"We rise as society fails to communicate to its most vulnerable"

A youth-led consultancy providing expert advice for organisations shaping our lives. 

Created by young people, we rise because society has failed to communicate to its most vulnerable. 

We work nationally to amplify youth voices, advise change for broken systems, and build a fairer future.

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From youth voice to organisational change.

Rising Generation operates across the full youth engagement and consultancy process.

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You bring the problem. We build the approach.

Not every organisation fits neatly into a boundary.

That's why we fully understand an organisation's needs first before offering a flexible proposal which can include multiple or overlapping services.

Rather than asking you to choose a predefined package, we first seek to understand what you are trying to achieve, who is affected, what needs to be understood, and what change you want to make.

We then build an approach around those needs, combining services where appropriate and avoiding work that does not add value.

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Why We Exist

Young people are not simply the future.

We are living in the systems being designed today.

Public services. Education. Health. Housing. Transport. Employment. Communities.

Decisions made by organisations every day shape the lives of young people, yet young people are too often consulted too late, heard too selectively, or treated as an audience rather than participants.

Rising Generation exists to change that.

We bring young people's experiences, perspectives and expertise into the rooms where decisions are made.

Not as a box to tick. Not as a statistic. Not as a token voice.

As people with something meaningful to contribute.

Our Mission

Turning raw, unfiltered communication into meaningful change.

Created by young people, Rising Generation exists to ensure that organisations can take action on the issues that directly affect us through the power of raw, unfiltered communication.

We work between young people and organisations to create something neither can achieve alone:

honest insight that organisations can actually use.

Our role is not simply to ask young people what they think.

It is to help organisations understand:

What is happening?     Why is it happening?     Who is affected?     What needs to change?     What should happen next?

Our Approach

We don't believe in consultation for consultations sake

A young person giving their time should result in more than a thank-you email.

Our projects are designed around a simple principle:

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What Makes Us Different

Youth-led by design.

Rising Generation was created by young people because we understand the difference between being consulted and being heard.

Our youth-led foundation shapes how we approach every project.

Who We Work With

If your organisation shapes young people's lives, we can help you understand them better.

We work nationally across sectors including:

The Issues We Work On

The problems affecting young people are interconnected.

We therefore work across issues including

And emerging issues affecting the next generation.

Our work can focus on a single issue or examine how multiple systems interact.

Our Work

Turning participation into something tangible.

Our projects vary in scale, sector and methodology but each is built around the same objective:

Making youth voice useful.

Case Study: Local Authority-Scale Safeguarding Youth Consultation

The Challenge

The Local Authority identified a deterioration in safeguarding outcomes and practice across its children's services. This represented a significant change from the improvements the authority had experienced across schools and children's services over the preceding decade.

Our Approach

Rising Generation provided initial independent advice and identified concerns regarding a potential underlying issue within the authority's safeguarding practice. We recommended further investigation to understand the experiences of young people and professionals and identify any systemic factors contributing to the change.

Rising Generation subsequently delivered a large-scale consultation reaching 618 recipients of the authority's children's services.

The engagement incorporated:
Surveys
Group discussions and facilitated engagement
Professional and stakeholder engagement
A large-scale conference bringing young people, directors and professionals together in the same space

This created multiple routes for participants to communicate their experiences and enabled Rising Generation to compare perspectives across different groups.

The Outcome

Rising Generation analysed the consultation findings across the different forms of engagement. The evidence identified significant concerns regarding the development of a closed organisational culture within the authority's care services, alongside associated safeguarding and systemic issues.

The Local Authority subsequently acknowledged and confirmed Rising Generation's concerns regarding the presence of a closed culture within its workplace.

Working collaboratively, the Local Authority and Rising Generation developed an internal plan to support the transition away from this culture while maintaining safeguards for young people and protecting the continuity of children's services.

Rising Generation and the Local Authority are now working in partnership to support the implementation of this plan.

Impact

618 recipients of children's services engaged
Multiple consultation and engagement methodologies
Young people, directors and professionals brought together
Systemic organisational concerns identified
Joint improvement plan developed
Ongoing partnership established

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Case Study: Youth Substance Use, Poverty, Attendance & Educational Attainment Consultation

The Challenge

The client approached Rising Generation to investigate the relationship between several factors affecting young people, including substance use, alcohol, poverty, attendance and educational attainment.

The client required a structured consultation and analysis process that could explore these interconnected issues and provide useful evidence for future decision-making.

Our Approach

Rising Generation first worked with the client to understand the objectives of the investigation and develop an appropriate consultation and reporting package.

The resulting project combined:
Consultation design
Online survey management
Two facilitated in-person discussions
Data analysis
A consultation and data report
An advisory meeting with a Data Analyst and Consultation Practitioner

The combination of quantitative survey information and direct discussion allowed the project to examine both measurable patterns and the experiences behind them.

Following completion of the initial consultation, the findings were discussed with the client during an advisory meeting. This identified a further requirement for more direct youth engagement and preventative intervention.

The Outcome

The initial consultation and reporting project provided the client with structured analysis of the relationship between the identified factors and informed discussion around potential next steps.

Following the findings and advisory discussion, the client commissioned a second stage of work focused on youth engagement and intervention.

Rising Generation subsequently designed and delivered an engagement and intervention programme consisting of nine 90-minute sessions, supported by:
An initial meeting with management staff
Workshop design
Nine facilitated sessions
An advisory meeting focused on outcomes and sustainable intervention

The programme was subsequently completed, with the client then requesting consideration of continued prevention-focused support while a longer-term delivery arrangement was identified.

Impact

Initial consultation and data analysis completed
Multiple data-collection methods used
Findings translated into further intervention
Nine 90-minute engagement sessions delivered
Consultation developed into a longer-term prevention discussion
Client subsequently explored continuation of prevention-focused services

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Have something that needs changing?

Whether you need to understand young people's experiences, design a consultation, evaluate a programme, develop youth participation or rethink a service, we can help.

Tell us what you're trying to achieve.

You don't need to have the perfect brief.

You just need to know something that could be better

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