Hamflett caught the bug nine years ago during his time as editorial development officer at youth media agency Children's Express, where he helped young people develop news stories on issues of importance to them.
Work with young people was not originally part of Hamflett's long-term career plan, although he had dabbled in the area during his university summer holidays. It was rather the mind-numbing dullness of a business journalism role writing newsletters on cheque guarantee cards that led him to crave a more meaningful, people-centred role.
Hamflett argues that the participation bug is not the achievement of getting young people together with decision-makers in the same room, which he says happens too often as a one-off gesture. It is, he says, the buzz that comes from glimpsing the potential for meaningful change from these liaisons and turning the aspirations into results.
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