Participation is a fundamental right established in the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. When children and young people have an active voice, they can shape their own future as well as the future of the communities they live in.
Children and young people are the experts in their own lives. We are committed to providing spaces for their full meaningful participation in all matters that concern them: in their everyday lives, in the programmes that are designed to support them and their peers, and in improving policy and practice.