Young Advisors
A group of young people from our youth board went through an application process to become Young Advisors for London Youth.
These young people have each chosen to specialise in a particular area of our governance, and as a result they have paired up to attend our Membership, Finance, Assurance and Governance & People Committees, and join at least two full trustee board meetings a year. Whilst in their committees they participate fully and contribute to the discussions and decisions made. They are also regularly mentored by our trustees based on their interests and how they want to develop on the board.
We are dedicated to ensure youth voice is heard at all levels of our organisation and we are continuously reviewing and improving this within our governance.
Our Young Advisors 2021 – 2022
Jordan is part of our Youth Board, this is his first year as a Young Advisor on our Board of Trustees.
Ose is part of our Youth Board, this is her first year as a Young Advisor on our Board of Trustees.
Yucong is part of our Youth Board. This is her first year as a Young Advisor on our Board of Trustees.
Curtis is part of our Youth Board Alumni and this is his second year as a Young Advisor on our Board of Trustees.
Kalliyah is part of our Youth Board and this is her second year as a Young Advisor on our Board of Trustees.
Achievements thus far
So far this year, young advisors have taken part in the following advisory opportunities:
- Co-chaired our all London Youth staff meeting in September 2021 and December 2021
- Co-chaired a panel discussion ‘Reclaim our City: Making London safe for women and girls’ at the Centre for London conference
- Participated in 4 Trustee meeting
- Participated Assurance, Finance, Membership and Governance & People Committee meetings
- Attended Young Advisors meeting in which they consulted on our Race & Equality Framework and help feedback on Youth-led external events
- 2 Young Advisors joined our Race Equality Stakeholder Group
- Interviewed for Mayor’s Office of Policing & Crime (MOPAC) research into child/adolescent to parent violence abuse
- 1 Young Advisor co-chaired London Youth’s AGM
- Interviewed for the BBC for the Prince Philip Memorial Service
- Young Evaluator and peer research for Headstart Action
- Took part in mentoring sessions with our Trustees
- Speaking at the House of Commons with Virendra Sharma, MP of Ealing. Invited to speak to at his non-partisan Politics Summer School to share their experiences of building a campaign. The Young Advisors ran session to inspire and empower students to start campaigns on issues they care about.
- The Young Advisors are running this summer a NHS Youth-Led Event. Young people from London Youth’s Youth Board, Spotlight Youth Club, Partnership for Young London, the Mayor of London’s POW team, Barnardo’s Harrow Horizons Youth Panel, and NHS Children & Young People’s Transformation Programme have come together to amplify young people’s voices in their health decisions and choices and speak to key changemakers in the NHS to amplify youth voice
