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Youth participation in mental health policymaking is often symbolic. Processes like Mindset Revolution invite young people to lead and share their experiences but can't guarantee a structure for long-term dialogue, follow-up, or institutional change. Researchers and activists collect stories and ploicy recomendations, public managers promise implementation, but when pressure from above kicks in, the system defaults to tokenism. Each actor deflects responsibility downward, leaving young people in precarity — again.

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In the play, Zainab balances on the rope representing every youth who’s asked to “have a voice” without power. In front of her, Sonia, a researcher holds data, yet can’t intervene. Next, a policymaker avoids eye contact when asked about implementation. Then Lee, the senior manager, blocks action with institutional excuses. And finally, the GMCA Executive stands with scissors in one hand and a credit card in the other — the power to fund or to cut. None step off the line. The scene ends not in collapse, but with a demand: build a net — a participatory structure that carries the weight together.

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) Department for Health and Social Care (UK) HM Treasury (funding conditions for participatory projects) Local Authorities and Participation Units Universities with research funding linked to civic engagement