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Youth Advisory Board

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) to help…

  • …shape our decisions and influence how we spend almost £200m of funding on programmes to prevent young people becoming involved in violence.
  • …generate new ideas and approaches.
  • …be a critical friend and provide a youth perspective on what we say and do.

All our YAB members are trained, supported and remunerated.

Hear from some of our Youth Advisory Members on why they joined

YEF Youth Advisory Board Members – What made them join?

Meet some of the team…

Ajada
Youth Advisory Board / YEF Committee Member
Andre
Youth Advisory Board / YEF Committee Member
Goutham
Youth Advisory Board member
Martha
Youth Advisory Board member
Muna
Youth Advisory Board Member
Poppy
Youth Advisory Board member
Prince
Youth Advisory Board Member
Tommy
Youth Advisory Board member
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