Weaving a Collective Tapestry: Launching the Funders’ Toolkit for Child and Youth Participation

Hosted by Elevate Children Funders Group

This intergenerational launch event will highlight key insights from the research, introduce new tools and activities for funders considering or embarking on a participatory process, and host an important conversation with the report’s authors and youth co-creation group on their recommendations for funders.

Co-created by an amazing group of young leaders, and with the guidance of an advisory committee and the ECFG Child and Youth Participation working group, the Toolkit is the first of its kind to offer support and guidance on the substantive “how-to” of child and youth participation – tailored specifically to funders.

Meaningful child and youth participation in philanthropy can be a powerful catalyst for increased impact and transformation at multiple levels, from the individual to the systemic, but many funders still shy away from implementing meaningful child and youth participation across their work. Despite the many excellent resources available for nonprofits and development agencies addressing child and youth participation, few resources exist that address the unique, practical needs of funders. ECFG’s new Funders’ Toolkit for Child and Participation aims to fill that gap.

The launch event will not only provide the opportunity to learn more about the Toolkit’s research findings and practical activities to help funders as they embark on this journey, but will also host small group discussions with young leaders, funders, and the research team where you can dive into the Toolkit and ask specific questions.

We hope you can make it