Resources and training

For youth participation projects to be high-quality and effective, the adults and young people involved need to be equipped with resources and training to carry out their roles to the best of their abilities.

Youth Voice Bucks advice and guidance

The Youth Voice Bucks team offer advice and guidance to professionals within and beyond Buckinghamshire Council. A member of the team will love to hear about your youth voice ambitions and help guide you on how to achieve them.

Topics may include:

Starting a new youth forum / council / advisory panel
Setting up a youth branch of a consultation
Meeting statutory / contract / policy youth voice commitments
Youth voice for grant applications
Youth voice in strategies and policies

“A big thank you for your advice ahead of the student engagement, we spent the day at Cressex school yesterday and it went really well!”

“Thank you for your time this morning. It’s great to see how other Local Authorities do things and it gives us some new ideas and approaches to look at!”

“I really can’t thank you enough for all your help in getting us to this stage (starting the recruitment for our Youth Advisory Board)! It’s always such a pleasure working on projects like this with you.”

Case studies and blogs

We celebrate previous youth participation projects on our case studies and blogs page.

Case studies and blogs

If you would like to share the story of a youth voice project you have carried out or been a part of, please get in touch!

Shout Out for SEND – Learning Hub

Our Shout Out for SEND young people have created a Learning Hub packed with resources, guidance and insights for young people, professionals and anyone wanting to learn more about SEND and youth voice.

SOfS Learning Hub

Working with Schools

Youth Voice Bucks works with schools to

Showcase great student voice projects
Support schools to develop youth voice opportunities
Invite staff to join the Youth Voice Champions network

View the Youth Voice Bucks – Working with Schools poster