Our cookies
We use essential cookies to make our website work smoothly for you. To make sure we're always improving, we'd like to use analytics to track how people use the site. We won't set non-essential cookies unless you give us permission. You can find more information about all the cookies we use in our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
Some cookies are a must for our website to function properly. If you turn off essential cookies, it may affect how you experience our site.
The non-essential cookies we use help us understand how you use our website and make improvements to enhance your experience.
Youth Voice
The Children's Coaching Collaborative (CCC) are committed to respecting and promoting the rights of children and young people in sport. We want to ensure that youth voice is heard in every area of CCC work, we are therefore working towards embedding youth voice in this movement.
We are in the early stages of creating a youth voice mechanism and we are in a fortunate position of having some experienced partners who have successfully embedded this within their organisations:
- Youth Sport Trust: Youth Board
- StreetGames: Youth Summit
- Mind: Youth Voice Network
- Chance to Shine: Youth Advisory Board
Young People Talk About Sport
We spoke to Kentmere Community Centre young leaders group and asked them to share their experiences of sport. Here's what they had to say...
LISTEN HERE
What does youth voice mean to you?
Youth board members from Youth Sport Trust share their thoughts and feelings on this topic.
Youth Voice Resources
Professor Laura Lundy created the Lundy Model which is a framework which coaches can use to encourage participation in children and young people.
The CCC are using this model to develop their youth voice mechanism as it is a great guide on how to engage young people in a meaningful way.
If you are keen to embed youth voice in your organisation this model is a good place to start.
Youth Participation
Our partner UNICEF UK have a number of resources on youth participation in different settings.
READ MORE
Youth Board Members
Youth Sport Trust worked with the Sport and Recreation Alliance to create the Young Board Members online resource, to help other organisations engage with young people.
READ MORE
Youth Involvement
This youth involvement toolkit will provide you with practical guidance on ways to involve young people.
READ MORE
The Next Gen Guide
The Next Gen Guide from StreetGames is packed with info on their successful young leaders programme.
READ MORE
1000 Young Voices Research
StreetGames asked 1000 young people to share their concerns, priorities, role models and more in this extensive research study.
READ MORE
She Got Game E-Learning
This organisational change course enables organisations to reflect on current practices and provides resources and tasks to plan for the future.
FIND OUT MORE
Engaging Young People
This toolkit will help you better understand the children and young people your organisation works with.
READ MORE
Coach Core Youth Voice
Coach Core sets out their youth voice framework in this handy info pack. A great way to understand how other organisations embed youth voice.
READ MORE
Ensuring Inclusion in Youth Voice
This toolkit from Youth Sport Trust was developed for coaches who work with diverse groups of young people.
READ MORE
PlayUp Club Games
BOING Kids have created PlayUp Club games which are versatile and adaptable.
READ MORE
Youth Personalities
Here is some research conducted by Sport England on youth personalities.
LEARN MOREJoin the movement!
Whether as parents, coaches or young people, we all have a role to play in helping create a huge cultural shift in the way we engage children in physical activity, to help them become healthier and happier and to develop them as people.
SHARE THE MOVEMENT
Help spread the word by sharing this website with fellow coaches!