Mountains and Molehills Sharing good practice in youth participation Hello again everyone! Welcome to the full (and therefore quite long!) write-up of our practice-sharing weekend at Lockerbrook earlier this month. We really enjoyed meeting you all and working with you to share ideas, and we’re very grateful to you for spending two challenging days with us. We’re determined to make everyone’s hopes of staying in touch and continuing the inspiring conversations come true, so below is a list of contact details. Do stay in touch :) If you have any extra memories from the weekend you’d like to add, or want to amend something in the report, just let me know. Our challenges and ideas for solving them: p3-5 Bored Meeting workshop: p6 Young Advisors workshop: p7 A to Z of Good Discussion and evening workshops: p8 Platform51 campaign workshop: p9 Leading for the Future resource: p10 Co-operative Schools workshop: p11 Open Space write-up: p11-13 Offline Twitter feed: p14 Final ideas, conclusions and looking to the future p15
who was there Name
Organisation
Emma Jarvis
Envision
emmaj@envision.org.uk
Jay Birdi
Envision
jaybirdi@hotmail.com
Dom Stevenson
Envision
dominicst@live.com
Ali Thomas
Platform51
ali.thomas@platform51.org
Kerry Richards
Platform51
kerry.richards@platform51.org
Lauren Wright
Platform51
Via Ali Thomas
Shane Baker
Sheffield Futures
shane.baker@sheffieldfutures.org.uk
Zac Russell
Sheffield Youth Council
zacharyrussell@hotmail.co.uk
Kevin Jones
Young Advisors
kev@youngadvisors.org.uk
Jessica Greenhough
Young Advisors
jessica_greenhough@hotmail.co.uk
Adam Bradford
Young Advisors
adam.bradford@mt.com
Jo Banham
NDCS
joanna.banham@ndcs.org.uk
Andrew Clarke
NDCS
Via Jo Banham
Ellen Arthur
NDCS
Via Jo Banham
Ashley Simpson
Co-operative College
ashley_simpson@hotmail.co.uk
Julie Thorpe
Co-operative College
Julie@co-op.ac.uk
Emma Chadwick
NCVYS
emma@ncvys.org.uk
Alex Farrow
Practical Participation
alexjames.farrow@gmail.com