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Over recent decades there has been growing interest in amplifying children and young people's views (CYP) within policy debates. Despite this, they are rarely invited to participate in key policy‐making discussions, and when they are, this tends to be tokenistic. This paper presents an intergenerational methodological framework 'The Causeway Approach', inspired by the mythology of the Giant's Causeway, which addresses the challenge of CYP's voices being drowned out by adult stakeholders. This contextualised approach has significant potential to benefit CYP and communities through capacity building, strengthening of social capital and fostering intergenerational connections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Catalytic oxidation of cyclohexene (organic layer) at 25°C in a stirred two phase system with fresh [Fe(OH2)6](ClO4)3/H2O2 in the pH range 2.0–4.0 (I=0.1M, NaClO4/HClO4) is complete within a 2-minute sampling time before deactivating in contrast to previous reports in the literature. Cyclohexene epoxide is a significant product alongside the more dominant allylic oxidation products; 2-cyclohexen-1-ol and 2-cyclohexen-1-one. Both epoxide and the accompanying allylic products appear over the same time period suggesting that they derive from the same catalytic species. The pH dependence of oxidation product yield (optimizing at ~pH 3) suggests that the active catalyst derives from reactions involving [Fe(OH2)5OH]2+ (pKa 2.54) and is most likely the hydroperoxo ion [Fe(OH2)5OOH]2+. Yields of cyclohexene epoxide are independent of the presence of dioxygen suggesting that an activated form of H2O2 ([Fe(OH2)5OOH]2+) is responsible. Reduction in the relative yield of the two allylic oxidation products in the absence of dioxygen suggests that they derive from 2-cyclohexen-1-peroxy radicals resulting from iron(II)-promoted Fenton chemistry following homolytic Fe O or O O cleavage on [Fe(OH2)5OOH]2+. A mechanism for the epoxide formation is proposed involving H3O+-assisted heterolytic O O cleavage on [Fe(OH2)5OOH]2+ accompanying O atom transfer to the cyclohexene double bond. Accompanying catalysis of H2O2 decomposition persists over several hours. For the first time in a Fenton-like system evidence has been obtained for different timescales for the catalysis of oxidation reactions versus catalysis of H2O2 decomposition. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]