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Citizenship foundation
The Citizenship Foundation offers a range of resources for schools and others working with children and young people, as well as school and community-based projects, many of which are linked to the National Curriculum.
Consulting Pupils
This website provides access to a number of research reports on consulting pupils about teaching and learning.
Diana Award
The Diana Award recognises young people aged 12-18 who have made a notable contribution to and impact on their schools, communities and society.
Eco-Schools
Pupil participation is a key part of the Eco-Schools programme. This website provides information on the Eco-Schools awards, which recognise schools’ work with pupils in reducing the environmental impact of the whole school.
English Secondary Students’ Association
ESSA is run by students, for students aged 11-19 years old. It supports young people to have a voice on issues which affect their lives at school or college.
Futurelab
The Futurelab website contains information on a number of innovative projects in relation to citizenship education and children’s and young people’s participation, including in relation to teaching and learning.
Innovation Unit
The Innovation Unit website carries useful resources to support schools in developing provision for pupil voice and personalised learning.
The Muslim Youth Helpline (MYH) is a registered charity that provides free and confidential emotional support to Muslim youth in the UK. The service is available nationally via the telephone, email, internet and through the post. It uses trained male and female volunteers.
This is the sister website for the Muslim Youth Helpline. It's a guidance and support channel for Muslim youth. The website is designed and managed entirely by young people and reflects the diversity of Muslim communities in the UK. It encourages peer-support networks among young people, and helps with access to specialist and mainstream support services.
The National Care Advisory Service (NCAS) and the Young People's Benchmarking Forum
The NCAS website has information for children in care and leaving care (age 13-25) and the people who work with them. It gives law and policy frameworks for care leavers, advice on issues, latest news, what's on and who to contact. The Young People's Benchmarking Forum was started in 2008 to help improve services and offer learning and participation for young people.
National Healthy Schools Programme
Provides information on the National Healthy Schools programme and advice on facilitating pupil participation in schools. Working together listening to the voices of children and young people
National Youth Agency (NYA)
Many local authorities and schools make use of the NYA’s ‘Hear by Right’ standards for the active participation of children and young people to map and plan how they will facilitate participation and evaluate its impact.
Participation Works
Participation Works is a consortium of six leading children and young people’s organisations that provides expert advice to anyone wanting to give a voice to children and young people. The Participation Works online gateway for youth participation is a hub for information, resources, news and networking on the involvement of young people in dialogue, decision making and influence across a wide range of settings.
Save the Children/Participation for schools
This websites offers guidance and tools to help schools increase pupil’s participation. There are also school case studies which, as we as outlining current practice, discuss some of the hurdles in establishing effective provision for participation and how they can be address. The Carnegie Young People Initiative’s ‘Inspiring Schools’ series, also found at this website, offers further advice and resources for facilitating participation.
School Councils UK (SCUK)
Provides resources for teachers and pupils to help them establish a school council and ensure that it operates effectively. The site also provides access to a number of school council case studies.
Spired.com
Spired is Oxfordshire's website for young people. Find out information on youth centres, funding, what's on, Connexions, news and young peoples issues.
UNICEF UK – Rights Respecting Schools
A Rights Respecting School teaches children and young people that they have rights under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. From this starting point they also learn their responsibility to respect others’ rights in relationships in the community.
BigVoiceOxfordshire.com
