The past decade has seen a progressive shift in the legislative and policy framework relating to children and young people’s participation.
There are a number of legislative duties on public authorities to ensure that they involve the general public in decision-making, some of which relate specifically to children and young people. There are, however, significant variations depending on the type of public body concerned and the community of children and young people affected.
There is a legislation update PDF which can be downloaded below. References refer to the law as amended unless detailed elsewhere.
This text was taken from Listen and Change - a guide to Children and Young People's Participation Rights and was adapted and updated from: Children’s Rights Alliance for England (2005) Ready Steady Change and Willow, C. (2002) Participation in Practice Children and Young People as Partners in Change Children’s Society.
Download our latest legislation update below
A new package to develop local staff to support and train young people to conduct objective assessments of local services and support recommendations for service improvements.
