Involving Young People: A toolkit for peer research

📣 Involving Young People: A Toolkit for Peer Research

Building on almost a decade of experience and the work of over 200 peer researchers, this toolkit provides the practical frameworks needed to move from tokenistic engagement to genuine participatory action research.

Inside the toolkit:

➡️ Foundations & Ethics: Defining "lived experience" and "peers," and establishing the ethical baseline for youth-led inquiry.
➡️ Operational Readiness: Practical guidance on budgeting (including fair remuneration models), staffing roles, and organisational capacity.
➡️ The "Scope Triangle": A framework to help organisations balance Ambition, Feasibility, and Influence to ensure projects are realistic and impactful.
➡️ Recruitment & Training: How to recruit diverse cohorts beyond the "usual suspects" and a full curriculum for training young people in qualitative, quantitative, and creative research methods.
➡️ Fieldwork & Analysis: Managing safeguarding in the field and supporting young people to lead the "sense-making" process, ensuring adult bias does not override youth voice.
➡️ Impact & Legacy: Strategies for turning research findings into policy change, social action, and lasting organisational transformation.

Download the full toolkit here: https://lnkd.in/eQQAbyMq