Toolkits & Guidance
Practical resources to help you to give children and young people a voice on issues that affect their lives, as well as guidance to help you to create youth-friendly versions of your work.
Toolkits
Child Participation Assessment Tool
Designed to provide specific and measurable indicators.
Author: Council of Europe
• 20 min read
Toolkits
Young Voices in Sport Toolkit
Toolkit for Involving Young Members in Decision-Making
Author: Sport Ireland
• 8 min read
Guidelines
Child Friendly Communication at Events
The aim should be to create an atmosphere in which children feel comfortable, respected and valued, and that they belong.
Author: Dr Michelle Templeton and Prof Laura Lundy
• 5 min read
Guidelines
Creating child-friendly versions of written documents
If it’s friendly for the adults, it should be friendly for the kids. And if it’s friendly for the kids,it will also be more friendly for the adults.
Author: Professor Laura Lundy
• 10 min read
Toolkits
Tusla Child and Youth Participation Toolkit
The Tusla Child and Youth Participation Toolkit is a ‘quick reference’ document to support skilled practice.
Author: Dr. Celia Keenaghan and Dr. Sue Redmond
• 10 min read
Toolkits
Sharing the Stage
This is a toolkit for organisations who want children and young people’s participation to move from rhetoric to reality.
Author: NSW Commission for Children and Young People
• 10 min read