The 5 step toolkit is aimed at developers, designers, planners and sports providers. It is designed to improve participation in – and the quality of – new development and regeneration.
The toolkit:
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Involves young people in the early stages of the process
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Allows them to have a strategic influence on the brief and design
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Makes that influence relevant and appropriate to the needs of young people
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Demonstrates to young people, the development team and the community at large that young people have had a meaningful impact on what is proposed
Voice Opportunity Power works to normalise an understanding of how to involve young people in the development and management of places. It encourages a moving away from the tick box model, which leaves young people feeling the conversation was tokenistic (if it happened at all), to one that focuses on their lives and is much more universal in its approach and outcomes than more commonly applied models of engagement.