Southwark Young Advisors

Voices of tomorrow, making changes for today. 

	Sir Ian Blair: Q&A...more
	Ray Lewis: Q&A...more

Kids are sometimes heading towards the wrong places, but Young Advisors are here to make sure they go to the right places:

• Young people are excluded from communities;
• Young Advisors are here to make sure their opinions are heard.

Young Advisors mean young people can feel like they have a say in what goes on around them.

The LT&RC employs a team of Young Advisors and Jacqueline Macauley is the lead for the Centre.

• Sit on advisory panels;
• Youth Proof key documents;
• Help you make a decision about young people, use our voice;
• Promote the voice young people have;
• Participate in the decision making process.

Our CV so far:

• 4-Squares event (100+ people – Bringing generations together);
• Youth Proofed the Youth Participation Strategy;
• Visit to Department of Communities & Local Government;
• QE2 Youth Conference (supported & presented);
• Youth Proofed the Trading Standards Identity Card for Young People;
• Stop and Search evaluation (proposal to train +900 police in stop and search techniques);
• Supported the Damilola Taylor Trust Knife Crime event & the Enough is Enough conference.

Southwark Young Advisors slavery video:

In a powerful demonstration of contemporary youthful opinion, Southwark Young Advisors have committed to video their views on the British cultural repercussions of slavery and it's mark on modern society.

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The video is a powerful statement on this controversial and still relevant topic. Says Stephanie Hamilton, LT&RC's lead on Young Advisors, 'This video really shows the value in the Young Advisors programme itself, and how, when given the chance, young people can be both articulate and informed.'

Pointing to the increasing use of the internet to mediate such topics, Hamilton continues, 'We hope this stimulates a debate, because it's an important topic, and one suited for our new forum, which we set up especially for this kind of discussion.'

Check out the Southwark YAP guys:

Ahmet + Emanuel + Jacqueline   

See the Southwark Young Advisors Presentation for an overview:

Download the PowerPoint Presentation

Find out more:

 Young Advisors on Yoodoo...

 Young Advisors Talk Slavery

 Young Advisors Bring Southwark to Southampton

Plus, do you need a Young Advisor?

 youngadvisors@southwark.gov.uk

Downloads:

Young Advisors Q&A.

 New Start Magazine article.  

Southwark Young Advisors and Stop & Search  

Find out more about Southwark YAP  

Testimonials:

"I think it's great. It gives me a chance to change people's minds about how they think about young people."

"Young Advisors is one of the most successful youth programmes I've come across. It contribuutes widely to the community and therefore justifies it's good repuatation. It is not a facade, or just another youth group. I believe that Young Advisors is a worthwhile group that incorporates so many skills and the ability to improvise into one neat package."

  Links:

Young Advisors Network (Southern)
Young Advisor Network (Southern).

Young Advisor Charity
Continues the national roll out of Young Advisors.

Department for Communities & Local Government
Government department.

Whatever
It's happening in Southwark.