Welcome to our new series, which focuses on the shift amongst youth organisations and funders towards sharing power with young people, drawing on our work with The Listening Fund which aims to make the youth sector more accountable to young people.

In this episode we explain why we’ve made this podcast, give an overview of what we’ve learned about why and how organisations are involving young people in their work - with clips from some of the brilliant guests you’ll hear from in the following six episodes.

The co-hosts for this series are Mercy Shibemba, a young grantmaker and activist, and Jenny Ross from Collective Discovery.

You can find all of the Listening Fund’s resources, including blogs and practice papers on a range of topics here. You can also follow the Listening Fund on X @listeningfund.

A series overview, more information on our guests, and additional resources on each topic can be found in the shownotes.

For more on Collective Discovery, see our website and LinkedIn. We also welcome any feedback you have: please get in touch with us at collective@collectivediscovery.co.uk.

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Youth organisations often work in partnership with young people to design their programmes and services - this is sometimes called co-production. In this episode we’ll hear about the benefits and challenges of co-production and how three organisations have sought to embed the approach in their work and organisational culture.

We spoke to:

• Alex Mckell, Head of innovation and trainer at Leap Confronting Conflict
• Kate Russell, Head of Programmes and Network at the Foyer Federation
• Gemma Rowan, co-Artistic Director of Sounds Like Chaos.

This episode is part of our first series which builds on Collective Discovery’s work as Learning Partner of the Listening Fund.

You can find all of the Listening Fund’s resources, including blogs and practice papers on a range of topics here. You can also follow the Fund on X @listeningfund.

A series overview, more information on our guests, and additional resources on each topic can be found in the shownotes.

For more on Collective Discovery, see our website or LinkedIn. We also welcome any feedback you have: please get in touch with us at collective@collectivediscovery.co.uk.

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One of the ways youth organisations can ensure that their work is aligned with the priorities of young people is to actively involve them in their learning and evaluation processes - to ensure that their feedback informs the way their programmes and services are adapted.

We spoke to:

• Dave Close, Director of Hot Chocolate Trust
• Jeni Stephens, Youth Work Manager at Carefree Cornwall
• Sarah Rose, a Social Purpose Consultant and part of the Collective Discovery team
• Kate Russell, Head of Programmes and Network at the Foyer Federation

This episode is part of our first series which builds on Collective Discovery’s work as Learning Partner of the Listening Fund.

You can find all of the Listening Fund’s resources, including blogs and practice papers on a range of topics here. You can also follow the Fund on X @listeningfund.

A series overview, more information on our guests, and additional resources on each topic can be found in the shownotes.

For more on Collective Discovery, see our website or LinkedIn. We also welcome any feedback you have: please get in touch with us at collective@collectivediscovery.co.uk.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.