Next Steps: Lundy Model and Youth Participation Training

This advanced, one day training builds on our ‘Introduction: Lundy Model and Youth Participation Training’, supporting professionals to move from understanding the framework to embedding it in practice. 

The Lundy Model of Participation, based on the four key concepts of Space, Voice, Audience, and Influence, has been adopted by national and international organisations, agencies, and governments to transform how children and young people’s rights are understood and acted upon.

‘Next Steps: Lundy Model and Youth Participation Training’ is designed for those who have already completed our ‘Introduction: Lundy Model and Youth Participation Training’ and are ready to take their learning further. If you haven’t attended the introductory session yet, please book onto that first before joining this course.

Why this training matters

Delivered as part of Synergy, a five-year programme funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, this course connects your learning to a network strengthening youth voice across the North West. Next Steps focuses on practical application, organisational reflection, and overcoming barriers to embedding participation. 

Who is it for?

Professionals working with or on behalf of children and young people, including those in education, youth work, local authorities, voluntary sector, and community organisations, who have completed Youth Focus North West’s (YFNW) ‘Introduction: Lundy Model and Youth Participation Training’ and want to take their practice further.

Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Community Fund, places on this course will be prioritised for colleagues in Cheshire, Merseyside, and the Wirral in 2026. Practitioners from other areas are also welcome, and if spaces are available, we’d be glad to have you join us.

What you will get out of the day

• Practical tools to embed the Lundy Model in your project, service, or organisation.
• Insights into enabling factors, barriers, and challenges to embedding participation.
• Opportunities to reflect on your practice individually and at an organisational level.
• Insights from case studies where the Lundy Model has been implemented.

Why you should join

This training will help you move from theory to practice, ensuring children and young people’s voices are not only heard but acted upon in meaningful ways.

Professor Laura Lundy’s endorsement

“Training provides an essential foundation to developing strategy and delivery around children’s voice and participation work. I am delighted that Youth Focus North West has taken the challenge set by voice workers from across England and developed training based on my model and it’s even better to hear that they are training both the workforce and young people on the Lundy Model.”

Please bring your own lunch. Tea and coffee will be provided.

For more information about our training, email: training@youthfocusnw.org.uk.

Please note: a £25 fee will be charged for non-attendance.