Participation Spaces
This activity invites you to uncover barriers to participation in your local community.
By exploring public spaces, youth centers, or even online platforms, you’ll evaluate their accessibility and inclusivity. Your findings will help spark ideas to make these spaces more equitable and open to all.
First, get inspired!
Watch: A video showcasing youth initiatives that transformed local spaces to promote accessibility and inclusivity.
Read: A blog post or article about the role of public spaces in fostering community engagement.
Reflect: Think about the spaces in your community where you feel most comfortable and why they work for you.
Now, take action:
By completing the following activities, you’ll discover how to evaluate spaces critically and identify barriers to inclusion. Your efforts will help you build awareness of the challenges in your community and inspire meaningful solutions.
- Navigate and investigate: Go on a walk through your neighbourhood, your place public spaces or digital environments where young people can participate. Note physical barriers, welcoming features, or anything that may exclude certain groups. Take photos or sketches or screenshots of participation spaces to document your observations.
- Peer survey: Design a simple survey (online or on paper) to ask your friends, family, or community members about their experiences with local spaces. Focus on accessibility, safety, and inclusivity.
- Creative mapping: Use tools like Google Maps, Miro, or paper to create a map of your area. Mark spaces that need improvement and add annotations about their challenges and strengths.
What you’ll gain
- Awareness: Learn to identify and understand barriers to participation in your community.
- Empathy: Understand the diverse experiences of others in accessing local spaces.
- Collaboration: Collaborate with others and start thinking critically and creatively about how to address these barriers.
You have to finish 1 task to get the badge
Tasks
Task no.1
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Investigate and evaluate participation spaces:
- What to do: Conduct an investigation walk through public and digital spaces, noting barriers, accessibility features, and welcoming elements.
- Evidence: Submit photos, sketches, or written notes highlighting your findings.
Task no.2
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Engage with your community:
- What to do: Create and distribute a survey to collect feedback on participation spaces. Summarize the responses to identify common barriers and opportunities.
- Evidence: Provide your survey questions, a summary of results, and reflections on what you learned.
Task no.3
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Create a visual representation:
- What to do: Design a map or visual tool to showcase the accessibility and inclusivity of your local spaces, along with your improvement ideas.
- Evidence: Share your completed map with annotations and a brief explanation of your proposed changes.
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Mapping our Voices
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