Youth Advisory Board

Our ambition is to create opportunities for young people to be involved at all levels of the organisation and we are committed to questioning and shifting power balances to allow for the different interpretations they might bring. We recognise equity issues of religion, race, disability, gender, sexuality, age, ethnicity and culture as integral to youth involvement. We value all young people and their experience, skill and knowledge. We pride ourselves on the expertise within our team and the connections we have and want to create opportunities for young people to step into these spaces and form these connections. Young people have unique insight into how support might best be offered and how processes could be improved, so as Youth Board Advisors, they will help to shape the way we do things and the direction we take as an organisation. Youth engagement gives legitimacy to decision-making externally and sends a strong message regarding our commitment to young people and belief in their potential. We have already seen in our work how listening to young people has led to better practice and new, exciting ways of working so we would like to build on this.

Our Youth Advisory Board is made up of young people from the UK who have taken part in our 100 Agents of Change Programme, as well as young people from the Global South who work with our partner organisations to make changes in their local contexts.