IFG Awards 2026 – Skills Development | Inspire Future Generations Awards

Inspire Future Generations Awards 2026 — Skills Development

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Skills Development
This category recognises projects that help children and young people develop the knowledge, confidence and skills to engage with and shape places.

Before starting your submission, please review the full category guidance, examples and judging criteria:

Learn more:
https://www.thorntoneducationtrust.org/skill-development-ifga26

Please focus on:

What changed
How children and young people contributed
How decisions, approaches or outcomes were shaped
Now start your submission.

Now start your submission

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ABOUT THE PROJECT
Project name
1. About you
Organisation Name
Organisation Type

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Full Name (application contact)

First NameLast Name
Job Title
E-mail
Address

Street Address

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CityCounty/Region

Postal CodeCountry
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2. About the project
Briefly describe the project or programme. Guidance: (Focus on the purpose of the work, the place or context, who was involved, what the project set out to achieve)

100-250 words0/300
Project location
When did it take place
How many participants?
Age group involved? (if others, please specify)

Other
Were there any key partnerships or collaborations that supported this work? (Please briefly describe the organisations involved and how they contributed to the project).

100-250 words0/250
Who were the key people involved in delivering this work?

100-250 words0/250
3. Funding & Delivery Context

This section helps us better understand how participation and placemaking work is supported across different contexts and scales. Approximate figures are fine.
Was participation funded as:

Other
What was the funding level in this specific project? (if available)
What types of funding or support contributed to this work?

Other
If relevant, briefly explain how participation activity was supported or resourced. (For example: how funding was structured, whether participation was embedded within wider work, partnerships or in-kind support, staffing or delivery approaches)

100-250 words0/300
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4. Designing for Participation

We are interested not only in participation itself, but how participation was designed to contribute to decisions, approaches or outcomes.
How were children and young people involved? (Describe how participation was structured and supported)

100-250 words0/350
Describe your overall approach to participation and placemaking. (For example: how the project was structure, how participation informed the process, how the approach evolved over time)

100-250 words0/350
Why was it important for children and young people to be involved in this work?

100-250 words0/300
How did you support meaningful participation? (For example: creating inclusive processes, adapting communication, building confidence or skills, enabling ongoing involvement, supporting different needs or experiences)

100 - 250 words0/450
How did your project support participation from people or communities who are often under-represented in decisions about place? (This might include how you reached, supported or worked with different communities, experiences, ages or backgrounds)

100-250 words0/300
5. What Changed?

This section focuses on outcomes.We are interested in how children and young people’s input contributed to shaping decisions, approaches, understanding or outcomes. This may include changes in how a place is used, experienced, perceived or activated over time.
What changed as a result of children and young people’s involvement?

100 - 250 words0/450
Can you give a specific example of where input contributed to a decision, change or outcome?

100-250 words0/350
What impact has the work had so far? (This might include: impact on people, impact on place, changes in practice, organisational learning, community outcomes, ongoing use or influence)

100-250 words0/300
6. Embedding into Practice

We are interested in how this work may influence future approaches, practice or ways of working. (Need more time? (Remember, you can save your progress and return later.)
What have you learned from this work?

50-250 words0/400
Has this work influenced future projects, approaches or organisational practice?

50-250 words0/300
Is there anything you would do differently in future?

50-250 words0/250
7. Reflections
Please share a short quote or reflection from a child, young person or participant involved in the project (if available).

150-250 words0/250
Is there anything else you would like the judges to understand about this work?

150-250 words0/300
11. Best of .... Category

The submitted project acts as a supporting example for this Best of award, but judging will consider wider organisational practice and body of work. Please return to home page to complete a 'Best of ... Form'.
Programme Supporting documents:

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11. Award Details
Name to Print on the Award Certificate
(Please be clear, especially if the project is the output of a collaboration - example: Global Generation and Jan Kattein Architects)
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12. Payment

1 x Entry - Not for Profits£69.00

1 x Entry - Built environment firms, development companies, local authorities and institutions£149.00

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1. About you

2. About the project

3. Funding & Delivery Context

4. Designing for Participation

5. What Changed?

6. Embedding into Practice

7. Reflections

11. Best of .... Category

11. Award Details

12. Payment