| CYC Members Help Secure £1.3 Million for Active Travel Project Cardiff Youth Council (CYC) members teamed up with academics from Bristol and Cardiff Universities to work on an active travel project. Who Was Involved? Aoife Williams, Efa Thomas, Martha Lewis, Megan O’Neill, Rahma Mohamed, and Steffan Raynor Owen from CYC worked with Dr Hannah Littlecott and Dr Kelly Morgan23. What’s It About? The project is all about active travel, like walking and cycling instead of driving. The goal is to make communities healthier and more eco-friendly. CYC’s Role: CYC members gave their opinions on how data should be collected to make sure the research works for the community. They shared lots of ideas, showing why it’s important to get young people involved in research that affects them. Real Impact: CYC’s participation helped shape the research and make sure the project meets the needs of people who will be involved in the study. Their contributions were key in securing a £1.3 million grant from the National Institute of Health Research for the project. Why it matters: The researchers listened to CYC’s feedback which helped them improve their research plan. Future: CYC will continue to push for healthier and more sustainable communities in Cardiff. This collaboration highlights how young people can make a real difference in research and policy. |
| “Our session with CYC involved an online meeting with 7 young people. These young people were really engaged and gave interesting and full responses to our questions, resulting in useful feedback. This feedback directly impacted the design of our project. For example, we decided to use focus groups rather than interviews for young people and we plan to use social media and QR codes for the recruitment of young people.” |
| Welsh Women’s Aid wanted to extend our gratitude to the Youth Forum for their invaluable input during the consultation process for the Misogyny Workshop as part of the Ask Me CYP programme. Their insights and suggestions played a crucial role in enhancing our misogyny workshop, making it significantly more useful and responsive to the needs of children and young people across Wales. Thanks to their contribution, we were able to tailor the workshop to better address the issues and concerns that matter most. We recently ran the session with over 100 children in Swansea, and the feedback has been great. The children and young people found the workshop engaging, relevant and impactful which is a testament to the relevance and quality of input provided by the Youth Forum. We really appreciate the time and effort that the Youth Forum dedicated to this process. Their voices have made such a difference, and we hope to work with the group again in the future. |