Welcome Young Advisors ...

This initiative was designed by the Department for Communities & Local Government and the charity Young Advisors. It trains young people from across England to be young people's champions; advising and demonstrating to adults, community leaders and decision-makers how to engage young people in community life, and in so doing are improving neighbourhoods.

For more information please contact Jacqueline Macauley, the London Borough of Southwak Young Advisors lead, on 020-7928-5897.

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, for whom Jacqueline Macauley is the Southwark YAP lead.

Young Advisors can:

 

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.

Learn more about Young Advisors from Jacqueline Macauley, the Southwark Young Advisor lead, who also advises Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government, by watching the video...

There is a team of dedicated Young Advisors in the London Borough of Southwark.

To access their services or to discuss your requirements, please contact Chloe Newman

on 020-7525-7069.