Introduction: Lundy Model and Youth Participation Training

This interactive, one day training explores how professionals can meaningfully involve children and young people in decision making. Using the internationally recognised Lundy Model of Participation as a framework, it focuses on moving from simply listening to genuine collaboration, ensuring young people’s voices shape the services and decisions that affect them. During the training you will learn how to create the space, voice, audience, and influence needed for meaningful participation.

Why this training matters

This course is delivered as part of Synergy, a bold five-year programme funded by the National Lottery Community Fund to transform how organisations involve and listen to children and young people, using their voices to shape the services they rely on. 

With endorsement from Professor Laura Lundy, who developed the internationally recognised Lundy Model of Participation, our vision is for the model to become the framework for best practice across the North West and beyond.

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 want to make participation more meaningful and inclusive.

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. We’ll confirm your place after you register.

What you will get out of the day

• A clear understanding of children and young people’s rights.
• Practical tools and reflection opportunities to develop inclusive, participatory approaches.
• Greater confidence to move beyond tokenism and towards co-production.
• Insights into the methods and frameworks that underpin participation.
• Time to network and share best practice with others.

Why you should join

Because listening isn’t enough. Acting on what young people say changes outcomes. This training will help you make participation meaningful, measurable, and embed it into your organisation’s culture, while connecting you to the wider Synergy programme that is shaping youth voice across the region.

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 on our training offer, including sessions we can deliver for your team, please email: training@youthfocusnw.org.uk.

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