our work what we do at Space Unlimited Space Unlimited has pioneered youth-led together. Giving young people a chance enquiry as a catalyst for fresh insights and to be heard and to share responsibility more collaborative change. leads to different behaviours and better relationships all round. We help governments, local authorities, public agencies, and businesses to work The Space Unlimited approach is all about directly with groups of young people to creating space for change. design and take action together. Some projects end after the youth-led We do this because we all need to be enquiry, when the client or funder has heard better at coping with ongoing change. A the ideas and perspectives of the young healthy world needs resilient individuals, people. We call these Insights projects. communities and organisations. Where a project moves into a sustained Our work is particularly effective in period of collaborative action, we call these helping to break the spiral of exclusion and Changing Together projects. The adults non-participation. It helps build people’s and young people are equally engaged and confidence in their capacity to bring about share responsibility for making change change, and to create fulfilling work and happen and learning from the experience. lives. It’s surprising what can happen when young people and adults explore problems
Together we: Focus on purpose. Explore roles & expectations. Design a collaboration to inspire change. Recruit & prepare participants. Invest in good beginnings.
Together we: Focus on opening-up. Encourage diversity of ideas and talents. Help young people to take responsibility. Question & challenge. Dig deep.
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youth-led enquiry
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