What Young Voice offers

Why work with Young Voice?

• If you are in charge of policy-making, and want to know what young people think.
• If the materials you currently have for young people are underused or not effective.
• If you want to know what concerns young people most.
• If your service needs evaluating
• If you need views from "hard to reach groups".

Consult young people through Young Voice.

"I felt that I didn't have support. I was pushed from one person to another then to the mid-wife like no one cared and they saw me as a problem. No one asked me what I wanted."
Teenage Mum

Why work with Young Voice?

• If you are in charge of policy-making, and want to know what young people think.
• If the materials you currently have for young people are underused or not effective.
• If you want to know what concerns young people most.
• If your service needs evaluating
• If you need views from "hard to reach groups".

Consult young people through Young Voice.

"I felt that I didn't have support. I was pushed from one person to another then to the mid-wife like no one cared and they saw me as a problem. No one asked me what I wanted." Teenage Mum

Why choose Young Voice?

• We are experienced professionals. Consulting young people is our core aim.
• We access young people from a range of backgrounds especially the excluded.
• We have done similar work, both nationally and locally.
• We work to protocols of equality, confidentiality and respect.
• We train and employ young people in our intern scheme.
• We work with local people and in partnerships.
• Young people trust us.

Our most recognised works include "Leading Lads," and "Bullying In Britain," both of which gained nationwide acclaim, and led to Young Voice becoming the market-leader in studying aspects of Bullying and self-esteem from the child's perspective.

"It's good you're doing this, you know, listening to young people and that like you say Young Voice does, but seriously will anything change?" Male, 15

Work to help re-focus services for young people with: local education authorities, NHS Primary Care Trusts, youth offending teams, drug and alcohol action teams, Connexions, youth services, schools, colleges, universities, and a range of other local government and NGO's.

If you would like to work with Young Voice, we have a small core team and an extensive network of associates with specialist skills and expertise across England. Please contact us for a discussion, or for more information.

Previous Partners
We have successfully completed commissioned work for: Birmingham Children’s Fund, Birmingham Youth Offending Service, Camden Children’s Fund, CEA@Islington, Coventry City Council, Department for Children, Families and Schools, Government Office for London, Greenwich Education Inspectorate and Advisory Service, Hackney Youth Offending Team, North London Connexions, Office for the Children’s Commissioner of England, Surrey County Council, Waltham Forest Children’s Fund, Waltham Forest & Redbridge PCT