Author: Cath Larkins

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Peer Research and Social Action

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How young people can use peer research to help create change

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Strategies for inclusive and impactful participation

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Reaching In: What we have learned in 2021 about making children’s participation inclusive and impactful

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Brewing a research project

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Peer Researchers from the Peer Action Collective worked with Ali Roy and Cath Larkins to create this guide to how to move from general research interests to a doable research project

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Doing Peer Research in a trauma informed way

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Camille Warrington talks about how to take a trauma informed approach to collaborative research with and by young people

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Stories 2 Connect

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Stories 2 Connect was a research project that we ran to find out people’s stories. We did lots of interviews with people. We added people’s stories together as fiction. And we made them come alive in a phygital way (in digital objects). See www.stories2connect.org

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Creating Our Lives

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What did we do

Care experienced children worked with The Centre for Children and Young People’s Participation and directed research that informed national guidelines

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng205/evidence/supplement-3-executive-summary-creating-our-lives-pdf-9263086095

The place is called:

England

Date

1/1/2020

31/3/2021

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young parents

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Creating Our Lives

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What did we do

Care experienced children worked with The Centre for Children and Young People’s Participation and directed research that informed national guidelines

The place is called:

England

Date

1/1/2020

31/3/2021

Add other important experiences or identities

young parents

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Creating Our Lives

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What did we do

Care experienced children worked with The Centre for Children and Young People’s Participation and directed research that informed national guidelines

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng205/evidence/supplement-3-executive-summary-creating-our-lives-pdf-9263086095

The place is called:

England

Date

1/1/2020

31/3/2021

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young parents

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NETWORK OF YOUNG ADVISORS (NYA) – PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN AND THE IMPACT ON THE WORK OF THE OMBUDSMAN FOR CHILDREN

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What did we do

We organize consultation meetings with children and young people and focus group discussions aimed at enhancing children’s involvement in decision-making, are considered as being particularly beneficial.

In 2010, the Ombudsman for Children founded the Network of Young Advisors (NYA) as its standing advisory body and a form of child participation. The NYA members act as advisors to and associates of the Ombudsman for Children, but also as ambassadors, communicating information about the work of the NYA and the Ombudsman for Children to their peers and taking steps to ensure that they know their rights and the ways to protect them. Acting within the scope of their role as advisors, they inform the Ombudsman about their views of the place of children in society and problems faced by children in their communities, suggesting ways to solve these problems. In carrying out their advisory role, they work closely with the Ombudsman for Children and the adult staff members of the Office of the Ombudsman for Children, and exchange views and opinions via a closed online forum. Each member of the NYA promotes and argues for his/her own point of view, acts on his/her own behalf, and does not represent any group, school or town. The NYA members are constantly active in the online forum, which enables a constant exchange of opinions between meetings.

http://dijete.hr/en/publications/

The place is called:

Croatia and International

Date

1/1/2010

18/3/2021

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Health Inequalities: Peer Research into the role of communities

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What did we do

We worked with 15 young peer researchers in two areas of high deprivation to explore how the areas that they grow up in affect health and wellbeing and contribute to health inequalities.
The young peer researchers designed their research project, collected data and analysed their findings. We then published a final report detailing their work with a series of recommendations for local and national decision makers.

https://childreninscotland.org.uk/health-inequalities-participative-research-project/

The place is called:

Glasgow and Dundee

Date

1/4/2019

18/3/2021

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Some members of the project identified as having additional support needs