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Organisation |
Contact |
Description |
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Independent Academic Research Studies |
Anwara Ali Forum Coordinator |
IARS is a youth-led social policy think-tank that empowers and gives voice to young people so that they can influence policy and democratically engage in society as equal citizens |
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Changemakers www.changemakers.org.uk |
Emily Cantrell Senior Programme Manager |
The Changemakers Foundation exists to discover, inspire, develop and connect young people who lead positive change in their world. |
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Children England |
Sharon Long VCS Engage London Regional Manager |
Umbrella body for the children, young people and families VCS. |
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Headliners |
Fiona Wyton Director |
Headliners (UK) is a youth-led news agency and provides learning through journalism, participation and volunteering programmes for young people aged 8-19. Disadvantaged and under-represented groups of young people raise issues of concern to them for publication or broadcast in the mainstream media, online and through special commissions for local and national government, PCTs and other organisations. All the stories can be found on our website. |
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Envision |
Emma Bird Communication & Policy Manager |
Envision is a small youth empowerment charity which aims to support a key age group, 16-25 year olds, in inner city areas. Our mission is to broaden young people’s horizons and enable them to set up their own social or environmental community projects. At the heart of Envision’s work is the principle that young people should lead their own projects, decide what issues matter to them and how to address these issues. |
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Y-Gen |
Jenny Walton Project Manager |
We work with and for young people, to provide services including advice and guidance services and youth engagement activities. We’re passionate about improving outcomes for young people and put young people’s needs first, working with other service providers to secure high quality services for them and advocating on their behalf where necessary. Our work includes the Youth Mark project, which trains, supports and enables young people to assess and improve local services for young people. |
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Latin American Youth Forum http://irmo.org.uk |
Tatiana Garavito Forum Coordinator |
The Latin American Youth Forum provides a space for young people of Latin-American descent to converse and engage with each other creatively. The activities are set by the young people themselves who form the steering group to the forum. The forum also holds an event twice a year and represents other Latin American groups in the area. |
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Ground Up Development www.groundupdevelopment.org |
Andrae Palmer CEO Director |
We provide an innovative, safe and non-threatening environment for young people to build confidence, gain skills, express creativity, increase self esteem, air their views and find solutions to many of the problems and issues facing young people today. Our current projects are: Lambeth Youth Bank| Hidden Histories | ‘Fathers Matter Too’- Lambeth Expectant Fathers Training |
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Southwark Young Advisors www.youngadvisors.org.uk |
Chloe Newman Project & Youth Inclusion Officer/ Young Advisor Manager |
We are a group of young people who consult young people. We are also involved in other activities such as helping young people to change policy |
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Fundamental Architectural Inclusion www.fundamental.uk.net |
Nick Edwards Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder |
Fundamental is an Architecture Centre based in the heart of the Olympic developments that seeks new ways for people, in particular young people, to genuinely participate in the planning and development process of regeneration in their neighbourhoods. |
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Youth Access www.youthaccess.org.uk |
Steve Lee Policy Development Officer |
We support a network of over 200 youth information, advice, counselling and support services nationwide. We are not youth led, rather being led by our membership. The majority of our membership has young people’s participation in planning, management and delivery of services as central to their ethos. |
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Plenet |
Lisa Wintersteiger Development Manager |
We are the umbrella body for the UK advice sector. We also manage the UK Public Legal Education Network comprising 350 organisations and individuals involved in provide education on rights and the law to the public. A number of our members provide services to young people, and some are youth-led. |
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YoungMinds
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Erin Wright London Regional VIK Support Worker |
YoungMinds is the UK's leading national charity committed to improving the mental health and emotional well-being of all children and young people. We have a Parent’s Helpline, a Schools Outreach project, a Training and Consultancy Department, a strong focus on Campaigns and Policy and a national participation project called VIK. |
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