Downloads

All the materials and resources in this section are tried, tested and used by The National Youth Agency and are available here for free.

The Hear by Right standards and the tools developed to compliment are under the Book and Tools panel. The Hear by Right standards framework is based on the 7 S model of organisational change: Shared values, Strategies, Structures, Systems, Staff, Skills and knowledge and Style of leadership. It relies on self- assessment across three levels: emerging, established land advanced. Each level builds on the last. This ensure that children and young people's involvement is built in and not just bolted on. For more information on the Hear by Right Standards please follow this link.

The Building Standards resources can be used to make the original Hear by Right Participation standards accessible to young people. The full resource pack along with a briefing paper and presentation are available on the site. More information on using the Building Standards framework please follow this link.

The powerpoint presentations can be downloaded and can be viewed online beforehand.

All of our training resources which we use daily in participation training have been made available.

You can view the downloads listings on one page here, or you can browse in more detail here.

Hear by Right Resources

The resources available in this section are the core resources from the Hear by Right toolkit.

Hear by Right Book and tools

  • Hear by Right Book 2008
    The Hear by Right
  • Hear by Right Mapping & Planning Tool
    This Mapping and planning tool makes it easy and practical to use the Hear by Right standards.
  • What's Changed Tool
    This tool links with the Hear by Right Mapping and Planning tool and records the most important evidence of change, which is that from the children and young people themselves. It is essential that they tell their story in their words of evidence of dialogue and evidence of change.
  • What's Changed Tool Children and Young People's Version
    Whereas the What's Changed Organisation version tool focuses upon the shared dialogue between the organisation, young people and the wider community, this version allows young people to share their experiences of campaigning for change and enables them to comment upon what has directly changed for them because of their active participation.

Building Standards

Powerpoint presentations

  • Hear by Right Presentation
    A presentation clearly outlining what the Hear by Right Standards are and how they can be used within an organisation, the shared benefits of adopting them, and an insight into the Mapping and Planning Tools.
  • Building Standards Presentation
    The Building Standards presentation can be used to explain, in a children and young people's friendly style, what the Building Standards framework is, its context, and how it relates to the Hear by Right Standards.

User briefings

  • Hear by Right Briefing for Children and Young People's Trust
    This briefing outlines how Hear by Right can be used in the context of Children and Young People's Trusts.
  • Hear by Right Briefing for Health
    This is a briefing to show how the Hear by Right standards framework works in a hospital, Primary Care Trust or health services setting to map evidence of current participation of young service users and to develop arrangements for improvement.
  • Hear by Right Briefing for Education
    This briefing details how Hear by Right can be used to increase the participation of children and young people in their place of education.
  • Hear by Right Briefing for Connexions
    An outline developed by Connexions on measuring the impact of the active involvement of young people on Connexions services, this guide demonstrates the importance of a rigorous approach and how Hear by Right can ensure this.
  • Hear by Right Briefing for the Third Sector
    This is a briefing to show how to build participation throughout services and organisations using the Hear by Right standards framework. Hear by Right helps to map current participation of children and young people and to develop a strategic plan for improvement.
  • Hear by Right Briefing for the Voluntary Sector
    Rainer is the first national voluntary sector organisation to adopt Hear by Right across its central functions and local services to improve service user involvement. This internal briefing is likely to be a useful model for others in the sector.
  • An Introduction to Involving Children and Young People
    This Briefing outlines the rights and benefits of children and young people's participation, the importance of shared values to underpin it and key considerations and approaches to help make sure their active involvement is safe, sound and effective.
  • Where to find out more for Involving Children and Young People
    This briefing is intended to help those with a responsibility for promoting children and young people’s involvement, whether at policy development and strategic level, or at delivery level, to identify the resources that can best help them do so.
  • Participation Works Briefing
    This briefing produced by Participation Works outlines how Hear by Right can be used in the Voluntary and Third Sector.

Training Resources

The following resources are not from the Hear by Right toolkit and are only available to download from this site. They resources are useful materials that we have used when running training or consultancy with children, young people and adults.

Training Resources

  • Action Planning Sheet
    This is a simple tool for deciding upon the next steps for action as an individual, as a group, and by others within your organisation.
  • Improving Outcomes Quiz
    This resource illustrates what life is like for Children and Young People living in England. The quiz is centred around the Every Child Matters framework and it highlights the failings in the English structures and systems.  
  • Hear by Right Bingo
    Hear by Right bingo is an active game that enables groups to gain a better understanding of the Hear by Right Standards and how they are used practically within an organisation.
  • UNCRC Building Blocks Model
    This resource presents the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as building blocks with Protections and Provisions as the walls and Participation as the keystone.
  • Article 12 Convention on the Rights of the Child statement scramble
    This resource acts as an introduction to Article 12 of the UNCRC and works well as an icebreaker.
  • 4 Faces
    This resource enables participants to engage in dialogue and discussion with others.
  • Childhood through Time
    The Childhood through Time gives an understanding of the different comments and thoughts as well as legislation concerning young people ranging from 6000BC to the present day.
  • Participation Family Fortunes
    A light-hearted PowerPoint game to establish a common definition of participation. The loudspeaker symbol brings applause and remember to print out the answers before you play!
Home