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Widening opportunities for young people to learn, participate and shape change

BACKSLASH works with young people and the people and institutions around them to remove barriers, create better ways to learn and participate, connect local realities with wider opportunities, and turn evidence into better practice.

Our impact in 2025

2,846
participants in training courses and events
604
hours of training and participatory spaces
31
organisations and public authorities engaged
20
countries and territories represented
102
educational materials and digital tools produced
113
exchanges with stakeholders and decision-makers
more than 903,063
people reached through awareness-raising actions

Figures from the BACKSLASH Annual Activities Report 2025.

What we do

Our work is organised around four connected strategic areas: widening access, improving how learning and participation happen, building collaboration across territories and sectors, and using evidence to understand what works and improve what comes next.

Ongoing projects

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Work with us

We work with organisations, educational institutions and public authorities that want to create stronger opportunities for young people. We can coordinate or join projects, design and write proposals, run training for professionals, facilitate youth participation processes, develop and test methodologies, and evaluate what actually changed. If any of this could support your work and you think there is a good fit, let’s talk!