Young People’s Consultation Events Analysis:
We held 15 consultation events for hundreds of young people to discuss your
thoughts and concerns about the services that you receive.
During the course of those events, we asked you to structure your thoughts
into the following categories:
Health and Well being
This category includes information about
improving your mental and physical health;
nutrition; dental health; sexual health;
personal health (injuries/accidents) and
behaviour (e.g. smoking, alcohol, substance
abuse)
Achievement and Enjoyment
This category includes information about
improving your educational attainment; first
employment and employability; engagement
in the arts music, sport and wider leisure
activities; access to popular play and leisure
facilities and engagement in community and
voluntary activities
Participation and Citizenship
This category includes information about
improving your involvement in the local
community, helping you understand your
role and importance in society and your
engagement in the local and national
democratic process.
Protection
This category includes information about
being brought up in a safe environment
where you are free from violence, abuse
and harassment at home, at school and in
the community.
Responsibility
This category includes information about
growing up as responsible citizens. This
means that the services you may use also
have a responsibility for ensuring that the
service you receive is supportive and takes
into account individual circumstances.
Inclusion
This category includes information about
discrimination that you experience (e.g.
according to your background - gender,
race/ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation,
special educational needs size/age - or by
circumstance - for those in public care, or in
poverty)
The bar chart below shows how many times you prioritised these categories
in the 15 events.
number of time
prioritised
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
categories
Achievement & Enjoyment
Inclusion
Responsibility
Health & Well-being
Protection
Participation & Citizenship
By far the most popular outcome was ‘Achievement & Enjoyment’, which was
raised 102 times during the course of the 15 consultation events.
In the pie charts below, you can see what specific issues were discussed
under each outcome category. We have also included some of the things that
you had to say about your issues.
Achievement & Enjoyment:
‘Achievement & Enjoyment’ was the most important outcome that was raised
during the course of the consultation events – coming up 102 times. Here’s
what the key issues were under this category, and how many times they were
raised:
2
4
4
4
4
6
10
5
6
Improved and wider curriculum
Reduce cost of further education
Improve teacher's training and teacher's pay
More vocational education / modern apprenticeships
Improve educational facilities and equipment
Better leisure facilities
Better park facilities (i.e. skate parks)
Cheaper facilities for young people
More out of school clubs
‘Better leisure facilities’ was the most important issue under this category.
Here’s what some of you had to say about ‘Achievement & Enjoyment’:
Achievement –
Money should be invested in schools to improve the standard of equipment
available to pupils (Mixed age young people event)
Put wages up for teachers to attract skilled people to fill the jobs (Rural young
people event)
Pay teachers more and improve on the cleanliness of schools (Bereaved
young people event)
Enjoyment –
We need more leisure facilities to ensure that people are kept off the streets
(Young Offenders event)
We need sports facilities, leisure facilities, parks and youth centres to keep us
occupied (Self Excluded young people event)
Set more activities and especially publicise existing activities so children and
young people actually know they exist (Sexual orientation young people
event)
Health & Well-being:
‘Health & Well-being’ was raised 65 times during the course of the
consultation events, along with Inclusion. Here’s what the key issues were
under this category, and how many times they were raised:
2
4
2
3
8
3
4
4
Hospital wards for teenagers
Less effective doctors because of pressure
Bullying
Cleaner streets and cleaner environment
Recruit more doctors and nurses
Improve awareness of risks of smoking, drug taking and sexual activity
Hospital waiting times
Unemployment benefits too low
‘Hospital waiting times’ was the most important issue under this category.
Here’s what some of you had to say about ‘Health & Well-being’:
NHS should cut down waiting times (Homeless young people event)
We want health authorities to work properly and not make us wait for long
periods (Children at risk of social exclusion event)
Increased funding for hospitals to improve the service (Mixed age young
people event)
Inclusion:
‘Inclusion’ was raised 65 times during the course of the consultation events,
along with Health & Well-being. Here’s what the key issues were under this
category, and how many times they were raised:
4
6
4
Community training to help value diversity
More mentoring schemes for young people
Transport
‘Community training to help value diversity’ was the most important issue
under this category. Here’s what some of you had to say about ‘Inclusion’:
Racist attitudes should be dealt with more proactively with increased
availability of corrective facilities for persistent offenders (Self excluded young
people event)
Teachers need to understand and recognise the position that young carers
etc are in and have the social skills where they can provide support for their
pupils and not stigmatise them (Young carers event)
The transport services are not frequent. The fares need to be reduced or
there should be one fare for all people. We need more buses! (Homeless
young people event)
There should be multi cultural events where all are involved (All girls event)
Protection:
‘Protection’ was raised 46 times during the course of the consultation events.
Here’s what the key issues were under this category, and how many times
they were raised:
2
6
4
Police should deal with major crimes before petty ones
Police should value the individual
Better security on the streets - more CCTV/police
‘Better security on the streets’ was the most important issue under this
category. Here’s what some of you had to say about ‘Protection’:
We need tight security at all time – e.g. more policemen on our streets as we
tend to be bullied at times (Refugee young people event)
More cameras in local and play areas (All boys event)
Responsibility:
‘Responsibility’ was raised 45 times during the course of the consultation
events. Here’s what the key issues were under this category, and how many
times they were raised:
2
2
7
2
Increase availability of housing for homeless
Services should still be available to us after 16
More homeless centres
Better services to help with individual problems
‘Increase availability of housing for homeless’ was the most important issue
under this category. Here’s what some of you had to say about
‘Responsibility’:
Cheaper and better accommodation for young people (Homeless young
people event)
Council accommodation – you only get it if you are pregnant or on drugs,
there should be more accommodation for those not in trouble (Rural young
people event)
Young people should have a second chance and give them a job, regardless
of mistakes they could have made (Young people event)
Participation & Citizenship:
‘Participation & Citizenship’ was raised 43 times during the course of the
consultation events. Here’s what the key issues were under this category,
and how many times they were raised:
2
5
4
5
3
Help for those who don't speak English as a first language
Create a directory of helpful services available to young people
Better public transport
Consult young people regularly on issues that affect them
Raise young people's awareness of local/national issues
Consulting with young people and raising young people’s awareness of issues
were the most important things under this category. Here’s what some of you
had to say about ‘Participation & Citizenship’:
Real involvement & partnership for children and young people in local
services – not tokenistic (Homeless young people event)
We would like Language Bureaus to be set up as some of us do not have
English as a first language (Young people at risk of social exclusion event)