What is the Government doing to support participation by children and young people?
Developing an infrastructure for participation • Participation practice centre We are supporting the development of a participation practice centre. This includes a knowledge management system for good practice, standards; and a network for participation workers, led by the NCB, the NYA and the CYPI. • Ready Steady Change Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) is leading a consortium of voluntary organisations in the development of a comprehensive training programme – Ready Steady Change – to increase children and young peoples’ effective participation in making decisions. Two core training handbooks are in production: one to increase the skills, knowledge and confidence of children and young people; the other to increase the skills, knowledge and confidence of all those working with children and young people. Supporting mechanisms for children and young people’s involvement The Consultation Fund supports voluntary and community organisations to organise consultation events for
