What mattered ten years on? Young people's reflections on their involvement with a charitable youth participation project

Body, Alison; Hogg, Eddy

doi:10.1080/13676261.2018.1492101

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“…A further aspect which contributed to the participants' sustained involvement appeared to be the youth participatory nature of the project, the idea of making a change and the chosen mental wellbeing theme of the research. This evidence supports findings from other studies that highlight the value young people placed on making a change and having their voices heard within youth participatory projects (see Body and Hogg (2019) and Houghton (2015)).…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Furthermore, the idea of relationships as a catalyst for participation rather than merely a positive outcome, is one that has been identified in the literature (Abebe, 2019;Body & Hogg, 2019;Mannion, 2007) and through a variety of participation models (Le Va, 2016;Lifehack, 2016;Wierenga et al, 2003). However, there is little empirical research on the nature and detail of a relational approach that responds to critiques of western individualism's influence within youth participation.…”

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Creating a Relational Participatory Space: Insights from a Youth Participatory Action Research Project

Davis-Rae¹

2021

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Since the ratification of Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, there has been a heightened focus on youth participation as a way of upholding young people’s right to have their say on decisions that affect them. However, programmes that attempt to engage young people in decision-making processes have often been poorly enacted and have failed to adequately address the barriers that limit young people’s ability to participate meaningfully and therefore rarely result in sustained change. This study examined processes with a youth participatory action research [YPAR] project in order to identify and explore processes and practices that might serve to sustain young people’s involvement and support authentic and meaningful participation. The research used an instrumental case study approach to examine an 18-month-long YPAR project operated through an existing youthwork programme. Data were collected through autoethnography, artefact analysis and participant interviews and reflections with youth participants. The study found that peer-to-peer and peer-to-leader relationships were foundational to youth participants’ ongoing involvement over the 18-month period. Such relationships appeared to drive much of the momentum of the action research and enable at times dynamic flows of power between youth participants and adults that encouraged an inter-generational space within the YPAR project. Young people stepped into leadership roles at different phases of the project while adult leaders managed the pace and progress of the project. The study identified five factors that helped to create this relational participatory space: reduced leader direction; valuing youth voice; openness of other participants, reworking adult-centric processes and the implementation of a variety of sharing activities. A number of factors that constrained youth voice were also identified. The study highlights how strong relationships were an integral part of the processes and practices of YPAR, rather than merely a positive outcome of participatory processes. These findings challenge traditional individualistic models of youth participation that frequently fail to acknowledge the importance of intergenerational and collective relationships within youth participatory action research projects. The study therefore calls for a heightened focus on relationship building within participatory processes both at a policy and practical level.

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Creating a Relational Participatory Space: Insights from a Youth Participatory Action Research Project

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2021

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“…While there is some degree of a curvilinear association, this pattern is much weaker for Development charities: The least deprived local authorities tend to have greater levels of charity density than the most deprived (Figure 11). The same pattern is largely replicated for Education charities (Figure 12; this is expected as the great majority of these organizations are small and rely almost entirely on donations, parental fees, and voluntary effort (Body & Hogg, 2018).…”

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Charity Density and Social Need: A Longitudinal Perspective

McDonnell

Mohan

Norman

2020

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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The distribution of charitable organizations in an equitable and socially just manner is a long-standing policy concern in the United Kingdom and many other jurisdictions. Geographic variations are important as they are linked to potentially inequitable service provision and opportunities for participation in voluntary activities. This study links large-scale administrative data on charities registered in England and Wales with local authority-level measures of material deprivation for 5 U.K. census years (1971–2011). Count and spatial regression models show evidence of nonlinear associations between charity density and social need, and changes in the shape of this distribution over time. In general, charity density is highest in the least deprived local authorities but this varies across different types of organizations and census years. These results provide important new insights into the evolving relationship between charity density and social need, and demonstrate the value of adopting more advanced, longitudinal statistical approaches for studying this phenomenon.

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“…Relatively few studies have specifically explored youth workers’ perspectives on relationships with adolescents or emerging adults in the United States (Barcelona and Quinn, 2011: 32–34; Larson et al, 2015: 75; Vasudevan, 2017: 43–44, 47, 49). This contrasts with other Western nations (e.g., Great Britain, Ireland) where youth work is a recognized career documented in government policy and researched to a greater extent than in the United States (Body and Hogg, 2019:171–186; Dunne et al, 2014: 4–14; European Union, 2015; Hart, 2017: 248–254; Veigel, 2018: 169–176). National data on characteristics and trends concerning youth workers in the field have not been collected in the United States since 2005 according to a 2017 literature review of youth workers in the United States (Vasudevan, 2017: 274, 749).…”

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Development of a theoretical framework for examining youth worker perspectives on their relationships with adolescents and emerging adults in the United States

Forrester

2021

Qualitative Social Work

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It is important to understand how youth workers perceive their work with clients to support them in facilitating positive outcomes (e.g., gainful employment, academic achievement) for those they serve. There is a paucity of peer-reviewed research that explores youth workers’ perspectives on their social service practices in the United States despite their integral role in supporting positive adolescent and emerging adult development. This article discusses a theoretical framework founded on anthropology and social work paradigms. Researchers can use this theoretical framework to examine youth worker perspectives on building relationships with adolescents and emerging adults in the United States.

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What mattered ten years on? Young people's reflections on their involvement with a charitable youth participation project

Abstract: What mattered ten years on? young people's reflections on their involvement with a charitable youth participation project. Journal of Youth Studies.

Cited by 14 publications

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Creating a Relational Participatory Space: Insights from a Youth Participatory Action Research Project

Creating a Relational Participatory Space: Insights from a Youth Participatory Action Research Project

Charity Density and Social Need: A Longitudinal Perspective

Development of a theoretical framework for examining youth worker perspectives on their relationships with adolescents and emerging adults in the United States

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