Evaluation of a RIGHT blether - York Consulting

Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young PeopleEvaluation of a RIGHT blether1.6 To meet these aims, five key activities were delivered:PARTICIPATE – packs were distributed to schools and other youthsettings to support adults to deliver interactive workshops for childrenand young people to learn about their rights;CREATE – children and young people could tell the Commissionerabout their ‘RIGHT brilliant thing’, which could have been an ideaabout their future or examples of where their rights were beingrespected;MEET – the Commissioner travelled across all 32 LAs in Scotland tointroduce himself to and gain the views of children and young peopleat schools, youth organisations, GLOW meetings and LA-wide events;VOTE – in November 2010 children and young people voted on whatthe Commissioner’s priorities should be, on questions determined bychildren and young people beforehand 4 under four headings: 1) In TheHome, 2) Where We Learn, 3) In The Community, and 4) In Scotland;CELEBRATE – parties were held to mark the 21st anniversary of theUnited Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.Evaluation Aims1.7 The overall aim of the evaluation was to report on the processes andoutcomes of a RIGHT blether for its participants and to assess its impactacross Scotland. In particular, the objectives of the evaluation were to focuson:children and young people’s involvement;stakeholder and key partners’ involvement;general outcomes;impacts on participants and adults who facilitated their involvement;key areas of learning for future projects/consultations.4 More detail on the process for determining the VOTE questions is in paragraph 0.3