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Listening to youth voice or sharing power with young people

2 mins read Youth Work
Over the last few years there has been a significant increase in opportunities for young people to get more involved in decision-making processes within youth organisations and funders.
Jenny Ross, founder of strategy consultancy Collective Discovery, a partner of The Listening Fund

Organisations are moving beyond tokenistic approaches - where a single ‘young’ trustee is expected to represent the views of young people on a board.

This month sees the end of a six-year pooled fund, the Listening Fund, which supported youth organisations and youth funders to develop more meaningful approaches to strengthening accountability to young people.

As the fund draws to a close, we’ve distilled the learning into three key points to help anyone looking to strengthen their accountability to young people:

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