, accessible and meaningful youth voice opportunities.
Amplify
Amplify: Embedding Youth Voice
Led by the Amplify peer researchers: what it takes to make youth voice meaningful in practice, and research-backed skills for building positive relationships with the young people you work with.
Amplify
Amplify: Stakeholder Mapping with Young People
An interactive seminar led by Amplify peer researchers: why stakeholder mapping matters, the template they designed, and a chance to try it and ask questions.
Co-assessment tool
Launching the Youth Voice Self-Assessment Framework
Launch of the self-assessment framework for practitioners and young people to use together, built around seven principles for meaningful youth voice practice and developed end to end with the Youth Voice Ambassadors.
Insight Data Tool
How to Use the Insight Data Tool
A walkthrough of the Insight data tool: how to find research and evidence on youth voice and young people's lives.
Involved in Services course · session 3
Evaluating Young People's Involvement in Services
Course 3 of 3. Articulate the purpose and audience of youth involvement evaluation, identify appropriate outcomes, and select evaluation tools to design a monitoring and evaluation plan.
Community of Practice
Community of Practice: Evidencing Impact and Change of Youth Voice
A two-hour Community of Practice session on evidencing the impact and change that youth voice creates.
Involved in Services course · session 2
Supporting Young People to be Involved in Services
Course 2 of 3. Assess young people's skills, knowledge and preferred working styles, draw on best practice in designing support, and refine your facilitation skills.
Insight Data Tool
How to Use the Insight Data Tool
A walkthrough of the Insight data tool: how to find research and evidence on youth voice and young people's lives.
Involved in Services course · session 1
Creating High Quality Opportunities for Young People to be Involved in Services
Course 1 of 3. Define the characteristics of involvement language, articulate an evidence-based framework for involvement with criticality, and plan an involvement opportunity for scenarios in health care, grant-making and creative arts.
Peer Research Toolkit Launch
Launching Involving Young People: A Toolkit for Peer Research, developed over half a decade of participatory research with young people.
Community of Practice
Community of Practice: Evaluating Peer Research with Young People
A two-hour Community of Practice session on evaluating peer research with young people.
Lundy Model Network Gathering
The Lundy Model Network's fourth in-person gathering, for organisations applying the Lundy Model of Participation across teams and able to evidence impact and share resources. For participation leads, elected members, academics and researchers.
Co-assessment tool
Youth Voice Co-Assessment Tool: test session 2
Second online session to test the co-assessment framework and invite open, honest feedback before the next draft launches in January.
Co-assessment tool
Youth Voice Co-Assessment Tool: test session 1
Help us test the co-assessment framework, developed with the Youth Voice Ambassadors for adults and young people to reflect together on their youth voice practice. Structured around seven principles with supporting questions.
Launch of the Centre for Youth Voice
The re-launch of the Centre for Youth Voice, hosted by the Youth Voice Ambassadors and the Network of Regional Youth Work Units: the new website, the training offer and resources for practitioners and young people, and areas for future development.