We’ve spent quite a big chunk of this year working on a youth engagement guide for social housing providers with Peabody, Home Group, CBHA and CDHT.
That’s a fancy way of saying that we’ve been collecting loads of good hints and tips to help young people who live in houses owned by the council or housing associations to get more involved in their community.
We’ve been working closely with the Our Say Our Way partners and visited lots of young tenants and staff on estates across the country. It’s been brilliant to work with young people outside of schools. Especially since it has helped us to learn about participation in a slightly different setting from what we’re used to.
You can take a look at the toolkit here: Â http://www.oursay-ourway.co.uk/tool-kit.htm.
#1 by Rona at SPEN on 09/05/2012 - 11:35 am
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Hello Lovely Peeps at Involver,
Enjoyed looking at your tookit! Wanted to tell you about a super peer education project we have about this very topic. They’re called SmartLiving and they are based in Falkirk and Fife http://ow.ly/aNd4p . Brill project and they’ve won lots of awards and got accreditation for a lot of the young people on their project.
I’ll pass your work on to them.
Cheers
Rona :)
#2 by Asher on 09/05/2012 - 12:25 pm
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Looks like a great project Rona, we’ll make sure the Our Say Our Way partners are made aware of it.
Are you exporting it elsewhere? It seems like it could be a really good fit to work alongside Our Say Our Way.