1. Youth
Involvement
learning from young people

2. Listening to and
learning from young
people is the most
effective way to
understand what young
people want and need.
It is central to our work
in alcohol and drug
prevention. Young
people’s views inform
and extend our
practice, and ensure
greatest impact.

3. Youth involvement
benefits young
people, recognising and
extending their
skills, giving them the
confidence to become
active citizens. Young
people leave our
projects believing they
have can effect real
and lasting change in
their communities.

4. How we involve young people
Project Planning
Project Delivery
Consultations
Research
Evaluation
Campaigning

5. Project Planning
• Young people design their
project; the
content, timeframes and
activities.
• They determine research
areas and methodology
based on their
enthusiasms, experiences
and skills.
• They support Mentor to
identify key areas which
will help to prevent alcohol
and drug use.
• Mentor incorporates young
people’s views into its
project and organisational
planning.

6. Project Delivery
• Young people carry out peer
research.
• Peer educators design their
training tools and sessions.
• Peer educators deliver
alcohol and drug sessions to
young people.
• Young people deliver
seminars and conferences.
• They share their work with
other young people through
consultative events and
presentations.
• They develop toolkits to
support organisations to
address alcohol and drug
prevention.

7. Consultation
• Young people’s work and
ideas are shared with
government
departments, MPs and policy
advisors.
• Young people involved with
youth offending teams
(YOTs) are consulted about
the extent to which alcohol
may be linked to risk-taking
behaviours.

8. Research
• Young people determine
what research to carry
out.
• They carry out surveys
and focus groups with
peers.
• They deliver their findings
and recommendations to
policy-
makers, practitioners, you
ng people and others
interested in alcohol and
drug prevention.

9. Evaluation
• Young people provide
feedback on projects and
resources.
• Young people’s reference
groups are established to
help shape project
evaluation.
• They are involved with the
evaluation of their own
projects, including
determining methodology
and delivering detailed
feedback for specific
external evaluation areas.
• Young people are on
panels judging best alcohol
prevention programmes.

10. Campaigning
• Young people initiate
campaigns around areas
they are passionate about.
•They are supported to take
their ideas, findings and
recommendations to policy
makers.
•They share their messages
via social media, at
conferences and seminars.

11. Breaking
Out
London
Youth
Involvement
Project
STAND
Awards
Coastal and Ex-Mining
Areas Project
Mentor Youth Involvement
Project
Rural Youth
Involvement
Project
Muslim
Youth
Involvement
Project
Peer
Education
Project
CHAMP
Awards
Alcohol, Off
ending and
Deprivation
Project
A Legacy of Youth Involvement