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Develop a youth-friendly survey

Create a short survey young people will actually complete honestly.

When to use this prompt

Reach for this prompt when you need to create a short survey young people will actually complete honestly. It's designed for Youth worker, Communications lead. Typically used within Youth voice work.

How to use it

1
Gather your inputs
You'll need: Topic, Age group, What decisions the results will inform.
Nice to have: Language level, Delivery channel.
2
Fill in the template
Copy the template below and replace every bracketed placeholder with real, local context. Keep names and safeguarding details out.
3
Run it in your AI tool
Paste into your preferred AI assistant. Ask a follow-up if the output misses your association's tone or context.
4
Review with the checklist
Work through the human-review checklist below before you send, publish or act on the output.

Prefer a guided flow? Adapt with the guided builder — it fills placeholders from your association profile.

Prompt template

Draft a short survey (max 10 questions) for the topic and age group below. Use plain language. Mix of multiple choice and one or two open questions. Avoid leading wording. Include a plain-language intro explaining how answers will be used and how privacy is protected.\n\nTopic: {{topic}}\nAge group: {{age}}\nDecisions informed: {{decisions}}

Replace bracketed placeholders with real context. Never paste identifying details about children, health or safeguarding cases.

Human review checklist

Tick each before you send or publish the output.

Is every question genuinely useful to a decision?
Is language age-appropriate without being patronising?
Is consent and privacy language honest and clear?

Why this prompt works

Tying every question to a decision prevents survey bloat and respects participants' time.

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