Working on a project where children and young people helped shape the development or change of a place?

This category is likely a good fit.

This category focuses on how regeneration projects are shaped — not just who took part, but what changed as a result.

It includes work where children and young people contribute to decisions about how places are designed, developed and used — from early thinking through to delivery.

Projects may vary in scale and stage — from early ideas through to implemented change.

Their input might:

• shape design proposals

• influence priorities or uses

• test ideas and inform changes

• affect how a place is experienced over time

Projects can vary in scale — from local interventions to larger regeneration schemes — but the key is that their involvement contributed to real decisions..

What this includes

• Input shaping design, planning or regeneration proposals

• Feedback leading to changes in layouts, uses or priorities

• Contributions influencing how projects are delivered or adapted

• Ongoing involvement informing decisions as a project evolves

What counts

• Evidence that input contributed to design or planning decisions

• Changes made in response to feedback or ideas

• Ongoing involvement shaping how a project developed

• Contributions affecting how a place is used or experienced

This doesn’t include

• One-off activity with no connection to decisions

• Engagement not linked to a real project or place

• Participation without evidence of change

• Creative activity without spatial application

If your work spans multiple areas, choose the category that best represents what was shaped. If it fits within two categories, submit each application separately as an original entry