Youth Innovation Project Lead

What did we do

I run a Youth Innnovation Project at Citizens Advice Redbridge, which aims to increase access to advice for young people (particularly those who are vulnerable) in Redbridge.

https://citizensadviceredbridge.org.uk/youth/

Contact: Imogen Edge, Citizens Advice Redbridge (imogen.edge@citizensadviceredbridge.org.uk)

The place is called:

Redbridge

Date

17/8/2020

17/8/2021

impact

What do you try to change?

– we are applying for grants to find a package/workshop sessions to provide financial management resources to vulnerable (first, then other) young people in Redbridge who have expressed a need for this help
– we are exploring making our service hours more flexible
– we are recruiting Kickstarters with a view to better outreach into the community and to have a young person full-time to advise any young clients

  • evidence

  • advice

    Tell us your advice on doing participation activities - what worked well, what you enjoy, what is inclusive?

    - we set up a representative youth forum of young people in Redbridge to advise us on improving our advice system for young people - we have given young people volunteering opportunities on the project, including graphic design, legal research, marketing research and social media working group participation - we have created four positions for young people on Universal Credit in communications, research and advocacy, training and advising roles - we have done extensive data and interview research into improving our outreach and engagement with young people in our community - we were aided in all of this by the Child Friendly Redbridge initiative which helped promote and put us in contact with relevant partners in the community

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