How are young people using AI? The Youth AI Survey 2026 provides new insights into how young people are using artificial intelligence (AI), including what they use it for, how it affects them, and their expectations and aspirations for the future. This study is timely: although AI is still in its infancy many young people …
Restless Development has been supercharging youth-led change for 40 years. In 2025, we celebrated our 40th anniversary and having reached 10 million young people. We unlocked £2,076,813 – providing direct funding to youth organisations and groups providing support and putting resources into the hands of young people to lead. Read our Global Annual Report to …
Restless Development conducted its Annual Young Leaders survey with current volunteers and alumni who have volunteered with us and led our work within 2025. Our Annual Young Leaders Survey is conducted every year to gain feedback from our young leaders on their experience with us. The Annual Young Leaders survey 2025 had 500 responses from …
We Lead Feminist Leadership Guide We Lead with Power was developed by A-01 (opens in a new tab) and the young women that participated in the program, as well as with representatives of the We Lead consortium: Hivos, Restless Development, Positive Vibes (opens in a new tab), the Central American Women’s Fund (FCAM (opens in a new tab)), The African …
Young people today are driving change, dreaming big and demanding better. Explore our youth led research. The Impact of COVID-19 on Young People’s Psycho-Social Health in India In the wake of the pandemic, and subsequent lockdown in India, Restless Development rolled out a survey, aimed at assessing the impact of the pandemic on young people’s …
Young People Today are Driving Change, Dreaming Big and Demanding Better Voices of Change: Powerful and Promising Futures For Young Tanzanian Leaders In a world where the voices of the young are louder and more influential than ever, a new chapter is being written. This is the era of peak youth, where the potential of …
Young people today are driving change, dreaming big and demanding better. Explore our research on education and livelihood. INDIA’S FOCUS ON IT’S YOUTH:ARE WE DOING ENOUGH? With the aim of strengthening the voices of the youth, Restless Development and TOH came together to closely examine India’s youth development efforts to understand, if and how, they …
Young people today are driving change, dreaming big, and demanding better. Explore our research on gender and sexual rights A youth-led research on re-entered girls experiences and challenges The study therefore sought to investigate the challenges that the learners face when they are readmitted into school. The study also sought to find out first hand …
Young people today are driving change, dreaming big and demanding better. Explore our research on climate justice. Green Jobs and Young People in Africa: South Africa This research was produced in the context of the Green Jobs and Young People project in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation. This research is an investigation of the aspirations …