Our Youth Advisory Group is vital in making sure the diverse lived experiences, opinions, and ideas of all young people we support are at the heart of our decision-making. Help shape the future of the Trust.
Could you help give young people a voice in everything we do? Have you got ideas on how we could even better support young people? Do you have a passion for issues that could make a difference to how young people engage with the Trust?
We’re on the look-out for new Youth Advisory Group recruits. Come and join us!
Being part of the group is a great way to help develop confidence in group discussion and decision-making, meet and mix with new people of different ages, abilities, and interests and learn how to build relationships with and influence people at senior levels.
If you are aged 16+, have been or are currently being supported by the Trust after cancer treatment, and think you can make a positive contribution to help shape the future of the Trust, please apply via the application form on this page.
APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED AND WILL RE-OPEN IN AUTUMN 2024.
The Youth Advisory Group has had an invaluable input on helping shape our approach to chronic fatigue on trips, into our 2023-25 Ambitions strategy, especially around the environment and sustainability, and in furthering our understanding what young people of different ages want from return trips.
Over the next three years, the voice of young people will continue to be crucial in helping us achieve our 2023-25 Ambitions.
Our Youth Advisory Group can particularly make a difference in helping us Build Belonging, so every young person feels they can be their authentic self with us, understanding what mental health and year-round support we could provide so we can Go Further to support young people beyond trips, and to make sure we Think Planet to reduce the negative environmental impact of our activities.
Being part of the Youth Advisory Group is a great way to...
To apply, all we want to know is…
A little bit about you - this could be about what you are doing now (school, work, education), your interests and skills, your cancer or Trust experience or anything else that might help us understand more about you.
Why you want to join the group and what you will bring - what lived experience, skills, and knowledge do you have that might help us make decisions? What are your motivations for joining and what difference could you make?
The Youth Advisory Group meets twice a year – in November and May – online or in-person.
A few weeks before the meeting we will send you the questions we are going to discuss, to give you a chance to gather your thoughts. In the meeting, you will get the chance to share your thoughts with the group and one of the Trust team will facilitate a discussion on each of the questions and ask any follow up questions.
You, the YAG members, members of the Trust Leadership team. Some of the Trustee’s may also attend sometimes as the group is an important link between the leadership team and the Board.
Don’t worry, we send the questions we are going to discuss in advance so you can share your thoughts in advance if you wish.
No, we will support reasonable travel expenses and accommodation for any in-person meetings.
We might email you between meetings to ask your thoughts on specific topics we are working on. If emails are not your thing, we also have a WhatsApp group, which you can be added to, where we share key information too and sometimes ask questions too.
You can be part of the Youth Advisory Group for three years. Once involved group members do tend to stay involved for the maximum length of time.
It’s a chance to learn and develop in a really understanding way, where no one’s going to yell at you or tell you off, but guide you and help you as well.
From being supported after leukaemia to volunteering and being part of the Youth Advisory Group, it's all been about getting involved and an 'I can do it' attitude for Rosa.
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