A snapshot of Amplify's first year across London, the North East, the South West, and Yorkshire and the Humber. Led by our peer researchers, Year 1 saw co-produced research, national seminars, and new resources built by and for young people. This summary pulls together outcomes and impact of year 1, and what they mean for the programme as it grows.

Peer research sits at the heart of Amplify. This resource explains what a peer researcher is, what the role involves and words of advice. Whether you're a young person curious about getting involved or an organisation considering the model, this is the place to start.

Recorded from our Embedding Youth Voice training, co-delivered by Amplify peer researchers, this session explores what it takes to make youth voice meaningful in practice rather than tokenistic. It sits alongside the Amplify Icebreaker Toolkit, a co-produced collection of tried and tested activities organised by format and time, with accessibility guidance throughout, ready to use in any youth setting. Click here to watch the seminar Click here to download the presentation.

Developed through Amplify and co-produced by the peer researchers, this stakeholder mapping template helps young people and youth organisations identify who holds influence over the issues they care about and how to reach them. Built around an accessible five-step approach, it was co-delivered by our peer researchers at a live seminar, and the session recording walks you through how to use it. Download the template and watch the video below to run your own mapping session. Cl

As a part of the Amplify project, where peer researchers around the country are coming together to look at making youth voice more equitable and fair, we hosted a residential at the end of June. Erica, our intern from Kings got to support the facilitation and running of the residential: Hello, my name is Erica, and I am currently interning at Partnership for Young London. On the 27th and 28th of June, I had the privilege of supporting a residential workshop held by Nora, wher

Hello, I am Cadessa, and I am an intern with Partnership for Young London through the Civic Leadership Academy, run by King’s College London. If I could describe the Pathways to Vote at 16 Conference in three words, they would be: innovative, exciting, and proactive. On Thursday 18 June, I had the privilege of attending the Pathways to Vote at 16 Conference, which focused on the introduction of the new youth policy that makes 16-year-olds eligible to vote and on how we, as a

Following the government's announcement earlier this week regarding a social media ban for under-16s, the team at Partnership for Young London felt it was important to reflect on the implications this may have for the young people we work closely with and the questions it raises. One of the biggest themes to emerge is the role and responsibility of big tech companies in regulating content on their platforms. While protecting young people from harmful online content is the pri

2026 is the fifth and final year of Authoring Our Own Stories. We are excited and proud of the work achieved across the country with Young Leaders, focus group participants, our stakeholders and regional youth units, since this youth voice project was launched in 2022. The time has flown and we are eager to begin implementing recommendations this year, based on all the rich data collected through our field work over the years. Across the country, projects will be delivered wi

In London we are focused on delivering a programme of three training sessions on key themes from our research including ‘Community, Connection and Belonging’, ‘Developing Intergenerational Dialogue when Exploring Support for Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health and ‘Breaking the Glass Ceiling’. This training is being co-produced with professionals and Young Leaders and delivered to partners including London Youth, Spotlight and Metropolitan and Thames Valley Housing. For mor

We are pleased to share resources and updates from across the regions engaged in Authoring Our Own Stories. Please see below for reports and training materials to support professionals in their work with young people on themes of civic identity ​ ​Youth Focus North West Authoring Our Own Stories is a national project exploring young people’s civic identities, to understand how civic identities impact access to services for young people, using creative research methodologies