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Recognition for First Hear by Right Award Winners
Eight organisations are celebrating after being the first in the country to achieve the National Youth Agency’s Hear by Right Award in recognition of their commitment to young people’s participation in decision making processes.
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<p>Eight organisations are celebrating after being the first in the country to achieve the National Youth Agency’s Hear by Right Award in recognition of their commitment to young people’s participation in decision making processes.</p>
<p>The Award was launched last year to provide organisations that put young people’s voices at the heart of service delivery and development with the opportunity to gain national recognition for their achievements and is evaluated at three levels – Bronze, Silver and Gold.</p>
<p>An award ceremony was held at the National Youth Agency offices in Leicester last month, which was attended by:</p>
<p><strong>Gold Award</strong></p>
<p>Limehouse Youth Centre, City Gateway</p>
<p><strong>Silver Award</strong></p>
<p>Medway Youth Trust</p>
<p>Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton and Hove</p>
<p><strong>Bronze Award</strong></p>
<p>Leeds City Museum</p>
<p>Museum of London</p>
<p>London Transport Museum</p>
<p>Museums Sheffield<strong> </strong></p>
<p>Middlesbrough Museums</p>
<p>Upon receiving their Gold Award, Darren Wolf Limehouse Youth Centre Director of Strategy, Development and Performance, said: “We are passionate about working in partnership with young people.</p>
<p>“We were already doing great things with our young people, but working towards the Gold Hear by Right Award helped us to be more intentional about their participation. Gaining real recognition for everyone’s work has been an enormously positive thing – especially for our young people, who say they feel they have been recognised for doing lots of work.</p>
<p>Siama Ayiaz, a young person from Limehouse Youth Centre, supported Darren by saying: “We are really proud to have gained this award, and to the be first at this level. There’s always room to learn and when you learn skills you should pass them on, not just keep them to yourself – and that is how we do it at Limehouse.”</p>
<p>Jon Boagey, National Youth Agency Operations Director, added: “Many congratulations to all our Hear by Right Award achievers and we are delighted their hard work in developing services with young people can now be recognised in this way. Embedding youth participation into the development of services is not only best practice, but vital to ensuring provision is relevant to local needs and we hope these organisation’s achievements will inspire others to do the same.”</p>
<p>For further information about the Hear by Right Award contact National Youth Agency Business Development Manager Bob Clifford: <a href="mailto:bobc@nya.org.uk">bobc@nya.org.uk</a> or visit ww.nya.org.uk/hear-by-right-award-scheme</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img title="Limhouse Youth Centre, City Gateway " src="http://nya.org.uk/dynamic_pictures/LimehouseWEB.JPG" alt="Limehouse Youth Centre Receiving Thier Hear By Right Gold Award" width="448" height="298" /></p>
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![NYA's Jodie McNamara Provides Young People's Views at Round Table](/<p>on Tuesday 22nd February the Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for Children and Families, Tim Loughton MP, met a group of young people to hear their views about the biggest issues facing young people today. The meeting was part of an ongoing series of discussions with stakeholders about how to create a culture in society that is more positive for youth, and in the run up to a sector wide 'Positive for Youth' summit on the 9 March.</p>
<p>The Minister said “I am committed to young people having a seat at the top table. We had a wide-ranging discussion that shows just how valuable it is to involve and listen to young people. I want to set the standard for councils and others by involving young people directly in developing our policies. I'm looking forward to meeting the group again".</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img title="Young People Meet With Tim Loughton MP " src="http://nya.org.uk/dynamic_pictures/TimLoughtonRoundTable.JPG" alt="Young People Meet With Tim Loughton MP " width="448" height="252" /></p>){kind=link}