More regions announced to run Youth4U – Young Inspectors

Published by Paulina for Participation Works in Local Government and also in Central Government, Communities, Education

Youth4U – Young Inspectors is a programme run by the Look Listen Change consortium.

Hosted by NCB, the Look Listen Change consortium includes the British Youth Council (BYC), KIDS, the National Centre for Excellence in Residential Child Care (NCERCC) and the Council for Disabled Children (CDC).

The consortium works with local authorities across England to give disadvantaged and marginalised young people greater influence over services in their areas through the Youth4U – Young Inspectors programme.

The purpose of the programme is to increase the numbers and quality of opportunities for marginalised young people to influence services; help marginalised young people to engage their peers in influencing local policies and services across a wide range of issues including locality, health, neighbourhood renewal, transport and community service; and enable young people to feedback both their and the views of their peers to local authorities and other service providers.

The programme will support adult support workers in local authorities to recruit, train and support young people to investigate and assess how local services are doing and help them to improve things where they could be better. The young people will be given the opportunity to achieve an accreditation through the programme.

To be eligible young people have to be 13-19 years old or up to 25 if they are disabled and/or have learning difficulties.

Following the third round of applications, the Look Listen Change consortium is delighted to welcome another nine regions to run Youth4U – Young Inspectors. The new regions include: Barking and Dagenham, Gateshead, Hertlepool, Birmingham, Hertfordshire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Peterborough, and Southampton.

Mandy Douglas, Head of Youth4U – Young Inspectors said: ‘We are delighted to have been joined by more regions to run this programme. Through Youth4U – Young Inspectors, young people will be given the opportunity to have a say on the services delivered to them. This will also be a great opportunity for the young people to develop new skills and hopefully complete an accredited qualification.’

For more information on Look Listen Change and/or Youth4U – Young Inspectors, visit www.looklistenchange.org.uk

If you are an adult and would like more information on the consortium and/or the programme, contact Kerryanne Russell at krussell@ncb.org.uk or 020 7843 6085.

If you are a young person and would like to get involved, contact BYC at looklistenchange@byc.org.uk or 020 7022 1975.