LINks good practice

Examples of LINks involving children and young people in their work

Earful of health: Involving Young People in Health Service Decision Making [PDF 187KB]
This report is from an event promoting good participation in health.
The aim of this event was enable to young people to work collaboratively with health professionals to explore the use of youth participation and youth involvement techniques in Health Services and develop recommendations for improvements across the Cheshire and Merseyside and wider North West Region.

In our space: Kensington and Chelsea LINk [PDF 181KB]
Kensington & Chelsea LINk worked with a group of Young Carers to get an understanding of what was important to them in their local area. They asked the young people to go away and take pictures with their mobile phones, this write up shows the results the young people came up with.

Young people in charge Leicester LINk [37KB]
Leicestershire County LINk has a dedicated young people’s group with a 13 year old Chair.This case study features an interview with the Chair and his experiences of working with a LINk

LINk participation worker Croydon LINk [74KB]
This features an interview with a Community Involvement Worker  and her experience of engaging young people with Croydon LINk.

The Slough Youth Local Involvement Network Slough LINk [376KB]
The Youth LINk is an attempt to engage specifically with a section of society that does not usually participate in traditional forms of communication on health, well-being and social issues affecting their lives.

LINk School Health Consultation Birmingham LINk [610kb]
Birmingham LINk Host has been asked to complete this project on behalf of Birmingham Community Health Service (BCHS) to understand how school children access and perceive the School Health Service within South Birmingham.

 

Local Involvement Networks and HealthWatch training

 

LINks training

How to involve children and young people in your LINk.

LINks' involvement of children and young people

LINks research report

A report looking at LINks and their involvement of children and young people.