Participation through the Pandemic
Children in Scotland was awarded funding from the Young Start programme to create a new peer research project to gain greater understanding of participation and engagement with children and young people through the pandemic.
The Participation through the Pandemic project explored how coronavirus changed the ways in which children and young people can get involved in projects or access services.
Within it, a group of four young researchers aged 14-18 years worked together to examine how engaging online rather than face-to-face has changed the way children and young people share their views.
The researchers on the project learned about different approaches and methodologies before designing their own project. They decided how they wanted to gather information and who they needed to speak to. As a group, they worked with Children in Scotland staff to explore their findings.
The peer researchers examined what worked well and what didn’t, the challenges to engagement and participation in projects online, the ways it was made fun, the ways that organisations adapted and did things differently and recommendations from young people’s experiences during the pandemic to make sure that the adults who work with children and young people to gather their views do it well in the future.
Participation through the Pandemic – Final Report (June 2022)
This report details the Participation through the Pandemic Project, delivered by our team of peer researchers: Ellie, Emma, Ishan and Katie. With support and guidance from project staff, they engaged with projects across the country and developed six case studies based on the experiences of children and young people who had been involved in participation and engagement work since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020.
Participation through the Pandemic – Case Study Report (June 2022)
The case study report highlights the six case studies our peer researchers developed through the Participation the the Pandemic project. It provides evidence and examples of work that went on during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is directly linked to the main project report which details out research findings and approach.
