Working on a project where children and young people have influenced how people connect with and experience a place?

This category is likely a good fit.

This category is about influence — not just engagement.

This includes work where children and young people contribute to how places support connection, belonging, and shared experience.

Their input might influence how spaces are used, how activities are shaped, or how communities come together around a place.

The focus is on projects connected to real places, where their involvement has informed how a space is experienced or activated.

What this includes

• Input shaping how spaces are used or experienced by communities

• Contributions influencing activities, programming, or shared use

• Feedback affecting how people interact with a place

• Involvement informing how spaces support connection or belonging

What counts? If children and young people influenced how people connect with or experience a place, it counts.

This counts

• Input that shaped how a space is used or activated

• Contributions influencing how people gather or interact

• Young people informing how a place supports community use

• Involvement leading to changes in how spaces function socially

This doesn’t (on its own)

• Engagement activity without impact on how a place is used

• Community programmes not connected to a specific place

• Participation where there is no evidence of influence

• Events or workshops without lasting effect on the space

If your work spans multiple areas, choose the category that best reflects what changed.