Youth Participation
Young people leading the conversation on meaningful employment
Our approach
Following the principle of “nothing about us without us”, youth voice is woven across our work.
Young people from marginalised backgrounds with lived experience of facing barriers to employment help meaningfully influence and support our mission.
Who we work with
We currently run four engagement programmes:
- Future Voices Group
- Connected Futures Ambassadors
- Building Futures Youth Advisory Group
- Youth Alumni Network
We also ensure both our Board of Directors and Grants committee include young people. Meet our current Young Directors.
Head to our vacancy page for live opportunities to join.
Future Focused
In their final project, the Future Voices Group created a zine, evocatively sharing their lived experiences to highlight the realities young people face when seeking employment.
Each page of “Future Focused” tells a story. Heartfelt poems about regional inequalities are interwoven with stark statistics from the Youth Futures Foundation on ethnic disparities in employment. Every element reflects a piece of young people’s collective experience.
