About RightSpace

RightSpace asks big questions of you about what’s changed over the last 13 years through the increase in children and young people’s participation. What’s your experience? What’s changed? What are the challenges ahead? This site brings together conversations and content to help explore, reflect and motivate, leading to a series of events.

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The Rightspace National Event on April 19th has been cancelled........I have today, reluctantly, cancelled the event that we had planned to take place in Sheffield on 19th April. In the current climate it has just proved to be too difficult for people to book places and, although we had hoped that by postponing from the original date in October we would be able to increase the number of participanjts this has just not happened. Thanks to everyone who had planned to take part and apologies for any inconcvenience caused. Felicity Shenton
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The next Regional Rightspace Seminar will be held in historic Durham Town Hall on Thursday 24th February. For further information on the programme for the event or to book a place please email felicity.shenton@durham.gov.uk or phone Investing in Children 0191 3867485.  
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Open Data is a big thing right now. The last government, and the current government, have been committed to making non-personal information held by government open and accessible to citizens.  Open government data could be:
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One of the big changes in political dialogue since the coalition government came to power has been the emphasis on ideas of the 'big society'. The big society is not a fixed policy programme, but is a loose collection of ideas - including ideas about localism and citizens taking on roles that previously may have been carried our or co-ordinated by the state. 
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Amidst a difficult and challenging week for most of us we want to make sure we don't lose any ground in our efforts to promote the human rights of children and young people. We are delighted, therefore, to be able to announce that Dr.
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Our proposed seminar at De Montfort University on Tuesday 26 October has been postponed, but we are still building toward the large national event in Sheffield on 19 April 2011. For further information contact felicity.shenton@durham.gov.uk.
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I was at an event with local authority participation workers recently where many workers expressed frustration that they had been told not to consult with young people on public spending cuts because of the risk of a conflict of interest.
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Bill Badham got everyone to their feet at the start of the CROA conference - asking participants to move around the room and vote with their feet to answer four key questions. Participants could stand by one of four faces: :D The delighted face - We're doing well on this issue. :) The happy face - We're doing OK; :| The unhappy face - We're not doing so well on this :( The very unhappy face - We're not doing well on this at all.
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See the interview with RightSpace here: http://www.rightspace.org.uk/content/harrison-carter-young-people-and-research
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