We are excited to share the new Peer Research Toolkit. Building on almost a decade of experience and the work of over 200 peer researchers, it provides the practical frameworks needed to move from tokenistic engagement to genuine participatory action research.

Inside the toolkit:

• Foundations & Ethics: Defining “lived experience” and “peers,” and establishing the ethical baseline for youth-led inquiry.
•  Operational Readiness: Practical guidance on budgeting (including fair remuneration models), staffing roles, and organisational capacity.
• The “Scope Triangle”: A framework to help organisations balance Ambition, Feasibility, and Influence to ensure projects are realistic and impactful.
• Recruitment & Training: How to recruit diverse cohorts beyond the “usual suspects” and a full curriculum for training young people in qualitative, quantitative, and creative research methods.
• Fieldwork & Analysis: Managing safeguarding in the field and supporting young people to lead the “sense-making” process, ensuring adult bias does not override youth voice.
• Impact & Legacy: Strategies for turning research findings into policy change, social action, and lasting organisational transformation.