It's the latest thing - getting young people to have a say in how organisations and services are run. In some cases, this even extends as far as offering them a seat on the interviewing panel for new recruits or authorising them with grant-giving powers.
But how can practitioners ensure it's not a passing trend or just an empty gesture? That was the challenge laid before delegates at Young People Now Foundation's National Youth Conference last Wednesday.
A seminar, Youth Participation: Beyond Lip Service, was co-hosted by the Carnegie Young People's Initiative and The National Youth Agency (NYA).
One of the presenters, Raji Hunjan, a Carnegie co-director, says: "We believe that when you're looking at running youth participation you should involve young people from the very beginning."
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