Youth Advisory Board
We're giving young people a stake in our decision making and a voice on the issues that matter to them.
YAB take the mic
Introducing a new podcast series led by our Youth Advisory Board (YAB). In Yap with YAB, our members talk about what's on their minds. From over-priced meals to how we can best protect children in schools, they cover it all.
The Youth Endowment Fund’s is here to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence. We do this by finding out what works and building a movement to put this knowledge into practice.
It’s a mission that matters and one that we can only achieve by putting young people at the heart of our work. That’s why we’ve set-up a Youth Advisory Board (YAB). Most often meeting virtually, they help:
- Shape our decisions by influencing how we spend almost £200m of funding on programmes, interviewing grantees and staff, participating in governance boards and working alongside YEF staff.
- Generate new ideas and approaches through co-producing our communications and projects to reflect perspectives of young people, and developing resources with insight based on lived experience.
- Be a critical friend and provide a youth perspective on what we say and do. They work with stakeholders, including government, to identify gaps and advise on how to understand and amplify young people's voices. In addition, they sit on advisory groups for the seven essential sectors that YEF work closely with.
The moments that mattered to YAB
Look through the lens of a young person at the moment that matter to them. Moments that Mattered is a short-form animated mini series that takes the audience to a moment in time where the world view and lives of a young person changed.
Hear from some of our Youth Advisory Members on why they joined
Want to know more about what it's like to be a member of YAB? Read Muna's blog where she explains her passion for preventing young people becoming involved in violence and how her role at YAB supports her advocacy.
Please email us here: youthvoice@youthendowmentfund.org.uk.