Hear by Right

Hear by Right is a tried and tested standards framework for organisations across the statutory and voluntary sectors to assess and improve practice and policy on the active involvement of children and young people.

Although many do not realise it, children and young people have a right to be involved in decisions that affect them. Their participation is essential if services are to be improved and their needs are to be met. There are now a wide range of tools to encourage effective participation across a range of settings, but fewer to help assess what has been achieved.

Hear by Right enables organisations to map current practice and plan improvements. It relies on self-assessment and is divided into three levels with each level building on the last. This ensures that young people's involvement is built in and not just bolted on.

Find out more

The Hear by Right website provides access to a wide range of further information including how to use the standards, downloadable resources and a unique archive of shared learning and practice.

See also:

• Involving children and young people – an introduction (May 2007)
• http://www.nya.org.uk/whatschanged
• Associated Toolkits - NYA Quality Mark self-assessment framework and Workforce Development Self-Assessment Framework - both of these frameworks provide toolkits which can be used to complete standards within the Hear by Right programme.

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