A youth-led volunteering project providing young people aged 16-25 with opportunities to influence policy and practice.
Background
The Youth Empowerment Project is a 3 year youth-led initiative that aims to empower young people from across London to influence policy and practice through volunteering opportunities that include training, research and advocacy work. This project is aimed at young people to build their skills, knowledge and confidence in becoming active citizens and promoting the real youth voice to policy makers.
Project Aims
This project aims to build bridges between young people from different backgrounds and encourage them to find out what unites them. Through the volunteering opportunities this project enables young people to develop team working skills, become role models and get direct experience of the Third sector by engaging in activities that address social inequalities and injustices.
This project is aimed at young people from the following backgrounds:
- Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups (BAME)
- Young offenders or those at risk of offending
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender young people (LGBT)
- Young disabled people
- Those not in employment, education or training (NEET)
The support programme available to all volunteers includes:
- Free Human Rights training
- Free Research Methods training
- Ethical Fitness training
- Media or other training based on young people's needs
Through this project young people can earn the following awards:
- vfifty award: for 50 hours of volunteering
- vimpact award: 100 hours of volunteering looking at your impacts on the community
- Youth Achievement Awards: Bronze, Silver and Gold
