🌱 What do you think are the softer skills we need to listen to young people well?

Take a look at this blog, and tell us what you think below!

thelisteningfund.org/the-softer-ski…

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“It takes time to build the trusting and meaningful relationships needed to empower young people, especially within a new organisation, and we’ve naturally met some challenges.”

Read this blog from the Life Chance Trust 👇

thelisteningfund.org/life-chance-tr…

#youthvoice

“We’ve spent a lot of time considering how to challenge the youth sector to be more innovative and encourage authentic listening – it’s been central in everything we’ve done so far and will continue to do.”

Read this blog by a young advisor: thelisteningfund.org/young-grantmak…

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💡 Check out this podcast episode on involving young people in monitoring and evaluation - with guests from Carefree Fostering Independence Cornwall @foyerfederation @hotchocotrust.

Find out what they’ve done, how it can enrich your practice, and the tensions that can come about.

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Find out how @Leap_CC developed its co-production practices in this great blog by Alex McKell 🤝

thelisteningfund.org/how-we-develop…

“We realised that with every wave of young refugees, we were going back to square 1. The older young people that we had worked with were progressing onto their lives, & we were losing their talent”

📖 Fawzia’s blog on Kent Refugee Action Network (KRAN) 🧡’s ambassadors thelisteningfund.org/listening-with…

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💡 “The most important thing we have learnt is how important listening is when we are employing people with lived experience – listening to needs, rather than gathering up advice and input into the project.”

Read Mari Eggins of Carefree Fostering Independence Cornwall's blog ⬇️

thelisteningfund.org/listening-to-s…

What’s on our radar?
The The Listening Fund have published resources to support organisations in effectively listening to young people.
That & more in our April news: ow.ly/ulY850RiKrq

“Learning and evaluation can be powerful processes... They are not value- or power-neutral processes: they are shaped by who decides what impact is, what stories get told, and what is deemed significant.”

thelisteningfund.org/the-benefits-a…

❓ Want to improve how you listen to the young people you work with, but not sure where to start?

👀 Take a look at our new resources: 3 quick guides, and a guide for facilitators.

Wherever you are on your journey, we hope they will support you!

thelisteningfund.org/our-resources/

💥 We had some more great partners including JENGbA, Little Green Pig, and UK Youth Climate Coalition join the Listening Fund a year ago...

Meet them all in this blog! ⬇️

thelisteningfund.org/the-listening-…

Really useful and insightful new resources from The Listening Fund - looking forward to getting stuck in! 👇

Take a listen to this podcast on #grantmaking with young people - including guests from Blagrave Trust and Dan Seifu.

Hear about what it’s like to be a young grantmaker, and what it’s like to work with young #grantmakers

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💡 We wanted to create some handy toolkits to help organisations listen to young people..

So here are our new Quick Guides to working with young trustees, youth ambassadors, and recruiting with young people.

thelisteningfund.org/our-resources/

Please share them and give us your feedback!

Delve into the benefits of having young trustees on charity boards and the experiences of being one 📣 ⤵️ Featuring our CEO, Claire Hill-Dixon!

✨ We’ve published 3 great quick guides to help orgs listen to young people!

📖 Young boards + other structures
📖 Youth ambassadors + other roles
📖 Involving young people in recruitment

Read & share them, and let us know what you think! thelisteningfund.org/our-resources/

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💡 Check out this podcast episode on young #trustees - with guests from Blagrave Trust @youngtrustees, and a young trustee.

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🎯 Read Nicky Crabb of Little Green Pig's 5 tips for setting up a youth advisory board

thelisteningfund.org/five-tips-for-…

💥 This great podcast episode on setting up a youth steering committee or council features guests from The Mix Spark Inside We Don't Settle and The Neurodiversity Charity ADHD Foundation.

Find out what’s worked for them and get insight to enrich your own #youthwork

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💥 Check out this podcast episode on #youth ambassadors and other ways of better listening to young people - with guests from @primetheatreUK @bigleafsurrey Kent Refugee Action Network (KRAN) 🧡.

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