Stories 2 Connect
by: Cath Larkins
Stories 2 Connect was a research project that we ran to find out people’s stories. We did lots of interviews with people. We added people’s stories together as fiction. And we made them come alive in a phygital way (in digital objects). See www.stories2connect.org
Youth Voice
Tell us your advice on doing participation activities. The group have a different agenda each month when they come together. However, we have started to recognise …
Children’s City Council Opatija
What did we do
The aims of our project:
• Establishing a relationship of mutual respect, listening and communication between children and the City.
• Developing awareness of the City as a community of all citizens.
• Recognition of rights to all groups of citizens.
• Enabling children to exercise their right to express their opinions.
• Training children to make decisions for themselves and others.
• Developing responsibility for children for decisions they make.
In October 2001, the first meeting of the Coordination Board of the “Children City Council” project was held at the premises of the Administrative Department for Self-Government and City Administration of Opatija.
Children from Children City Council Opatija since 2001 participate in the development of local and national strategies for children.
In its work, the standards of the Children’s City Council of the City of Opatija are governed by:
1. The Children’s City Council of Opatija has it’s own Statute,
2. The sessions of Children’s City Council Opatija are recorded,
3. Children’s City Council Opatija gives it’s proposals for a large city budget, and adults from the city after budget adoption give councilors information on which proposals have entered into the budget,
4. The Mayor and his deputies regularly participate in the sessions of Children’s City Council Opatija,
5. The mayor and his deputies shall answer the questions to the children or provide their answers in writing,
6. The little Children’s City Council Mayor of Opatija follows the big City Mayor in all protocols for children,
7. Children’s City Council Opatija has its budget in the amount of 12.000, kn (1,500 Euro), “My hands grow to you bigger, because I want to give you luck” is the name of the Call for Proposals funds from the Budget of the Children’s City Council of Opatija,
8. Children’s City Council Opatija announces the Contest for children “My Heart and Your Arms need to conquer the whole world with goodness” with the aim of promoting solidarity and humanity among children (primary and secondary school),
9. City expert services provide all the logistical support in project implementation.
http://dnd-opatija.hr/en/project-actions/society-our-children-opatija-and-ministry-of-social-policy-and-youth/
Contact: Antonia Katić, Society “Our children” Opatija (antonia.skoric14@gmail.com)
The place is called:
Opatija, Croatia
Date
1/3/2001
Ongoing
Children and Young People’s Panel on Europe
by: Cath Larkins
What did we do
Children in Scotland worked in partnership with Together (the Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights) to support the engagement of children and young people in decision making about Britain’s exit from the EU.
We supported a group of 19 children and young people aged 8 – 19 to share their views and come up with recommendations for what they wanted to happen as the UK left the EU.
Contact: Chris Ross, Children in Scotland cross@childreninscotland.org.uk
Report launch video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P2xvII-KqA
The place is called:
Across Scotland
Date
20/7/2018
18/12/2020
JUK
by: Cath Larkins
What did we do
We trained young people in Japan as researchers. They did art activities and interviews with other disabled children and young people. We analysed the findings together. We compared the way Japan and the UK are with children’s participation and rights for people with disabilities. We reported to the UN Committee.
The place is called:
Japan and the UK
Date
1/12/2016
Ongoing
LEAP Cluj
What did we do
We delivered a comprehensive, multi- and inter-disciplinary assessment of the needs and opportunities for young people in the Cluj metropolitan area, guided by an ecosystem view and oriented towards future initiatives stemming from the results of the assessment. The project will deliver an evidence-informed, tech-enabled repository of data, actors and initiatives in the areas of health and well-being, and education and future of work in the Cluj metropolitan area, with a participatory and inclusive approach. Different aspects of the research and the formulation of policy proposals were provided through participatory mechanisms involving young people and stakeholders, too. Data and proposals are put at the base of future action in the Cluj Metro Area during a 10-year lifespan.
LEAP project website: www.leapcluj.ro
Overall presentation of the project (144 seconds): https://www.facebook.com/107986597796223/videos/2632866227026536
LEAP research report: https://leapcluj.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LEAP-Research-Report-2020.pdf
LEAP data repository with report and all underlying background documents: https://leapcluj.ro/data-repository/
LEAP Data visualization: https://leapcluj.ro/visualization/
Contact: András Farkas, PONT Group (andras.farkas@pontgroup.org)
The place is called:
Cluj-Napoca and Cluj Metro Area, Romania
Date
1/1/2020
1/12/2020
Add other important experiences or identities
community engagement, building intergenerational trust, developing the communities of the future
Children and (climate) change
by: Cath Larkins
What did we do
Academics shared their recent research. We reported on what children have told us and sumarised it in a picture.
The place is called:
Sion
Date
19/10/2020
21/10/2020
UC=MC2
by: Cath Larkins
What did we do
Work with young people in UCan to design this website.
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The place is called:
Preston
Date
1/9/2019
Ongoing
Taking Action
by: Cath Larkins
We look at the ideas we have investigated and try to: Understand and describe what is being communicated Identify similarities and differences between people’s ideas Pick …
‘Just putting me on the right track’: Young people’s perspectives on what helps them stop offending
by: Mark Lochrie
We conducted participatory action research with young people in contact with youth offending teams. It was led by young people in custody.
