We want to provide – and support our partners to provide – PE, school sport and physical activity opportunities that are meaningful and enjoyable for all young people. Youth voice is an essential tool to achieving this as it enables us to seek, listen and respond to the voices of young people who are underserved and/or who have low levels of participation.

About the Resources

Our youth voice resources were co-designed by young people. During the 2023/24 academic year, we worked with groups of young people to co-design a youth voice plan which outlines the principles underpinning meaningful youth voice. The plan outlines our priorities for how we will embed youth voice across Youth Sport Trust and how we will support the PE and school sport network to embed youth voice in their work. This will guide our work over the next three years. This is complimented by our Youth Voice Toolkit, activity cards and case studies.

This Youth Voice Toolkit has been developed by the Youth Sport Trust to help to ensure that – through Youth Voice – young people shape provision aimed at them. It is for all those involved in the provision of PE, sport and physical activity for young people – in schools and beyond.

It has been co-produced with young people and reflects:

• Young people’s experiences and insights
• Learning from our own experience of developing Youth Voice
• Collaboration with and learning from other partners.

The toolkit aims to inspire and support. You may use, adapt or add to it as you please. It will be an evolving resource: additional tools will be added as we continue to develop and learn from young people and partners.