YOU RESPOND aims at the promotion of good practices in relation to child and young people participation in projects to combat and prevent violence against children. This will be achieved through the development of educational materials: an evidence-based good practice guide andtraining materials. These materials will be designed for practitioners in relevant govermental and non-govermental organisations. Their focus will be on best practice in relation to engaging young people in establishing the scope, nature, impact and prevention of violence in developing policy and practice.

The research project YOU RESPOND is led by the University of Sheffield (two streams within the University are involved in the project: the Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth and the Department of Sociological Studies), and a team of partners and associate partners from 4 countries (UK, Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria) which is divided into academic/NGO teams. The University of Sheffield will work with Walsall Youth Service, SEERC (Greece) will work with the Institute of Child Health and the European University Cyprus will work with Social Reforms for Development and Integration Foundation in Bulgaria.