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Developing Children and Young People's Participation in Strategic Processes: The Experience of the Children's Fund Initiative

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

Neil Spicer
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Social Studies (NECF), University of Birmingham E-mail: n.j.spicer@bham.ac.uk
Ruth Evans
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Social Studies (NECF), University of Birmingham E-mail: r.m.evans@bham.ac.uk

Abstract

The extent of children's and young people's participation activities has increased considerably among statutory, voluntary and community sector organisations across the UK in recent years. The Children's Fund, a major government initiative launched in 2000, represents a systematic drive towards promoting children and young people's participation in planning, implementing and evaluating preventative services within all 149 local authority areas in England. Based on research carried out by the National Evaluation of the Children's Fund, this paper explores the experience of Children's Fund partnerships of engaging children and young people in strategic processes.

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Articles
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Cambridge University Press 2005

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