The Listening Fund is recruiting!
The second phase of The Listening Fund in England has just been launched and we are now recruiting! We want to appoint a diverse panel of young advisers to play a key role in the next three years [...]
Carefree and Research in Practice release report on listening to care-experienced young people
One of the Listening Fund’s partners, Carefree, have released a report on what constitutes good listening practice. Produced by Research in Practice, the report provides insight into what [...]
Listen4Good opportunity launched
The Fund for Shared Insight has launched an opportunity for organisations to benefit from the Beta of their new online tool. The tool will help organisations develop sophisticated feedback loops [...]
IVAR releases report calling on funders to take more risks
The Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) has released a report which asks how funders can do more to help their partners. The report can be read here suggests, amongst other things, [...]
Trust for London releases report on involving those with ‘lived experience’ in campaigns
Trust for London has worked with On Road Media, Revolving Doors and Women for Refugee Women to look at how to strengthen the voice of people with lived experience in campaigns for social change. [...]
Prison Reform Trust release first report from Prisoner Policy Network
One of The Listening Fund partners – the Prison Reform Trust – last week launched the first report from the Prisoner Policy Network. Following extensive consultation with those who [...]
Leaders with Lived Experience programme launches
A year-long scheme funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and run by UnLtd and The Social Innovation Partnership has launched. You can read TSIP’s blog about the exciting scheme here [...]
Three simple tests to see how much power young people have in your organisation
At the Blagrave Trust’s recent partners day, the Chair of the British Youth Council, Amanda Chetwynd-Cowieson, outlined three tests she believes all charities should consider in their work [...]
DCMS launches youth voice funding scheme
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is seeking proposals from organisations who have the capacity, expertise and capability to deliver a national youth voice programme [...]
Supporting more young people to become trustees
Several of our Listening Fund partners are working towards increasing the role of young people in the governance of their organisations. It isn’t always an easy process, and our partners [...]