Ten things our advisers learnt from their visits to funded partners
Liddy and Neha (TLF advisers), and Edd Fry (TLF Lead) The Listening Fund’s 10 advisers (all recruited between the ages of 18-25) have been at the heart of the Fund’s grantmaking process for the second and third round of grants. Centring the advisers – who have a broad range of experiences and expertise from across […]
Our partners’ top lessons in listening to young people
As the grant period for our first cohort came to a close, we worked with a few of our partners to reflect on their learning journey in listening to young people. We dug into what inspired them to deepen their listening, the different approaches they had put in place, the benefits and challenges they experienced […]
Data and Dialogue: The Mix’s Journey to inclusive listening
Italia Jenson and Bohdana Dock, The Mix What we do The Mix is the UK’s leading digital charity for under 25s, reaching over 6 million young people each year. Whatever issue a young person is facing, The Mix is always there for them – via our website, over the phone or via social media with […]
“How can we work both with and against the system?”
By Dave Close, Executive Director, Hot Chocolate Trust This question was posed by Prof. Momodou Sallah (DeMontfort University) at Scotland’s National Youth Work Conference this month. It says something about the weird mentality of youth work that an idea that might seem impossible, also seems inevitable. As youth workers we repeatedly find ourselves living this […]
Five tips for setting up a youth advisory board
Author: Nicky Crabb, Director, Little Green Pig In 2019, Little Green Pig got an #iwill Fund grant to help us set up our first ever youth board; a long held desire for the organisation, as we are always trying to improve the ways we centre the voices of the children and young people we work […]
The benefits and challenges of listening to young neurodiverse people
Author: Kerry Hunter, Early Years Neurodiversity Specialist and National Neurodiversity Youth Council Co-ordinator, ADHD Foundation What we do The ADHD Foundation is the UK’s leading neurodiversity charity, offering a strength-based, lifespan service for the 1 in 5 of us who live with ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, DCD, Dyscalculia, OCD, Tourette’s Syndrome and more. We offer national […]
Life Chance Trust: Learning from our first year of listening
Author: Chris Keeling-Rowe, CEO, Life Chance Trust What we do The Life Chance Trust provides mentoring, life skills training and practical support to 16-25 year olds for whom trauma in childhood has caused social, emotional and/or educational difficulties that may exclude them from the traditional pathways to training and employment. In particular, we aim to […]
Listening with Youth Ambassadors at KRAN
Author: Fawzia Worsley, Youth Engagement Coordinator for Kent Refugee Action Network The Listening Fund has helped KRAN to properly listen to our young people: even though we knew that we needed to understand young refugees better, we also felt that we probably knew better. Such is the way of adults. What we do at KRAN […]
Listening to staff with lived experience
Author: Mari Eggins, Chief Executive of Carefree Cornwall I work for Carefree, a Cornish charity that would not exist if, as founding CEO, I hadn’t listened to what young people told me. How Carefree began Carefree began in the early 2000’s, employing me as its first worker from January 2005. As a foster carer who […]
How we developed co-production at Leap Confronting Conflict
Author: Alexandra McKell, Head of Innovation at Leap Confronting Conflict What we do At Leap Confronting Conflict, we work with young people and the adults that surround them such as parents / foster carers or practitioners, helping them build skills to effectively navigate conflict. Our training fosters healthy relationships, and encourages positive decisions and self-growth. […]