Participation and change

  For the past two years, Investing in Children has been working with Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool on a ground-breaking project that attempts to turn the theory of human rights into reality making things better for children and young people themselves, in a hospital setting. The short piece attached summarises young people’s experience of dialogue and practical significant change for them in the services they receive and the difference they say this makes to them.   

Jennie recently shared the story of a young people's centre in Baltimore, opened after nine years of young people campaigning, raising funds and working to create a space of their own. Here, in an article reposted from the US National Writing Project, the story is told in more detail.