Consultation and Research

From challenging inequality to highlighting unseen barriers, Children North East believe real social change is achieved when those who have lived experience lead that change. Listening to the people who live through different situations and challenges can grow understanding and promote alternate, better ways of doing things. Our expert teams facilitate consultations with children, young people and families on projects spanning different themes, ambition, timescales and engagement methods. Whether you want to improve the experience of your organisation for families or put children’s voices at the heart of policy reform, we can support you to collect insights from people with the experiences that matter.

About Our Consultation and Research

Find out more about how we believe the voice of young people is central to improving services for them and understanding issues important to them and how we conduct impact driven research and consultation with a wide range of young people to better understand the issues affecting them.

Change Now

Consolidating learning from consultations with children and young people carried out since 2020, it brings together the voices of over 35,000 children and young people into a single report with a number of key recommendations for the North East of England. At the heart of Children North East is the desire for all children to be happy and healthy, safe and loved, resilient to challenges, and valued and confident. In order to achieve this mission, hearing – and listening to – first-hand experiences and feelings of young people across the North East is paramount. This report puts the voices of children and young people at the centre of understanding what’s important to them.

Creative Methods Toolkit

This toolkit comprises different established creative methods used by researchers to engage children under 12 years of age around sensitive topics, such as poverty and the welfare system.