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Participation in Practice: Woodcraft Folk members promote art of leadership

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Young members of the Woodcraft Folk have been integral to the design of a resource that aims to help young people understand and explore the idea of leadership.

The youth organisation commissioned Practical Participation to create the tool, which in turn looked to young people to inform the content.

The Leading for the Future resource aims to support local Woodcraft Folk groups and community organisations across the country to encourage young people to learn new skills and grow in confidence as young leaders.

Sixteen-year-old Ruth O’Sullivan was one of the young people who sat on the reference group, which steered how the resource was created. She leads a group of 10- to 12-year-old Woodcraft Folk members every week.

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