Child Friendly Redbridge For Children and Young People

Child Friendly Redbridge Ambassadors

The Child Friendly Redbridge Youth Ambassadors are a group of young people selected from schools across Redbridge who come together fortnightly to discuss issues facing young people in Redbridge, develop skills to challenge decision-makers and manage projects to raise awareness of issues and advocate for young people in the borough.

Child Friendly Communities is a UNICEF UK programme that works with councils to put children’s rights into practice. The programme aims to create communities in the UK where all children –whether they are living in care, using a children’s centre, or simply visiting their local library –have a meaningful say in, and truly benefit from, the local decisions, services and spaces that shape their lives. You can find out more about the Child-Friendly Redbridge Programme and people involved here(External link).

 

Redbridge Youth Council

Are you:

• feeling that there is nothing for young people to do?
• thinking that nobody ever listens to your views?
• wishing you had more input into what happens in Redbridge?
• aged between 11 and 19 and living and/or studying in Redbridge?

Then come and join the Redbridge Youth Council!

Join the Youth Council and make a difference to your borough. We want to give young people, aged 11 to 19, in Redbridge a say on the issues that matter to them and a chance to have their voice heard. As a member of the Youth Council, you will get involved in a number of campaigns. Some recent campaigns include raising awareness of mental health in schools, writing guidelines for schools about sexual harassment and looking at raising awareness about gangs and knife culture. You do not have to be elected to be a member of the Youth Council, just come along.

Find out more here.