• Do you think that the services and facilities in your area reflect your needs and those of other young people? 

• Would you like to suggest some changes but you're not sure how to get your voice heard?

Youth4U – Young Inspectors is a new programme that aims to give young people the chance to look at services available in their area and tell the people in charge of them what they think.  It is being run by the Look Listen Change partnership which is made up of NCB working with the British Youth Council (BYC) and KIDS.

This programme is for 13 to 19 year olds (or disabled young people up to the age of 25) who, because of their background or life experiences, haven’t had the opportunity to speak out and get their views heard.
 

They will be trained to look at anything from information, advice and guidance services at schools and colleges, to transport, health services, sport and leisure facilities or youth and community services.
 

This programme is currently running in the following areas: 

• Barking & Dagenham
• Bath & NE Somerset
• Birmingham
• Bromley
• Calderdale
• Cambridgeshire
• Central Bedfordshire
• Cumbria
• Darlington
• Derbyshire
• Devon
• Dorset
• East Sussex
• Gateshead
• Hartlepool
• Herefordshire
• Thurrock
• Islington
• Knowsley
• Lancashire
• Leicestershire
• Medway
• Northamptonshire
• Northumberland
• Nottinghamshire
• Peterborough
• Salford
• Southampton
• Staffordshire
• Stockport
• Sutton
• Swindon
• York

If you live in any of these areas and want to get involved, please email looklistenchange@byc.org.uk or call BYC on 020 7022 1975.

If you’re interested in getting involved but the programme is not currently running in your area, you can find out where it is running next in further editions of our email newsletter The BYC Project  - sign up for it  here.
 

You can see the case studies of inspections that have taken place here.
 

If you are a youth worker, teacher, advisor or other adult working with young people, you can find more information about the programme here.
 

If you are a young disabled person and have additional support needs please contact Hanna Adcock at KIDS on 020 7359 3073 or visit their website if you would like more information on the wider work of KIDS.
 

To find out more about the Look Listen Change consortium click here.
 

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