Planned by adults, experienced by youth
Most public spaces are designed and evaluated by adults who rarely use them. Youth perspectives remain informal, anecdotal, and invisible to planners.
Youth-led · Research-grade · Evidence-basedYouth-led audits
Youth-led audits
for better public spaces.
Evaluate parks, recreation areas, and community spaces through structured youth observations, scoring, and clear reports that decision-makers can act on.
Research-grade instrument · Youth-weighted scoring · Export-ready reports
Audit Report
Riverside Community Park
6 domains · 48 observations
72/ 100
Access80
Activity Spaces65
Amenities78
Experience of the Space71
Aesthetics & Care69
Use & Usability73
Youth-Weighted
74 / 100
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Turning youth field observations into planning evidence.
6
Audit domains
Access · Activity · Amenities · Experience · Aesthetics · Use
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Score views
Raw domain scores and youth-weighted scores side by side
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Exportable
CSV, Excel, and print-ready reports from every audit
The Gap
Public spaces need youth voices - in a form that drives change.
Youth experience parks and community spaces differently than adults. But that experience rarely makes it into planning processes in a structured, comparable, or credible way.
Feedback that can't be compared or reported
Youth feedback collected through surveys or focus groups is hard to aggregate, benchmark, or present in a format that supports decision-making.
Evidence that doesn't reach the right people
Even when youth observation data exists, it often lacks structure, scoring, and export formats that make it actionable for researchers and municipal teams.
What YEE Captures
Every audit collects evidence that actually travels.
YEE structures youth observations into a rigorous evidence base - from first observation through to exportable reports that planners, researchers, and funders can use directly.
“Turning youth field observations into planning evidence.”
Structured observations
Standardised questions across all six YEE domains
Physical conditions
Document what auditors see on the ground
Open-ended comments
Capture qualitative youth voice alongside scores
Raw domain scores
Transparent, auditable calculations per domain
Youth-weighted scores
Weighted by what youth actually value most
Multi-place comparison
Compare parks and spaces side by side
Printable reports
Polished one-page summaries ready to share
CSV & Excel export
Full data exports for research and analysis
How It Works
From project setup to published report in four steps.
Step 01
Create a Project
Set up a research project with a name, description, and the places you want to assess. Projects organise all your audits and reports in one workspace.
Step 02
Add Places & Assign Auditors
Add parks, recreation areas, or community spaces to the project. Invite youth auditors by email - they receive guided access to their assigned places.
Step 03
Complete the Audit
Auditors use the structured YEE instrument - a multi-step, domain-based form - to record observations, conditions, and comments for each space.
Step 04
Review Reports & Exports
Managers access scored reports immediately after submission. Compare places, drill into domain breakdowns, print summaries, or export full datasets.
Audit Domains
Six dimensions of youth-friendly public space.
The YEE instrument evaluates each space across six research-based domains, giving a complete picture of how well a public space serves young people.
Access
How easily youth can reach and enter the space - pathways, entrances, and barriers to movement.
Activity Spaces
The range, condition, and appropriateness of active play and sport areas available to youth.
Amenities
Presence and condition of facilities: seating, water, washrooms, shade, and lighting.
Experience
How welcoming, safe, and enjoyable youth find the space - sense of belonging and comfort.
Aesthetics & Care
Visual quality, maintenance, and overall upkeep of the environment from a youth perspective.
Use & Usability
How actively the space is used, perceived usability across age groups, and inclusion.
Youth-Weighted Scoring
Scores that reflect what youth actually value.
YEE produces both a raw score - the straightforward average across all domains - and a youth-weighted score, which applies weights based on evidence of what young people prioritise most in public spaces.
Presenting both scores gives researchers, planners, and funders a transparent view of how a space performs by standard measures and by youth-centered criteria.
Raw Score
Equal weight across all domains. Good for baseline benchmarking.
Youth-Weighted Score
Weighted by what youth value most. Better for youth-centered planning decisions.
Raw Score
Youth-Weighted
Access
80
76
Activity Spaces
65
71
Amenities
78
74
Experience of the Space
71
79
Aesthetics & Care
69
64
Use & Usability
73
80
Raw Overall
72
Youth-Weighted
74
Reports & Exports
Reports that go straight into planning conversations.
YEE generates structured, professional reports the moment an audit is submitted. No manual compilation, no reformatting - just evidence ready to share.
Total score & domain breakdown
Every report shows the overall score and a breakdown across all six YEE domains.
Highest & lowest domains
At-a-glance callouts highlight where a space performs best and where it needs work.
Multi-place comparison reports
Side-by-side comparisons across multiple parks and spaces within the same project.
Print-ready summaries
Clean, formatted reports suitable for stakeholder presentations and planning documents.
CSV & Excel export
Full dataset exports for integration with research tools, SPSS, or custom analysis.
Youth-weighted scoring
Reports display both raw and youth-weighted scores so you can see both perspectives.
Ready to understand public spaces through youth experience?
Set up your first YEE project in minutes. Add places, invite youth auditors, and start collecting structured evidence that decision-makers can use.