As an organisation committed to empowering young people and providing a platform for them to get their messages heard, Envision is committed to sharing best practice and conducting consultancy sessions with young people which would enable organisations to make more informed decisions on how to engage and work with young people. Envision can work with various audiences and organisations to help them develop their youth engagement and support strategy. Our team can sit down with you and assess your needs to develop a programme, workshops or an event which would meet each of your requirements.
The case studies on this page give you examples of the type of service we can provide.
Bespoke Programmes
Is there a research programme or youth consultancy idea you would like to discuss? Please contact a member of our team to find out what we can do for you. Email: rommel@envision.org.uk
Case study: Consultations and Debate
"Thank you for all your hard work! We are all really happy! Sir Trevor Phillips just stopped by and said how pleased he was and how we need to keep this up and have even bigger debates! So this is only just the beginning..."
Gabriella Flores –Coordinator EHRC.
Envision was asked by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to invite 30 young people to take part in a consultation on what issues they felt the EHRC should be tackling on behalf of young people in particular rights of young people, their representation in the media and the importance of bringing young people together.
Envision staff and volunteers facilitated a series of discussion workshops with the resulting conclusions being debated in a mock chamber of the House of Commons. The debate was chaired by an Envision Grad and attended by chair of the EHRC Sir Trevor Phillips. Feedback from both the young people and the Commission was that the event had been highly informative, well run and that everyone had enjoyed themselves immensely.
Case study: Training and Development
Living Streets which campaigns for better public spaces and encouraging people to do more walking asked Envision to prepare a toolkit on ‘How to engage young people in a pupil led campaign.’ Envision has also been asked to deliver a training session to Living Streets mentors who will be working on the programme at its launch in Newcastle 2008
"Envision delivered training to adult mentors at the launch of Living Streets’ ‘Step Up’ campaign to get more secondary school students walking to school. We asked Envision to give the mentors an introduction to the campaign, and to supporting participants within a ‘pupil-led’ ethos. We were very happy with the service we received from Envision, and their attention to detail in preparing the content of the session. The session was created to our specification, and delivered by an experienced trainer. The session was well-received by mentors, one participant commented ’the facilitator was very effective, a natural’. I would definitely recommend Envision as trainers of youth mentors."
Sam Potter - Walk to School Co-ordinator, Living Streets
Case study: Workshops and Events
"Envision provided a fun, engaging and informative session which resulted in fantastic feedback from the young people. The session was inclusive, topical and well structured. We look forward to working with them again in the future"
Laura Evison Youth Member Support Officer – Youth Action Network
Envision is a member of Youth Action Network which supports organisations working with young people and delivering Youth Action projects. In May 2008, Envision delivered workshops to young people who have successfully received funding from Youth Action Network as part of their Youth in Action Small Grants scheme. We delivered two workshops on the topic of ‘Events Planning for Young People Made Easy’. These were attended by 40 young people.
